its not safe yet mate just wait till its released then you may play cause anyone that play the game before release date will get a permanent ban
A day before should be fine dude, M$ know people get it legitimate a day early and they can't punish you for it
If the game is verified does that make it safer because some people say when games come out early that u can play on Xbox live no problem n I have been doing that with no ban I guess halo is different
there's 130+ playing multiplayer online now. My mates taking his chances and is playing multiplayer too. Still not convinced its safe yet though
Games like Halo & Forza are made by Microsoft. Microsoft actually care when people go online, especially a huge game like Halo 4. 3+ Weeks early.
I have a retail copy of the game and I'm still scared to play it online after seeing what happened to the person with a legit copy of forza