Please don’t kill me, I know the Falcon threads are ancient history, but I have always had an idea for the Falcon to work well in Warzone.
First off, I was disappointed to find out the Falcon was in the Memories of Reach update. The Phaeton variant should’ve been saved for a later date, but enough on that…
How the Falcon could be a deathly force in Warzone:
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Upgrade Weapons - One way to make the Falcon amazing, would be to upgrade the weapons. Explosive round turret (like ONI Warthog), Grenade Launcher turrets, or even a chaingun for the pilot. Any of these options would allow the Falcon to be a wondrous team air vehicle. Addtionaly protection of the turret operators could help as well. - Give Falcon Explosive Counter Measures - The banshees have evading counter measures and the phaetons have trans-location counter measures. The Falcon should be given explosive counter measures. It a rocket or plasma pistol project locks on the falcon, then as a pilot you should be able to deploy explosives in between you and the locked on projectile. - Allow Single Drivers to Operate - Pressing “A” locks the Falcon’s altitude. Upon locking your altitude, the pilot should be allowed to switch seats and hover above to get kills. However, if nobody is left in the Falcon, it deactivates and falls.What are your guy’s opinions?
The chain-gun for the pilot will make it balanced for Warzone
I see this being practical, but I don’t think the falcon is coming to Halo 5 guys and gals.
If it were, MOR would have been the update for it, not hog wild.
Maybe warzone ff but I doubt it.
Make it a level 4 req with 3 variants.
Falcon-Basic Falcon with gunner seats level 4
Noble Falcon (or a better name)-Falcon with chin mounted gun from New Alexandria level 5
ONI Falcon-Falcon with grenade launchers and chin mounted gun that is immune to EMPs that flies slightly faster level 7
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> Make it a level 4 req with 3 variants.
> Falcon-Basic Falcon with gunner seats level 4
> Noble Falcon (or a better name)-Falcon with chin mounted gun from New Alexandria level 5
> ONI Falcon-Falcon with grenade launchers and chin mounted gun that is immune to EMPs that flies slightly faster level 7
Yes please. I’ll take one of those any day.
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> Please don’t kill me, I know the Falcon threads are ancient history, but I have always had an idea for the Falcon to work well in Warzone.
>
> First off, I was disappointed to find out the Falcon was in the Memories of Reach update. The Phaeton variant should’ve been saved for a later date, but enough on that…
>
> How the Falcon could be a deathly force in Warzone:
>
> - Upgrade Weapons - One way to make the Falcon amazing, would be to upgrade the weapons. Explosive round turret (like ONI Warthog), Grenade Launcher turrets, or even a chaingun for the pilot. Any of these options would allow the Falcon to be a wondrous team air vehicle. Addtionaly protection of the turret operators could help as well.
> - Give Falcon Explosive Counter Measures - The banshees have evading counter measures and the phaetons have trans-location counter measures. The Falcon should be given explosive counter measures. It a rocket or plasma pistol project locks on the falcon, then as a pilot you should be able to deploy explosives in between you and the locked on projectile.
> - Allow Single Drivers to Operate - Pressing “A” locks the Falcon’s altitude. Upon locking your altitude, the pilot should be allowed to switch seats and hover above to get kills. However, if nobody is left in the Falcon, it deactivates and falls.
> What are your guy’s opinions?
While the hovering idea was a good one it would leave the vehicle defenseless like a sitting duck. However since team players are hard to come by when you spawn the falcon you should have marines in the turrets and if another spartan grabs the spot the marine would go to the seats in the middle. If the seats are taken the marine could run to the nearest team controlled base. This eliminates the useless factor people continue to complain about.
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> Allow Single Drivers to Operate - Pressing “A” locks the Falcon’s altitude. Upon locking your altitude, the pilot should be allowed to switch seats and hover above to get kills. However, if nobody is left in the Falcon, it deactivates and falls.
Whoa, I didn’t even consider this. I feel like my mind has been expanded.
That would make a falcon work in war zone. Why In the world did 343 not think of this or if they did why wouldn’t u fallow though?
Honestly I think it would work much better as a post-Warthog/pre-Banshee REQ. The regular version would have your standard machine guns, and give the grenade rounds to the ONI version. I like the idea of having flares, but I think having increased armor and increased handling (i.e. it falls and rises quicker than it’s Reach counterpart as well as makes turns much faster) it would be viable as a low level REQ. Just like you don’t see too many Warthogs once things start getting into level 5-6+ territory, it would fall under this same premise. It shouldn’t be a legendary REQ as that would be too high in level for it to be viable and so no-one would ever call it in, but it also shouldn’t be common as it would be a sizable threat. Making it a level 4, blue Rare card with ONI variant being level 5, purple Ultra Rare, would put it right in the butter-zone for usability. This would put it right after the ONI Warthog (level 3) and just before the Spartan Laser (level 5) and Scorpion/Banshee (level 6) while still allowing for a skilled Wraith pilot to take it out, or for those on foot, with a Railgun (level 4). People would also be able to use Sniper Rifles/Rockets/Spartan Lasers/Scorpions/Banshees to take it out if they received them from Random Weapons and Vehicle cards (level 4/5).
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> > 2533274802862198;1:
> > Please don’t kill me, I know the Falcon threads are ancient history, but I have always had an idea for the Falcon to work well in Warzone.
> >
> > First off, I was disappointed to find out the Falcon was in the Memories of Reach update. The Phaeton variant should’ve been saved for a later date, but enough on that…
> >
> > How the Falcon could be a deathly force in Warzone:
> >
> > - Upgrade Weapons - One way to make the Falcon amazing, would be to upgrade the weapons. Explosive round turret (like ONI Warthog), Grenade Launcher turrets, or even a chaingun for the pilot. Any of these options would allow the Falcon to be a wondrous team air vehicle. Addtionaly protection of the turret operators could help as well.
> > - Give Falcon Explosive Counter Measures - The banshees have evading counter measures and the phaetons have trans-location counter measures. The Falcon should be given explosive counter measures. It a rocket or plasma pistol project locks on the falcon, then as a pilot you should be able to deploy explosives in between you and the locked on projectile.
> > - Allow Single Drivers to Operate - Pressing “A” locks the Falcon’s altitude. Upon locking your altitude, the pilot should be allowed to switch seats and hover above to get kills. However, if nobody is left in the Falcon, it deactivates and falls.
> > What are your guy’s opinions?
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> While the hovering idea was a good one it would leave the vehicle defenseless like a sitting duck. However since team players are hard to come by when you spawn the falcon you should have marines in the turrets and if another spartan grabs the spot the marine would go to the seats in the middle. If the seats are taken the marine could run to the nearest team controlled base. This eliminates the useless factor people continue to complain about.
Dude that is brillant. Whenever you spawn a falcon, it could come preloaded with two marrines (one oer turret). If teammate wand to operater the turret instad, the marrine switches to a passenger seat inside. If the same teammates is tragically killed, the marrine takes back the turret. DOPE!
I like this, and now with the new ability of Wheelman in Warzone, it could be pretty balanced and good at the same time. Yeah I like the idea
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> Make it a level 4 req with 3 variants.
> Falcon-Basic Falcon with gunner seats level 4
> Noble Falcon (or a better name)-Falcon with chin mounted gun from New Alexandria level 5
> ONI Falcon-Falcon with grenade launchers and chin mounted gun that is immune to EMPs that flies slightly faster level 7
Hell mate Noble Falcon is a fantastic name, dont look for anyone else.
Good variants!
We will never get it though 
If we dont get a Falcon or any air UNSC vehicle… This is will haunt me
Eh… could work… I still rather have the hornet. Then you have rockets and guns… then let the passengers fire whatever weapons they have. Imagine a hornet with one passenger who has the answer and the other passenger has rockets or laser or both.
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> Eh… could work… I still rather have the hornet. Then you have rockets and guns… then let the passengers fire whatever weapons they have. Imagine a hornet with one passenger who has the answer and the other passenger has rockets or laser or both.
But the Phaeton basically outclasses the Hornet in every respect; I’d rather 343i add a completely new Air Vehicle.
what about if it can with 2 extra seats so other Spartans can get in so 1 pilot 2 gunners and 2 passengers