Halo Wars 2 Unit Ideas

Games Halo Wars Series
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A year ago, I made a post on Halo Nation about what units I wanted in Halo Wars 2. Yes, I predicted it a year in advance, I must be clairvoyant :wink:

Anyway, I thought I might as well post that list here, where it is now more relevant, and might actually have more of an impact on development (itā€™s in a spoiler to save space).

Main Infantry:

  • UNSC: Marines - Covenant: Elite, Grunt & Jackal Squad - Brutes: Brute, Grunt & Jackal PackAnti-infantry:

  • UNSC: Flamethrowers/Hellbringers - Covenant: Elite Zealot - Brutes: Brute ChieftainSnipers

  • UNSC: Sniper Squad - Covenant & Brutes: Jackal/Skirmisher SnipersAux. Infantry:

  • UNSC: SPARTAN II/IV (5 max at any time) - Covenant & Brutes: Hunters (5 pairs max at any time)Scout:

  • UNSC: Mongoose - Covenant: Ghost - Brutes: ChopperRapid Assault Vehicle:

  • UNSC: Warthog - Covenant: Spectre - Brutes: ProwlerMain Tank:

  • UNSC: Scorpion - Covenant & Brutes: WraithAnti-Vehicle:

  • UNSC: Cobra - Covenant & Brutes: RevenantAnti-Air:

  • UNSC: Wolverine - Covenant & Brutes: Anti-Air WraithAnti-Building:

  • UNSC: Mantis - Covenant & Brutes: LocustMain Air:

  • UNSC: Hornet - Covenant & Brutes: BansheeAux. Air:

  • UNSC: Falcon - Covenant & Brutes: VampireHeavy Air:

  • UNSC: Vulture - Covenant & Brutes: LichHealing Unit:

  • UNSC: Cyclops - Covenant & Brutes: EngineerMobile Base:

  • UNSC: Elephant (Mammoth for Captain Cutter) - Covenant & Brutes: Scarab

What do you think? Are there any units youā€™d like/not like to see?

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Makes sense to me! Good stuff

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I donā€™t know about Spartan IVs because it seems to take place not long after the first. So maybe IIIs as some sort of stealth unit, cheaper than IIs. Also there seems to be hints at flood so I could imagine them being a playable faction, probably having there own units and even the ability to take other factions units or have some kind of flood corrupted version of forerunner stuff.

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> I donā€™t know about Spartan IVs because it seems to take place not long after the first. So maybe IIIs as some sort of stealth unit, cheaper than IIs. Also there seems to be hints at flood so I could imagine them being a playable faction, probably having there own units and even the ability to take other factions units or have some kind of flood corrupted version of forerunner stuff.

Well spartan IIIā€™s were used for suicide missionsā€¦ Some would call them ā€œdisposableā€.

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> > I donā€™t know about Spartan IVs because it seems to take place not long after the first. So maybe IIIs as some sort of stealth unit, cheaper than IIs. Also there seems to be hints at flood so I could imagine them being a playable faction, probably having there own units and even the ability to take other factions units or have some kind of flood corrupted version of forerunner stuff.
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> Well spartan IIIā€™s were used for suicide missionsā€¦ Some would call them ā€œdisposableā€.

Well yes, but they also had the kinda sorta invisibility thing.

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Thatā€™s also why they would be less expensive, because they were ā€œdisposableā€.

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Lack of Sparrowhawk disturbs me.

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> Lack of Sparrowhawk disturbs me.

Thatā€™d be an upgrade for the Hornet, like it was in Halo Wars.

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To expand on your list ill add some new unit types as well as new factions [Insurrection, UEG, ONI, Promethean, Sentinel and Flood]

Main Infantry:

  • UNSC: Marines - Insurrection: Rebel militiamen - UEG: Millitia, Police squads - ONI: Oni Security Squads - Covenant: Elite, Grunt & Jackal Squad - Brutes: Brute, Grunt & Jackal Pack - Promethean: Soldiers, Crawler and Prometheans - Sentinels: Sentinel aggressor/protector - Flood: Combat FormsClose Range Anti-infantry:

  • UNSC: Flamethrowers/Hellbringers - Insurrection: Improvised flamethrowers - UEG: Shotgun equipped Militia, Swat, Riot Police - ONI: Experimental flamethrower squad - Covenant: Elite Zealot, Needler squad - Brutes: Brute Chieftain - Promethean: Scattershot equipped prometheans/Soldiers - Sentinel: Sentinel Major - Flood: Infection forms/Spores/carriersLong ranged Anti-infantry ā€œSnipersā€:

  • UNSC: Sniper Squad - Insurrection: Outdated Sniper Squad - UEG: Police Sniper Squad - ONI: Guass Rifle Squad - Covenant & Brutes: Jackal/Skirmisher Snipers - Promethean: Binary Rifle equipped soldiers, crawlers and prometheans - Sentinel - Flood: Sniper FormAnti Vehicle Infantry

  • UNSC: Rocket squad, Spartan Laser Squad - Insurrection: Improvised/cheap Rocket Squad - UEG: Anti Tank Rifle Squad - ONI: Halo 5 style rocket launcher squad, Spartan laser squad - Covenent & Brutes: Fuel rod Squad - Prometheans: Incineration cannon Squad - Sentinel: Heavy Sentinel - Flood: Anti vehicle weapon equipped combat form, Tank formHeavy Weapon Infantry:

  • UNSC: Heavy Weapons teamā€™s [Machinegun, Gauss, Missile pod, AT missile, Spartan laser, Mortar] - Insurrection: Heavy weapons team [Machinegun, Improvised AT missile, Outdated AA missile, Mortar] - UEG: Heavy weapons team [same as above] - ONI: Heavy Weapons Team [Same as UNSC] - Covenent & Brutes: Heavy weapons grunts [Plasma turret, Fuel rod turret, Plasma mortar] - Prometheans: Splinter turret team - Sentinel: - Flood: Ranged form [H3, should be able to transform into anti infantry, anti tank, anti air and so on]Advanced/Aux Infantry:

  • UNSC: SPARTAN II, III, IV (5 max at any time) - Insurrection: Power armor equipped Infantry [Seen in halo the fall of reach] - UEG: Power Armor equipped infantry [Seen in halo the fall of reach] - ONI: Spartan IVā€™s, Spartan Hunters, Power armored infantry - Covenant & Brutes: Hunters (5 pairs max at any time) - Promethean: Warden Eternal - Sentinel: Onyx Sentinel - Flood: Pure FormScout:

  • UNSC: Mongoose, Gungoose - Insurrection: Dirt bike/Motor bike - UEG: Police car - ONI: Siege Bike - Covenant: Ghost - Brutes: Chopper - Promethean: - Sentinel: Recon Sentinel - Flood: Flood scout form, Infected scout vehicleRapid Assault Vehicle:

  • UNSC: Warthog - Insurrection: Technical [Civilian vehicles with guns on top] - UEG: Riot Cyclops / Armed Cyclops - ONI: Kestrel - Covenant: Spectre - Brutes: Prowler - Prometheans: - Sentinels: Enforcer Sentinel - Flood:Main Tank:

  • UNSC: Scorpion, Sun devil, Tarantula - Insurrection: Scorpion - UEG: Scorpion - ONI: Scorpion - Covenant & Brutes: Wraith - Promethean: - Sentinel: Super Sentinel - Flood: Thrasher formHeavy Tank

  • UNSC: Grizzly - Insurrection: ā€˜Heavy scorpionā€™ [A scorpion hap hazardly up gunned/armored] - UEG: - ONI: Heavy Grizzly - Covenent & Brutes: Heavy Wraith - Promethean: - Sentinel: Super Heavy Sentinel - Flood: JuggernautAnti-Vehicle:

  • UNSC: Cobra - Insurrection: AT Technical - UEG: AT Self propelled gun - ONI: Spartan Laser equipped vehicle - Covenant & Brutes: Revenant - Promethean: - Sentinel: Gatherer - Flood: Infector FormAnti-Air:

  • UNSC: Wolverine - Insurrection: AA Truck [a large truck fitted with loads of machineguns or missile pods] - UEG: Deployable AA Vehicle [acts similair to cobra only its an AA vehicle] - ONI: Heavy Wolverine - Covenant & Brutes: Anti-Air Wraith - Promethean: - Sentinel: - Flood: Spore LauncherAnti-Building:

  • UNSC: Mantis - Insurrection: Suicide Truck, Construction vehicles - UEG: Riot truck/van [the type with the ram on the front] - ONI: Mantis - Covenant & Brutes: Locust - Promethean: - Sentinel: - Flood: Siege formArmored personnel carrier / Infantry transport:

  • UNSC: Transport warthog, APC - Insurrection: APC Warthog [One with the box], Battle bus/armored bus - UEG: Police Van, Riot APC - ONI: Transport warthog, APC - Covenant & Brutes: Shadow, APC Wraith - Promethean: - Sentinel - Flood: Transport FormArtillery/Ranged:

  • UNSC: Mobile archer missile platform [must deploy to fire] - Insurrection: Improvised MLR - UEG: Mortar vehicle - ONI: Fox Cannon - Covenant & Brutes: Covenant Mortar tank [cut form halo wars 1] - Promethean: - Sentinel: - Flood:Main Air:

  • UNSC: Hornet, Sparrow Hawk - Insurrection: Captured hornet - UEG: Hornet - ONI: Hornet, Sparrow Hawk - Covenant & Brutes: Banshee - Promethean: Pheaton - Sentinel: - Flood: SwarmersAux. Air:

  • UNSC: Falcon - Insurrection: Armed civilian helicopter - UEG: Police/Millitia Falcon - ONI: Heavy Falcon - Covenant & Brutes: Vampire - Promethean: - Sentinel: - Flood:Heavy Air:

  • UNSC: Vulture, Pelican Gunship - Insurrection: Condor Gunship - UEG: Police - Vulture, Condor Gunship /Pelican Gunship - ONI: Vulture, Condor Gunship /Pelican Gunship - Covenant & Brutes: Lich, Phantom Gunboat, Spirit Gunship - Promethean: - Sentinel: - Flood: Bomber formAir Superiority/Bomber

  • UNSC: Falcon Fighter, Longsword, Broadsword, Shortsword - Insurrection: Longsword - UEG: Police Interceptor, Falcon fighter - ONI: Sabre, Kindijal - Covenent & Brutes: Seraph, Space banshee - Promethean - Sentinel: - Flood:Repair / Healing Unit:

  • UNSC: Cyclops, Engineer Infantry, Medic - Insurrection: Mechanic, Medic - UEG: Doctor, Mechanic - ONI: Combat Medic, Combat Engineer, Cyclops - Covenant & Brutes: Engineer - Promethean: Watcher - Sentinel: Constructor Sentinel - Flood: Biomass dispersionMobile Base / Super Units:

  • UNSC: Elephant, Mammoth, UNSC Frigate, Prototype Suit - Insurrection: Armed Oliphant - UEG: Heavy Urban defense vehicle - ONI: Elephant, Mammoth, ONI Prowler - Covenant & Brutes: Scarab, Super Scarab, Covenant Corvette - Promethean: - Sentinel: - Flood: Gravemind, super combat form

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Bring the mammoth to halo 2 would be grate.

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Are the units going to be restricted to what would be on the Spirit Of Fire? Because I think itā€™s just Marines. Shame I was wanting to us UNSC Army units for once. It will be really nice if Creative Assembly brings the kind of unit variety to Halo Wars 2 that they have in the a Total War series. I also think Creative Assembly could take an idea from Wargame Red Dragon and have every unit have soldiers with multiple types of weapons. So like in a Marine squad there are 6 with MA5B rifles and 2 with BR55 rifles. Here is a list of units I would like to see-
Iā€™m only going to be listing infantry since I donā€™t know many vehicles.
Marine Squad
Flame Marine Squad
AT Marine Squad (rocket launchers)
Sniper/Spotter Team
Marine Force Recon Squad (light infantry/scout unit)
Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (with a breacher, AT specialist, sniper and 3 riflemen)
Spartan Omega Red Team