I think its weird, i feel like its all their first day on the job as a Spartan and they just got the worst assignment ever.
Mix it up a bit allow Spartan IV’s to act differently depending on what armor they were and let us know what teams they are from and who they are like in H3 ODST with tags on their armor.
Maybe its just men but I would think that Spartans wouldn’t use dog tags. Those are for identifying the dead.
I’m not saying Spartan’s cant die but with all that armor on having a dog tag would be sort of a waste of minimum but useful resources.
Also make them a more useful fighting AI. I think is pretty funny to see a Spartan IV trying to kill a grunt and being destroyed on Normal. Which seems to be the only difficulty where they are really useful compared to other Marines. But i guess 343i wants to get the image across that Crimson and MC are just that much better than the others that they look like fumbling idiots.
I would really like to see SIV fire teams have their armor set up in the same way that Majestic does.
Fire team Forest for example. All of their armor could be Forest as their primary color and green can be their secondary color. They could have their own emblem that you don’t see other fire teams using along each team member having a unique armor set. Say maybe Commando, War master, Rogue and Ranger, just as an example.
Then you could have fire team Shadow black and purple and Fire team Lancer Silver and orange all with their own armor too.
343 would of course run out of armor very quickly if they want to make everyone unique. That can happen because I want each Fire team to be reused constantly so that Crimson, Chief or whoever you’re playing as builds up a relationship with these guys. I want to be able to see the same Fire team a lot and remember who they are.
Why would 343 need to ever use background Spartans in Recruit armor when they can reuse a fire team that we’ve fought with before. How cool would it have been it turned out Fire team Mountain were the ones riding on the tank with Chief when he was heading towards Infinity or that Fire team Castle were the ones fighting with Lasky and Palmer in the Forest. It’s completely possible that it could have been them but we’ll never know because the SIVs look identical.
And I agree that they need a buff. They need to be more than just marines with energy shields.
If they can’t somehow give them scripted armors, at least randomize the armor they wear each time you replay the level. Similar to the dead Spartans in Halo Reach - “Lone Wolf”.
> I would really like to see SIV fire teams have their armor set up in the same way that Majestic does.
>
> Fire team Forest for example. All of their armor could be Forest as their primary color and green can be their secondary color. They could have their own emblem that you don’t see other fire teams using along each team member having a unique armor set. Say maybe Commando, War master, Rogue and Ranger, just as an example.
>
> Then you could have fire team Shadow black and purple and Fire team Lancer Silver and orange all with their own armor too.
>
> 343 would of course run out of armor very quickly if they want to make everyone unique. That can happen because I want each Fire team to be reused constantly so that Crimson, Chief or whoever you’re playing as builds up a relationship with these guys. I want to be able to see the same Fire team a lot and remember who they are.
>
> Why would 343 need to ever use background Spartans in Recruit armor when they can reuse a fire team that we’ve fought with before. How cool would it have been it turned out Fire team Mountain were the ones riding on the tank with Chief when he was heading towards Infinity or that Fire team Castle were the ones fighting with Lasky and Palmer in the Forest. It’s completely possible that it could have been them but we’ll never know because the SIVs look identical.
>
> And I agree that they need a buff. They need to be more than just marines with energy shields.
I’m a fan of the Covenant but it isn’t right to see a Jackal with a stick up a Spartan IV’s -Yoink- and mopping the floor with him.
Infinity, rally point charlie
Don’t go in the Scorpion. The four Spartan-IVs will put up the most unconvincing fight you will ever see. They will stand in place taking shots, won’t even try to avoid Needlers, and they will slowly walk towards cover.
> Infinity, rally point charlie
> Don’t go in the Scorpion. The four Spartan-IVs will put up the most unconvincing fight you will ever see. They will stand in place taking shots, won’t even try to avoid Needlers, and they will slowly walk towards cover.
Way ahead of you. The second time I played the mission i thought of going out on foot. Those guys became useless the second i dropped. Another example of how bad they are…just play the Spartan Ops mission where you met Mountain Team. after you bring down the shield they lose their invincibly and see how long they last against the Covenant on normal. Its like watching the boys storm Normandy Beach.
> If they can’t somehow give them scripted armors, at least randomize the armor they wear each time you replay the level. Similar to the dead Spartans in Halo Reach - “Lone Wolf”.
If it could be done in Reach for corpses it could he able to be done with living AI in 5.