Brutes in halo 4 matchmaking

Games Other Halo
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I know I have made two other threads which have been ignored, but with this thread I want to go into detail about why brutes should be playable in Halo 4.

Since Halo 2 the brutes, the elites and the Spartans have been the three humanoid characters and they all share characteristics. Super strength, soldiers, armour. And I think it is time to give us brute fans a chance to play as our favourite Halo characters.

How would it work? Of course brutes are too big to go against Spartans and elites, so I think that they should have their own playlist with slayer and objective, maybe even brute grif ball.

How would they be different? They should be much taller, stronger, different weapons and maybe different abilities. Perhaps there hold be. Berserking ability, where the player drops his weapons and runs around getting insta kill melees. I don’t know how this would work though. They would have shields which function like Spartans and elites. When they take enough damage, their power armour falls off. However, when their shields recharge, I think they should simply have shields over their bodies, as having regenerating power armour is stupid IMO.

They would have their own armoury unlocks. Personally I would want them to look like Halo 3 brutes

I think the following armour should feature in the brute armoury in order of unlock

Infantry (default)
Stalker
Jump pack (without the ability)
Captain
Chieftain
War chieftain

Colours would be customsable

Starting weapons u think should be carbine and spiker

Load out would be carbine, a spiker and two spike grenades

Weapons on the map would be strictly weapons brutes use or have used

Including

Battle rifle
Shotgun
Mauler
Brute shot
Plasma rifle
Brute plasma rifle
Plasma repeater
Needler
Gravity hammer
Rocket launcher
Fuel rod gun
Fire bomb grenades

And there is my idea for brutes in Halo 4 matchmaking. And please, if you agree with this, please post

Thanks and hopefully 343 will consider my idea if it isn’t too late

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What is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?

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> What is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?

It’s not an option for normal MM but a completely separate playlist

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It would be pretty sweet, I am not the biggest fan of Brutes though.

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> > What is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?
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> It’s not an option for normal MM but a completely separate playlist

I will repeat: what is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?

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> It would be pretty sweet, I am not the biggest fan of Brutes though.

Thanks, good to se support from the non brute fans as well

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> > It would be pretty sweet, I am not the biggest fan of Brutes though.
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> Thanks, good to se support from the non brute fans as well

Even if you could play as Brutes in Firefight, eating Ungooy and back handing Sanghelli.

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> > > What is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?
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> > It’s not an option for normal MM but a completely separate playlist
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> I will repeat: what is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?

Because they are not pieces of plot filler to everyone. I think they are awesome and are the best characters in Halo, and I’m sure that lots of other people would live to play as them

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> > > It would be pretty sweet, I am not the biggest fan of Brutes though.
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> > Thanks, good to se support from the non brute fans as well
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> Even if you could play as Brutes in Firefight, eating Ungooy and back handing Sanghelli.

Ha ha, that would be sweet. Eating grunts for health. Also you could eat lekgolo worms

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> > > > What is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?
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> > > It’s not an option for normal MM but a completely separate playlist
> >
> > I will repeat: what is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?
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> Because they are not pieces of plot filler to everyone. I think they are awesome and are the best characters in Halo, and I’m sure that lots of other people would live to play as them

Pretty much any idea has the ability to garner some degree of support; this alone doesn’t make it worth inclusion. You have to argue why your idea would be worth the dev time. Believe me, I’d love it if 343 could somehow include every crazy idea anybody could come up with, but they can’t. Even with their ~210-strong team, there just isn’t the time or manpower.

Also, considering Halo 4 is currently on the home straight to going gold, either the idea has been implemented by now or it won’t be, and this thread will change nothing.

/depressing realism

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I thought Brutes would be playable in Halo Reach. With each new iteration we’ve been able to play as a different character, with the others still playable as well.

H:CE - Spartans
H2 - Spartans and Elites
H3 - Spartans and Elites
H3: ODST - ODSTs

And yes, H3:ODST counts as H3 as it was an expansion, not a full game.

Halo Reach was the only game which did not follow this pattern and in fact took a step backwards. ODSTs were not included in the game as playable characters.

That’s why in H4 I think this should be corrected and we should be able to play as:

Spartans
Elites
ODSTs
Brutes

And in addition we should be able to play as one of the new enemies.

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> > > > > What is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?
> > > >
> > > > It’s not an option for normal MM but a completely separate playlist
> > >
> > > I will repeat: what is the point in 343 putting all that effort and developer time into the option to play as a piece of plot filler?
> >
> > Because they are not pieces of plot filler to everyone. I think they are awesome and are the best characters in Halo, and I’m sure that lots of other people would live to play as them
>
> Pretty much any idea has the ability to garner some degree of support; this alone doesn’t make it worth inclusion. You have to argue why your idea would be worth the dev time. Believe me, I’d love it if 343 could somehow include every crazy idea anybody could come up with, but they can’t. Even with their ~210-strong team, there just isn’t the time or manpower.
>
> Also, considering Halo 4 is currently on the home straight to going gold, either the idea has been implemented by now or it won’t be, and this thread will change nothing.
>
> /depressing realism

Suppose :frowning:

But never give up :slight_smile:

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> I thought Brutes would be playable in Halo Reach. With each new iteration we’ve been able to play as a different character, with the others still playable as well.
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> H:CE - Spartans
> H2 - Spartans and Elites
> H3 - Spartans and Elites
> H3: ODST - ODSTs
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> And yes, H3:ODST counts as H3 as it was an expansion, not a full game.
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> Halo Reach was the only game which did not follow this pattern and in fact took a step backwards. ODSTs were not included in the game as playable characters.
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> That’s why in H4 I think this should be corrected and we should be able to play as:
>
> Spartans
> Elites
> ODSTs
> Brutes
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> And in addition we should be able to play as one of the new enemies.

I agree!

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Oh and something I forgot to mention in the OP

I think that assasinations should return for brutes as well

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I like your imagination you got on the idea here, And i guess it would be fun for awhile, But it would also be impractical. And if i’m honest i don’t think id ever have much interest in wanting to play as a brute.

PeacE
ShadEO9

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> I like your imagination you got on the idea here, And i guess it would be fun for awhile, But it would also be impractical. And if i’m honest i don’t think id ever have much interest in wanting to play as a brute.
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>
>
> PeacE
> ShadEO9

Thanks, but how would it be impractical?

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I would love this, it introduces variety and a change of tactics to gameplay. Maybe gametypes could support different species you could play to fight one another…

Flood for infection
Elites vs Brutes vs Spartans,
Jackals + Grunts vs Marines + ODSTs,
Scarab vs Cyclops Mk.II,
Sentinals vs Flood

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i like your idea but to balance them out a bit i think their shields shouldn’t regenerate as they have lost their armour. also the beserk thing what restrictions are their to it, is it that they can only run straight forwards for like fives seconds or something, or do they get full movement like with sprint?

its a nice idea anyway but i dont think 343 will go through with it as i have a feeling it will be too much coding or too expensive or something like that

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also like titaniums idea above me

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> i like your idea but to balance them out a bit i think their shields shouldn’t regenerate as they have lost their armour. also the beserk thing what restrictions are their to it, is it that they can only run straight forwards for like fives seconds or something, or do they get full movement like with sprint?
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> its a nice idea anyway but i dont think 343 will go through with it as i have a feeling it will be too much coding or too expensive or something like that

I also like Titanims idea

In response to your question, berserk would only be usable once before you die and is also only usable once your power armour is down. This gives distant players a chance to kill you easily, thus not making the ability too overpowered. They should e full movement and insta kill melees. However I’d say that it lasts for 30 seconds, and if you survive you are left with no weapons.

Also, I think your idea of no recharging energy shield would be more realistic but also impractical. It would punish players far too harshly, and we also need to keep the core Halo feel in there, and recharging shields are a part of that IMO