The one thing I thought was really cool in halo 3 odst was the start when you were in a drop pod bracing yourselves for the fight happening below. Hearing people talk about that the next halo could have 64 multiplayer having a feature like this in some maps could make thing more interesting also I’m only talking about being dropped at certain locations because people would use this as a unfair advantage being able to spawn anywhere. As a example games like Section 8 have had this feature in their multiplayer and it felt awesome being launched down at high speeds. Also have it as optional thing in forge mode as well 
A new feature such as this should be applicable to all players, or not at all. Having said that, i think i would just rather the traditional spawning system better. I can see this happening in firefight or spartan ops/campaign, but not in matchmaking.
I always thought this would be a really cool feature.
It might make more sense for Firefight and Campaign.
Using it for the initial spawn of a multiplayer match could be a really great feature. Think about it:
You designate your landing area while the map loads.
You can coordinate drops with your mates, too. Want to drop with a buddy and grab the warthog? Done! Want to land near the Scorpion in the middle of the map and duke it out with the other team? Done! Feeling suicidal? Drop behind enemy lines. Not feeling inspired? Let it drop you near your starting base by default.
Only for the initial spawn, though. Too much happening if it was constant.
If it was purely for the aesthetic pleasure and doesn’t change actual spawn location, then ok, not bad
The Section 8 franchise have that type of spawn system, players are only allowed to spawn in friendly controlled areas.
Example in the link.
To me it makes more sense for campaign.
Section 8. Been there done that. Don’t like it.
I remember that one of the Battlefields had you parachute in for your first life. I thought that that was pretty cool. I think that could work out neatly, but just for the first life. If it was every life, then the other team could easily know where people have spawned.
I guess this would only work on open ceiling maps though. Maybe a cool teleport scene for closed off maps?
I wanted this for halo 4 before we knew anything. I wanted space battles that were 8v8, there were 4 ships and 4 drop pods, the pods would go down to the planet the map was set on and the in space the other half of each team would fight.
This was my dream invasion gametype, were there would be ground objectives, while simultaneously have objectives in space. The team that accomplished the most objectives in each battle would win.
But what if one team won on the ground? If that happened both teams would be transported up to their respective ships and be brought up into space to help the rest of their team accomplish there objectives. The same would happen if one team won in the space portion, they would be transported down to the ground to help.
I’d like this as long as it was just an aesthetic take on respawns. Or initial spawns.
> I remember that one of the Battlefields had you parachute in for your first life.
I think you are thinking of Medal of Honor: Airborne. Maybe there is a battlefield that does it too, but I don’t recall that.
I want to say that it was the Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta. It may have just been on that one map too since the beta only was on one map.
I think it could work but the player drops from the Drop Pods when the match is starting. Both teams drop at the same time, but once they land they will spawn on the map the until the game wins. Lol just for jokes the winning team is the only team to fly away in the Pelican. However that could be to much to focus on. Would something cool added
Think of much more intense it would be they at least added it to infection where you would see zombies drop down from the sky anywhere on the map. Also why not have a screen in the drop pod were you can look at other people in their drop pods like in odst and use the kinect to have your spartan wave at them lol
It sounds ‘cool’ but unless we have extremely big maps…then I can see this being a problem since when it comes to playing the game itself people try to find ways to use it spawn kill them like:
Spawn killing with tanks, instant killing them with rockets as soon as they get out of the pod, planting grenades to explode as there getting out…
Nice idea but would need some serious work before implementing.
This would be awesome for BTB/Invasion and Dominion.
Would not work for small interior maps. But be perfect for any outdoor maps.
I’ve said since day one that if there going to use JIP (which I hate btw), instead of you just showing up in map, you should get “dropped” in ODST style. You can’t get shot out of the sky or anything like I section 8 it’s just a neat little animation. Your back up right.
Picture it, Your friend joins you… oh here comes so and so (animation of you being dropped in, Pod drops, hits the ground, it opens you come out)
A small feature but I think it’d be cool.
You guys think 343 would consider this? Halo in the past has always added new things that people never of imagined. No one expected that you could create a Jenga tower and have a people jump for their lives on it when halo 3 came out but people come up with unique ideas and even if my idea doesn’t get considered I hope that people think as far fetch as possible esspically now that 343 are really listing to us to come up with something special
> <mark>You guys think 343 would consider this?</mark> Halo in the past has always added new things that people never of imagined. No one expected that you could create a Jenga tower and have a people jump for their lives on it when halo 3 came out but people come up with unique ideas and even if my idea doesn’t get considered I hope that people think as far fetch as possible esspically now that 343 are really listing to us to come up with something special
Absolutely.
What would also be cool if you were a elite you have a more covenant looking drop pod, I miss being an elite… BLARG!!!