So, I was recently watching a video where someone was speculating on a warzone match with humans vs AI (aliens). I realized that that would basically be invasion without players playing the enemy team. I think that If they did some sort of warzone/warzone assault variant of invasion it could really be cool. It would create a more diverse Warzone experience, allow players to play as elites (maybe even prometheans), and it also seems like it could be easy to implement.
Warzone Invasion Would Really Fit
I recently went on Reach and played invasion and I realized just how similar to warzone assault it was. One team defends points while another tries to cap them. Once a point is capped, the attackers move on to the next point until they reach the enemy core. It is SO SIMILAR. The main differences are the elite attackers and the advancing loadouts throughout the game. As far as the loadouts go, they would just have to create a more strict req system. They could make it so for the first round the req level is 1, then after taking the first base, level 5, and so on. They could even limit the req items you can spawn in to your team. For example the defending humans can only spawn HUMAN weapons and the elites could only spawn Covenant weapons. I realize all the warzone loadouts are human but I think they could just create a covenant version just for invasion to replace those. Basically like: Assault Rifle->Storm Rifle, SMG->Needler, Magnum->Plasma pistol, DMR->Carbine. It could take some tweaking but for the most part the assets are all there.
Playable Elites/Prometheans
I realize a lot of people have requested playable elites like in halo reach and I can see their argument but I just never used the elites much in Reach. I don’t think at this point 343 would add in playable elites like they were in Reach but by adding Invasion they could almost knock two birds out with one stone. You get a great game mode that is always fun and immersive, and the ability to play as something other than a spartan. It would definitely be a cool experience. Who knows, maybe even add in some full elite/promethean armor sets into the req system to further customize for the mode.
Warzone Invasion Could Help to Create a Diverse Warzone Experience
Currently halo 5 warzone game modes aren’t very special. You have Warzone, which is fun, and Warzone Assault which is essentially Warzone but one team can’t go on the offensive. (Still fun). Both these game modes are so similar that you can get bored of Warzone as a whole pretty quick. With the Warzone Firefight Beta I started to see some very good changes in Warzone as a whole. The more diverse the game modes the more players Warzone can appeal to. I’m not that big on Warzone and sell a lot of my reqs but during the Warzone Firefight beta I actually started keeping reqs because it was a new Warzone experience that I felt I could use my reqs in to increase the amount of fun. Adding Invasion would only increase the amount of players playing Warzone, in turn keeping reqs, then wanting reqs, and then being more excited with the unlocks they get through req packs. Plus any players that really like to play campaign and love the lore could really get into the immersion of this mode.
Over all, I think Warzone Invasion would be a fantastic and super fun mode to add into Halo 5 as part of the Warzone playlist. We really need more reasons to keep reqs because, lots of req packs will disappoint me if I get a new loadout weapon or something.