Halo 5 Easter Egg Ideas for 343

So, as I told BS Angel, 343 is AWESOME at hiding easter eggs. They are brilliant. That said, some of the rewards are…less than exciting. Here is where we can suggest eggs for Halo 5. This is a place for CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM and SUGGESTIONS, not to rip on Halo 4 and insult 343.
My ideas:

  1. THE BIG ONE EVERYONE WANTS: A scarab gun, or something similar.
    2. This. Need I say more?
  2. Do something where the Didact (we know he’s still alive, or maybe some other bad guy) gets this face if the egg is activated. Maybe alternate cutscene dialogue with Frankie.

Someone in the Bulletin Easter Egg Hunt thread said something about a mongoose with a Tank Cannon. Something like that would be amazing, lol.

Of course, an extremely well hidden Scarab Gun would be badass. Hidden Switch easter eggs are good because they actually are evidence of easter eggs, instead of randomly shooting places. Please have both of these, though!

Not exactly easter eggs, but I’d REALLY REALLY REALLY <3 343 if they got rid of invisible barriers around the campaign. The ability to go wherever you wanted in Halo 1 and Halo 2 was what made those campaigns amazing to play over and over again. It would add a HUGE amount of replayability in the campaign if we could explore outside of the maps.

> Someone in the Bulletin Easter Egg Hunt thread said something about a mongoose with a Tank Cannon. Something like that would be amazing, lol.
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> Of course, an extremely well hidden Scarab Gun would be badass. Hidden Switch easter eggs are good because they actually are evidence of easter eggs, instead of randomly shooting places. Please have both of these, though!
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> Not exactly easter eggs, but I’d REALLY REALLY REALLY <3 343 if they got rid of invisible barriers around the campaign. The ability to go wherever you wanted in Halo 1 and Halo 2 was what made those campaigns amazing to play over and over again. It would add a HUGE amount of replayability in the campaign if we could explore outside of the maps.

If I was a 343i employee I would kind of hate to design all this beauty that would be explored by few.

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Could you even imagine how far a mongoose would flip if it had a Tank cannon fire from its back?!!? I’ve modded a warthog to have a tank gun and -Yoink!- does it fly!

Another idea: Skulls? Like ones we have to find? But hide 'em like in H2, the skulls in H3 were too easy to find IMO. (Mythic is like right there in a clearly visible side path. And IWHBYD is pathetically, even laughably, easy compared to H2’s version)

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Oh my gosh I completely forgot about skulls! PLEASE hide them in the campaign! Add a choice to either unlock them via hunting for them, or unlock them a different way. That way, people that like to hunt for the skulls can, and people that don’t like to don’t have to!

And make it so that if you find them all the hard way, you unlock some badass armor or a BR with skulls on it or something cool.

I think IWHBYD should involve a complex spawning process and a MASSIVE battle against overpowered enemies. just sayin’.

We need to have a police officer that turns into a winged warthog that can zip around the map like a banshee.

erm… yeah… that sounds cool…

Hidden grifballs, nuf said.

I want the partygun. (Idea 2 in OP) But 343 would need to give credit to CMT.

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Don’t hate. It’s a double flying pig all the way across the sky. That’s what it means!

op should be praised for this! I’ll post ideas soon.

> Could you even imagine how far a mongoose would flip if it had a Tank cannon fire from its back?!!? I’ve modded a warthog to have a tank gun and -Yoink!- does it fly!
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> Another idea: Skulls? Like ones we have to find? But hide 'em like in H2, the skulls in H3 were too easy to find IMO. (Mythic is like right there in a clearly visible side path. And IWHBYD is pathetically, even laughably, easy compared to H2’s version)

Too bad going too high in this game tends to delete you. I’ve been up there using Scorpion flip launches.

Getting H2 IWHBYD to spawn was such a pain in the -Yoink-, I hope they NEVER associate an easter egg with luck. But I liked the H2 IWHBYD battle.

> …a MASSIVE battle against overpowered enemies. just sayin’.

I don’t want another Battlewagon spam. I want a mixed assortment of enemies. That’s one of the reasons why H2’s IWHBYD battle is superior, you could have Elites spawning with snipers, needlers, etc. instead of just one gun.

> Not exactly easter eggs, but I’d REALLY REALLY REALLY <3 343 if they got rid of invisible barriers around the campaign. The ability to go wherever you wanted in Halo 1 and Halo 2 was what made those campaigns amazing to play over and over again. It would add a HUGE amount of replayability in the campaign if we could explore outside of the maps.

More importantly, get rid of the death barriers. It’s really artificial and noticeable (i.e. at the Cryptum on Forerunner, walk off the edge). And make areas more solid/real. 90% of H4’s out of level is fake.

> If I was a 343i employee I would kind of hate to design all this beauty that would be explored by few.

Exploration should be accessible, but not too easy or it’d lose it’s tricking value.

I’ve been out of Dawn, it’s really damn awesome. It’s on par with Reclaimer!

Of course, exploration shouldn’t feel artificial; climbing up these rocks is unnecessarily difficult (not as simple as it looks)… and pointless (there’s an easier way up).

Bucks squad on the radio speaking to eachother, comedic or dramatic dialogue

The teabagging Spartan in E10C3 should have been accompanied with music.

Also, nothing like a bunch of dumb Elites to make my morning. xD Reminds me of those berserking Elites near H2 skulls.

I think an egg representative of the waypoint community would be excellent. How about a t nagging cat with a grav hammer. I think this would fit for BS Angel. Maybe something similar for our other community leaders too.

Another good egg would be the an apperance of Spartan 1337. He’s the real fist of the Unicorn system!

More random stuff, stuff that just seems out of place.
Maybe hide an Actual Easter Egg.
Dancing grunts needs its return.
Finding Skulls should also be back, Its no fun just having them unlocked.

Maybe they could put a faint picture of Cortana out of clouds in a mission. you know. after she died and all. (BTW 2552(Halo Reach and Halo 1) is Cortana’s birth year, 2557(Halo 4’s game year) is where she died. She says A.I.'s live for seven before rampancy, she says she lived 8. 2557 - 2552 = 5 YEARS!!! SHE DIED TOO SOON!!!

Ideas (Volume 1):

-low gravity trait zones. Midnight is 20x more fun when you can jump and launch like a real Spartan. They actually had this idea for Dawn’s space area but then they made it so only scenery would be affected. :confused:
-infinite grenades. Would be a good way to implement Bandanna without ruining LASO
-perma camo. Would have been an appropriate reward killing the Zealot snipers

Slightly off topic, but anyone else just got an egg next to their name?