Been thinking of something like this since Reach.
Basically a Firefight Forge. Works the same as the regular forge, but you can now use it to create your own single or multiplayer firefight missions and even short campaigns.
Set spawn and drop points for enemies.
Set mission objectives, like “Kill Number of Enemies” or “Capture Territory” or “Destroy Vehicles”.
Set Events, like a dropship crash, or a Banshee strafing run.
Set Enemy AI, at basic levels like the difficulty, or more advanced by editing specific tactics like “Take Cover” or “Use Vehicles”.
Army Editor, create and adjust the weapons and armor of various units, and create squads for drops.
Set initial placement of allied NPCs, as well as their AI, the same as editing an enemy’s.
Area Select/Copy and Paste selection, based on a diagonal box selection area.
And finally, Trial Sortie, to run through the mission and debug any placement errors or AI bugs.
Then you can share your campaigns and firefights with the world over Xbox Live.
I do not know of any Shooter that has done this.
The replay value of creating your own missions and such would be nigh unlimited.
And of course people would pay for it. Of course you could still use the regular Forge if you didn’t want to drop the extra cash.
Thoughts? Concerns? Am I out of my damn mind?