First on a note: I’m not trying to make this an ‘‘Official’’ thread. However if we all pool our ideas and wishes together, i believe we can catch 343i in good time!!
So how shall we start? First of all from one end to another. Feel free to post your own wishes and/or ideas below! The more the better! Let’s also try to keep the discussion alive for the sake of them taking interest in this!
MULTIPLAYER:
Gametypes:
Having some good old classics return would be a blessing! Assault, territories, stockpile. Maybe Skullhunter? Some old fationed Halo gametypes for the future!
Costumization:
Now it’s clear with every Halo game since Halo 2 costumization has increased incredibly and more and more features/options have become available. However what else could we possibly add? With the new power of the X1 and addition of Blu-Ray discs the possibilities are endless!
Location of Emblem.
Amount of Emblems.
Individual piece colour?
Attachments for the helmets to return as well.
Voices for our Spartans. (Chief, Sgt. Buck, Johnson. etc)
More poses for our Spartan PlayerCards! There’s too many knifes around…
Ability to choose what weapon our spartan holds on the PlayerCard. Needler, Sniper, rocket launcher etc.
Maybe some cosmetic features? Scratches, cracks in visor, dents… Because you get the feeling S4s may be a BIT too new and shiny. Like another cartoon.
Endless posibilities! And i’d love to see if you guys/girls have ideas to add to the pool.
Loadouts:
Now i do love how Halo 4 is setup, our spartan suits our OWN playstyle when we go at it.
However one thing i could see come into play, is a ‘‘choose but sacrifice’’ mechanism. Example: I do like to pull our my magnum every now and then… But ammo always comes up so dam short! So if we now could… Let’s say take away ONE of our grenades in trade for 2 additional clips of ammo? Or something like that. Yes i realize it sounds awfully close to BLOPS 2 but trust me, that’s not where i got the idea from. And i doubt whole heartly that i’ll CoDify Halo even further with such a small thing.
BUT!!! There is also the thing we lack now. Aerial UNSC vehicle. Bring back the Hornet or/and Falcon for some good variaty! Trust me 343i, your fans and more will kiss your feat for that and start showing the lost love!
Maybe you have any ideas? Wishes? Feel free to add them!
FORGE:
Now we’re at a pretty big subject these days. ‘‘FORGE’’
How can we help 343i improve forge? Sure as hell not by throwing ‘‘GIVE US A FREAKING MAP EDITOR’’ comments at them. Instead give them something to work with.
Here’s what i’m thinking. For years there’s been insanely good map makers out there! Source and Farcry’s engine for example. But maybe we shouldn’t go THAT far in? In the end it may prove too complicated to do on a console.
So what i an thinking here, many of you probaly know Garrysmod. A 3rd party Mod running on steam, let’s you manipulate literally EVERY sort of prop, ragdoll, effect, light etc from the games it’s spawned from.
Giving us more then just simple practical props in Forge, we could give our maps more… ‘‘personality’’ For example i’ve always thought of a battlefield with a fire effect here and there, destroyed vehicles and crashed phantoms/pelicans.
Maybe throw spartan ragdoll on the ground and make it look realistic? More filters to change the map.
Now here’s the biggy everyone has been wanting since Reach’s forge was announced… WEATHER EFFECTS! Yes ladies and gentlemen, it’s a rather big one. But now let’s not demand an ‘‘Advanced weather effect system’’ Instead, the maps could come built WITH weather modes that can be turned on/off in forge. Simply slap down a Weather ball effect and watch the rain/sun/storm/fog give your map LIFE!
Trees could also become something for once? Lively leafs and it’ll give a map the feeling of… ‘‘awesome mother nature’’
More forge ideas you carry and/or wish for? Please share!
SPARTAN OPS:
No doubt Spops had its flaws and haters.
But to me it was probaly THE most awesome innovative idea for a Halo game to date! Giving us a whole AFTER story from the original campaign mode and showing us, the players, what happens after the battle of earth and requiem.
I’d would LOVE to see Spops return but ofcourse next time, they need to rethink the system. My first thought here is Spops has its OWN individuel Loadout system.
Why? Well what i use in MP never fits that good into Spops… Believe me.
Give our Spartans a more ‘‘Spartany’’ feel with a new sort of loadout system,giving us access to Shotguns, snipers, SAWs, SMGs too?. Nobody is gonna ask for Rockets/Railguns and what ever now is available abort the beautiful UNSC Infinity. It’ll allow us to have OUR spartans play as we feel. There’s alot of times i would have prefered to start off with a Shotgun rather then my BR or AR.
So 343i take the loadout systems for the two modes and seperate it. Make one for spops and another one like Halo 4’s for MP in Halo 5.
Also when it comes down to it, however much i loved all the maps in spops and they were all amazingly designed… There was always ONE problem we all kinda nagged about. ‘‘Reusing’’ the maps! Happened too often and eventually it would get a bit boring. We need fresh new maps for each episode! Sure every now and then it’ll be a part of story to go back but… Does the UNSC marines really suck so much that they dissapear/die/get kidnapped SO often all of a sudden? It really gets to me and becomes too convinient in the end.
Voice your ideas/wishes for Spartan Ops!
FIREFIGHT:
No doubt do many of us wish this to return, but ofcourse we could just follow the boring guys/girls and do as they say ‘‘Go back to Reach’’??? right? No. Ofcourse not!
Blu-Ray is now a part of the Xbox system, with that, it gives 343i more space… LOTS of more space to work with.
With that being so, we could potentially see our beloved Firefight return in a new form!
Reach’s firefight came as perfect to me! I loved getting one of my friends in on a good game of ‘‘FireFight Doubles’’ in Reach! And i would forever love 343i for merely giving me this opportunity again, because i was hoping so so much for it in Halo 4 but i also had to cope with the fact they were pushing it memory wise.
However what can we do about firefight this time around? More vehicle maps ofcourse. Give us objectives in firefight, generator defense was a smart and awesome idea BUNGIE came up with! And i loved it!
Perhaps we could run and secure locations? Like a a Firefight version of territories! Phantoms could come in dropping generators and we could go back to the base, pick up a nice handy little Bang bang bomb, and then run and plant it! Hell yea now that’d throw some gasoline on the lovely forest fire of wishes for Firefight!
But also in firefight… We need guns ofcourse. Allow us to have the previously mentioned loadout system from Spops in FF as well! Spops and Firefight could share the loadout system due to them not being MP afterall.
Firefight Versus? It’s not exactly on my top list of needs but hey a little extra is always good!
Pitch in fellow Halo lovers and add something usefull!
