http://www.ign.com/videos/2016/06/22/see-halo-5-warzone-firefights-new-vehicle-and-mecha-grunt or watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETD-fc2hjaA
Didn’t see a thread about this.
Ooo! Some stuff spotted! Look at those maps and items! Big update yeah!
[343 Response]
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> To clarify some items from that video that might confuse folks.
>
> - Warzone Firefight is still 8 players.
> - The Wasp is not a Warzone Firefight exclusive. It is usable via REQs across all Warzone modes and is a usable vehicle in Forge.
> - The 3 new maps in the Warzone Firefight update include one for Warzone (also playable in Warzone Firefight), one for Warzone Assault, and one for Arena
Woo! I’m a bit pumped about that Golden Wraith. Ultra is great but aside from that, the wraith was severely nerfed in Halo 5. Good to see another opportunity to make it relevant again.
This video confirms the Halo 2/3 beam rifle when you see them in the Spartan’s hands at the end. Awesome, I’m really excited to play Firefight with my friends!
We can clearly see the old beam rifle in this clip 
To clarify some items from that video that might confuse folks.
- Warzone Firefight is still 8 players. - The Wasp is not a Warzone Firefight exclusive. It is usable via REQs across all Warzone modes and is a usable vehicle in Forge. - The 3 new maps in the Warzone Firefight update include one for Warzone (also playable in Warzone Firefight), one for Warzone Assault, and one for Arena
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> This video confirms the Halo 2/3 beam rifle when you see them in the Spartan’s hands at the end. Awesome, I’m really excited to play Firefight with my friends!
But do we really need one? I wonder what the new variant is going to offer.
> 2533274792908878;6:
> To clarify some items from that video that might confuse folks.
>
> - Warzone Firefight is still 8 players.
> - The Wasp is not a Warzone Firefight exclusive. It is usable via REQs across all Warzone modes and is a usable vehicle in Forge.
> - The 3 new maps in the Warzone Firefight update include one for Warzone (also playable in Warzone Firefight), one for Warzone Assault, and one for Arena
Ah thank you. I got confused when they said 6 maps. (I think they did) I’ll add it to op.
edit: you beat me to it John!
So 343 actually bumped up the player count from 8 to 12 players, nice.
Oh nvm, Unyshek confirmed otherwise. Gosh darn it!
IGN’s fact-checking has always been pretty terrible.
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> IGN’s fact-checking has always been pretty terrible.
Yeah, in trying to appeal to all audiences they do miss out on the finer details. WZ is 24 player, 12 players per team IGN, in WZ:F beta, it was 8. No reason to change it.
got my 200k req points ready
Looks like there’s a yellow ghost and wraith to go with the temple banshee. Since the ghost didn’t get emped by the splinter grenade I wonder if that’ll be a feature of the temple banshee we get to use, or if that’s just a boss feature like on the grunt goblin.
Well the increased respawn time per wave will be interesting, it’ll definitely make deaths a lot more punishing in the later rounds.
Nice to see the new (old) Beam Rifle confirmed (+REQ variants), but I’m still curious from a developer perspective, why, of all guns, they were chosen to return.
> 2533274792908878;6:
> To clarify some items from that video that might confuse folks.
>
> - Warzone Firefight is still 8 players.
> - The Wasp is not a Warzone Firefight exclusive. It is usable via REQs across all Warzone modes and is a usable vehicle in Forge.
> - The 3 new maps in the Warzone Firefight update include one for Warzone (also playable in Warzone Firefight), one for Warzone Assault, and one for Arena
This is good to know. But what are the chances the Goblin being added to standard WZ? I’d love to see how things would be different if the Goblin took over for one the wardens on Noctus
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> http://www.ign.com/videos/2016/06/22/see-halo-5-warzone-firefights-new-vehicle-and-mecha-grunt or watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETD-fc2hjaA
>
> Didn’t see a thread about this.
> Ooo! Some stuff spotted! Look at those maps and items! Big update yeah!
Thanks! Looks very groovy.
Wait was that a Sangheilios map they shown? We’re FINALLY getting a Sangheilios map?
Best update confirmed
The Halo 2 beam rifle really disappointed me. Of all the unique weapons in the franchise (Sticky det, grenade launcher) why it?
Anyways, update looks awesome. So are all WZ maps in the playlist? (WZ and WZA)