Im just making a sheer suggestion to 343… and please can people keep this topic alive with your comments, criticism and well just generally anything that isnt abuse.
Spartan Ops is a secondary campaign set in the future of the Halo 4 main campaign.
We have two options when we enter the Spartan Ops menu. Play Chapters and Find Game. Find Game searches for a game session via Matchmaking. Play Chapters gives you the opportunity to play the Spartan Ops missions by yourself or with friends on any difficulty.
For many people, myself included, Legendary is just too easy. So my proposal is, how about we install the same feature into Spartan Ops that we already have present in the campaign…? SKULLS!
You enter the “Play Chapters” menu. Select the chapter. Select the difficulty. Then a new option allowing you to select any of the 13 campaign skulls.
For those of whom find Spartan Ops easy on Legendary, they could finally give themselves a challenge with Co-op LASO, SLASO or even the unofficial “Mythic” Difficulty.
Suggestions, comments and constructive criticism accepted.
Not every thread gets a response right away my dude, it’s all right. lol
But on topic, I was pretty surprised that we didn’t have the option to include skulls in the first place. It has the potential to boost the fun level of Spartan Ops missions even higher than what they are for me right now, which is pretty high.
Skulls don’t concern me, but I’d like to see separate loadouts with a more broad spectrum of weapons to choose from.
I feel like I should be allowed to start with a Sniper Rifle, there’s no reason I shouldn’t given the context of Spartan Ops. If you wanna be the CQC guy, here’s a shotgun, or scattershot. Wanna be demolitions/explosions, take a Rocket Launcher or a Railgun.
I don’t think it would ruin it, it would improve the whole “Fireteam” feel to Spartan Ops.
> Skulls don’t concern me, but I’d like to see separate loadouts with a more broad spectrum of weapons to choose from.
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> I feel like I should be allowed to start with a Sniper Rifle, there’s no reason I shouldn’t given the context of Spartan Ops. If you wanna be the CQC guy, here’s a shotgun, or scattershot. Wanna be demolitions/explosions, take a Rocket Launcher or a Railgun.
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> I don’t think it would ruin it, it would improve the whole “Fireteam” feel to Spartan Ops.
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> Skulls would be a welcome addition though
As much as I love halo 4, Spartan ops needs a major update. If 343 is using this mode to replace firefight, it needs at least some similarities. I too was disappointed when I found out skulls could not be used, especially when playing locally. And the fact that there are NO lives takes away the challenge. The strategy in most levels is just to rush forward, kill as many enemies as you can, then wait to respawn. I was hoping for a cooperative mode where players are forced to work together and communicate too succeed. Spartan ops also needs a scoring system to give it a more “arcadey” feel. Mission variety is also key. I would like a stealth-sniping mission or a warthog escape level. 343 proved in the mantis level that they are able to mix things up. Whether we have to wait for a title update or season 2 to see if 343 makes these changes, spartan ops right now is a disappointment for me.