If you could what changes would you make to halo 6

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I know Halo 6 hasn’t come out yet and little to none information has been released about the next halo title, but I can’t help but feel if we just wait for 343 to make the game much Halo 5 a lot will be wrong, or not to many fans liking. here are a few thing I think halo 6 should have at release

  1. SPLIT SCEEN. someone told me that 343 had said all halo games for now on will have this if anyone can confirm thanks.
  2. a ready to play Firefight mode both online and local split screen, also return the firefighters to more like Reach and ODST.
  3. 4-player local custom games.
  4. Weapon mods or attachments. rather then 20 or so different BR’s AR’s.
  5. Better campaign story centred on the chief. but still with other players playing as team mates and not four master chiefs.
  6. Add back in commendations for campaign, firefight, and multiplayer. and let us get xp from campaign and local games like in Reach.
  7. Classic weapons like they did with the Halo 2 BR in halo 5’s warzone.
  8. A halo reach like armoury that lets you save credits and buy what you want.

Those are a few thing I can think of. Feel free make a comment to let 343 know what you would like to see in Halo 6.

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Just want split screen, a classic multiplayer and a modern multiplayer and a decent campaign.

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With thousands of hours put into halo 5, I have no problem with the way it plays or how it will ever play. I have always been dominant. For the casual players, the biggest thing that needs to change is the mechanics. Though it indeed plays very well, it allows pro players to be so dominant and accurate, ever more now than ever. 343 Listened to the pro players way too much and they are still not pleased. Some of the complaints were that the thruster allows players to fix their mistakes, the aim assist removes more of the basis of skill into the game. The game still takes much skill, but it is way too fast pace, especially for a halo game, the aim assist, bullet cap, the longer range, the thrust, slide, sprint, and pinpoint accuracy with most weapons at even long range. All of these things contribute to a contradiction of the format of how halo always was. Which was an easy to learn and hard to master basis. Now with halo 5, a casual player that just picked up a game would get slaughtered so quickly in an arena match (which some of the maps are way to small like “truth”) They need to make the maps larger, reduce the speed for all aspects of the Spartan abilities, reduce aim assist, bullet cap, thrust, slide, damage done from Spartan charge and ground pound, reduce range for most weapons, and the game could very much cater to both pro players and casual.

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> Just want split screen, a classic multiplayer and a modern multiplayer and a decent campaign.

Probably won’t work. Classic Halo and Nu-Halo need their own sandbox to work properly. The best we can hope for is a classic spin-off or Halo 3 Anniversary. At least we’re getting split screen though.

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15-20 hour campaign.

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I would be amazed if they could do these changes in Halo 6:

  1. Master chief centered campaign with few campaigns of Spartan Jerome (Red Team), Locke & Arbiter.
  2. Split screen for sure.
  3. Return of Flood (Awaited since Halo 4)
  4. A new enemy (Alongside brutes)
  5. Halo 3 anniversary DLC in MCC.
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Needs aim assist similar to h3-4.
Split-screen.
Offline modes need to return.
Weapon mods.
Make armory similar to reach earn xp or credit to buy armor and weapon mods.
Allow offline players to also earn xp/credit to buy armor don’t be like bungie and take that away from us.
New species enemies or allies doesn’t matter
Don’t bring the flood back

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I want there to be ZERO random loot crates that I have to open. Enough already. I hate this random -Yoink-. I would prefer a recognizable goal to achieve. Trying to finish all the different achievements to get Recon Armor in Halo 3 is a perfect example of how special content should be earned. No more loot boxes! No more randomness! Make Halo Great Again!

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Take out spartan abilities and have a good story

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Add back the following features that were removed in Halo 5:

  1. TRUE LAN MODE like the old Halo games had, where I don’t need 2 Xbox Live Gold memberships to play with my family members in the same house.
  2. Split Screen (also offline).
  3. Offline forge mode that allows me to build and play forge maps offline in LAN mode or split screen (see #1 and #2 above).

I LOVE the old Halo games and I still play them and build forge maps regularly, but I didn’t buy Halo 5 because of those missing features. Any Halo game missing those features is not something I would buy. I don’t play online multiplayer ever, so requiring 2 Xbox Live Gold memberships just to play against my own family in the same house is a waste of money to me.

Also, Firefight would be truly awesome, but only if it allowed offline LAN and split screen play like the old games did (again, not requiring 2 Xbox Live Gold memberships). I still play firefight from Halo 3 and Halo Reach several times a month with my family (system link).

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I don’t care what anyone says, I just want the core gameplay mechanics and great storytelling that made the Bungie-era games so fun.

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I would remove Prometheans from the game and replace them with Forerunners and Flood.I think they served they purpose enough for Halo 4 and 5 and would like some new enemies going forward.

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  1. Get rid of seasons for competitive play
  2. Make a ranking system similar to Halo 3’s. Base on True Skill and EXP (Wins)
  3. Bring back a Halo Reach style customization for multiplayer
  4. Narrow down the number of armor type options. 200+ is too much
  5. Add certain special armor types for those who reach certain achievements. Examples like beating the campaign on LASO or reached the highest rank possible. Players like that should feel special and stand out from everyone else in multiplayer
  6. Get rid of microtransactions. Everything in the game is what the player earns, not what the player buys
  7. Bring back Map Pack DLC’s
  8. Special Weekend Playlists. Unranked like Griffball or ranked like Legendary Brawl which was a 12 person FFA

Also, just to be clear for those who mentioned it. The lack of true "LAN’ play isn’t something that 343 determines, that’s a Microsoft issue. The reason we can’t LAN with Xbox One’s is because of Microsoft, NOT 343

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> Also, just to be clear for those who mentioned it. The lack of true "LAN’ play isn’t something that 343 determines, that’s a Microsoft issue. The reason we can’t LAN with Xbox One’s is because of Microsoft, NOT 343

So, are you saying that Microsoft is forbidding 343 to add LAN play? I guess since they own 343, they could do that, but I haven’t heard any such thing. Excuse me if I don’t take your word for it, but can you link me to a source for that information?

It’s clearly not a technical limitation of the Xbox One, because there are existing games that have true offline LAN play (without internet) on the Xbox One. All Call of Duty games have it, for example, along with Gears of War 4, and Gears of War 4 is published by Microsoft. Why not Halo 6?

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> > Also, just to be clear for those who mentioned it. The lack of true "LAN’ play isn’t something that 343 determines, that’s a Microsoft issue. The reason we can’t LAN with Xbox One’s is because of Microsoft, NOT 343
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> So, are you saying that Microsoft is forbidding 343 to add LAN play? I guess since they own 343, they could do that, but I haven’t heard any such thing. Excuse me if I don’t take your word for it, but can you link me to a source for that information?
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> It’s clearly not a technical limitation of the Xbox One, because there are existing games that have true offline LAN play (without internet) on the Xbox One. All Call of Duty games have it, for example, along with Gears of War 4, and Gears of War 4 is published by Microsoft. Why not Halo 6?

Before I go into this, please know I’m not attacking you. This is just a subject I’m very passionate and frustrated about.

I run a gaming business where I setup LAN’s, tournaments, basically anything that would involve video games. Back when the Xbox One was announced, I went ahead and preordered 16 Xbox One’s to have on launch day so we could have a huge launch party and tournament. I’ve been hosting events since 2002 and nearly all of them have been Xbox events just because it’s been easy to host system link/LAN tournaments because no internet was needed. The same went with the Xbox 360. I was hosting events nearly every weekend. I had assumed that the Xbox One would be the same way. I was very wrong. I got all 16 Xbox One’s and 16 brand new ASUS Monitors to go with em. Got everything setup and was stunned to realize that couldn’t LAN.

It took me a couple of days to realize that it made sense. Remember all the uproar over the Xbox One Always Requiring Internet Connection in order to play? Yeah, they came back and said that wouldn’t be the case but it is. All the big games that have professional leagues (Halo, Call of Duty, and Gears of War) advertise that their games are “LAN Capable”. They’re not. The only aspect of those events that falls under the “LAN” category is that everyone is under the same roof playing/competing. You cannot connect two Xbox One’s together and have them system link with each other, let alone 16 consoles. An internet connection is required and a valid Xbox Live gamertag. That is not a LAN. The original Xbox required either a crossover cable between two consoles or a switch a several ethernet cables for three to four consoles. The Xbox 360’s required a switch and ethernet cables. Neither console had limitations. If you had 100 consoles, you could connect them all together as long as you had enough cables. Internet was not required to LAN or system link. If you can honestly show me that you can connect two Xbox One consoles together, WITHOUT THE USE OF WIFI OR INTERNET, and have them play against each other, I will pay you. No internet and no logging into an Xbox Live Gamertag.

It simply can’t be done. It’s Microsoft’s way of getting what they wanted to begin with, always being connected online, they just didn’t advertise it as such.

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> > 2533274880615512;14:
> > > 2546678360738636;13:
> > > Also, just to be clear for those who mentioned it. The lack of true "LAN’ play isn’t something that 343 determines, that’s a Microsoft issue. The reason we can’t LAN with Xbox One’s is because of Microsoft, NOT 343
> >
> > So, are you saying that Microsoft is forbidding 343 to add LAN play? I guess since they own 343, they could do that, but I haven’t heard any such thing. Excuse me if I don’t take your word for it, but can you link me to a source for that information?
> >
> > It’s clearly not a technical limitation of the Xbox One, because there are existing games that have true offline LAN play (without internet) on the Xbox One. All Call of Duty games have it, for example, along with Gears of War 4, and Gears of War 4 is published by Microsoft. Why not Halo 6?
>
> Before I go into this, please know I’m not attacking you. This is just a subject I’m very passionate and frustrated about.
> …
> It simply can’t be done. It’s Microsoft’s way of getting what they wanted to begin with, always being connected online, they just didn’t advertise it as such.

Thanks for the detailed reply. No offense taken. You’ve obviously had much more experience testing this than I have. My information is based on what I read, and I know there is a lot of misinformation on the internet.

My family currently has 2 original Xbox consoles and 2 Xbox 360 consoles, and we use these exclusively for system link play. We never play online. I have a huge library of system link games (2 copies each), including all the Halo games for those consoles, which we play regularly. A member of my family has an Xbox One, but I have not yet purchased a second Xbox One for the exact reasons you mention. Halo MCC and Halo 5 can’t play system link, so there’s no reason to buy another console for those games. If what you say is true, there’s no point in buying another console at all. Seems like Microsoft is losing business because of a serious lack of capabilities on their current gen consoles. And they’ve created this limitation artificially, in software. So, because of this limitation, they’ve lost sales of both consoles and games from me, and obviously others too. And they wonder why Xbox One sales aren’t so great. This is very sad that we’ve lost so much with the current gen consoles.

Yes, what you described is not LAN. If I have to be online, it’s not LAN. “Everyone under the same roof” means nothing. LAN is OFFLINE! LAN does not require the internet. LAN doesn’t require everyone to have an Xbox Live Gold membership. People don’t seem to understand that important fact.

I totally understand your frustration. I am very frustrated about this too.

P.S. I do have one question: I know I can play single player games using my Xbox Live non-Gold gamer tag offline. So, couldn’t I connect 2 Xbox Ones offline using different Xbox Live non-Gold gamer tags?

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A quick list:

  • A more focused and centered campaign about 2-3 characters with proper single player support. - A traditional and competitive approach to online arena multiplayer - Expansion upon the REQ system and Warzone to have an ‘Overwatch-Styled Microtransaction System’ - Firefight in any form - Many gamemodes at or soon after launch, particularly KotH, Oddball, Infection and Race.
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> > 2546678360738636;15:
> > > 2533274880615512;14:
> > > > 2546678360738636;13:
> > > > Also, just to be clear for those who mentioned it. The lack of true "LAN’ play isn’t something that 343 determines, that’s a Microsoft issue. The reason we can’t LAN with Xbox One’s is because of Microsoft, NOT 343
> > >
> > > So, are you saying that Microsoft is forbidding 343 to add LAN play? I guess since they own 343, they could do that, but I haven’t heard any such thing. Excuse me if I don’t take your word for it, but can you link me to a source for that information?
> > >
> > > It’s clearly not a technical limitation of the Xbox One, because there are existing games that have true offline LAN play (without internet) on the Xbox One. All Call of Duty games have it, for example, along with Gears of War 4, and Gears of War 4 is published by Microsoft. Why not Halo 6?
> >
> > Before I go into this, please know I’m not attacking you. This is just a subject I’m very passionate and frustrated about.
> > …
> > It simply can’t be done. It’s Microsoft’s way of getting what they wanted to begin with, always being connected online, they just didn’t advertise it as such.
>
> Thanks for the detailed reply. No offense taken. You’ve obviously had much more experience testing this than I have. My information is based on what I read, and I know there is a lot of misinformation on the internet.
>
> My family currently has 2 original Xbox consoles and 2 Xbox 360 consoles, and we use these exclusively for system link play. We never play online. I have a huge library of system link games (2 copies each), including all the Halo games for those consoles, which we play regularly. A member of my family has an Xbox One, but I have not yet purchased a second Xbox One for the exact reasons you mention. Halo MCC and Halo 5 can’t play system link, so there’s no reason to buy another console for those games. If what you say is true, there’s no point in buying another console at all. Seems like Microsoft is losing business because of a serious lack of capabilities on their current gen consoles. And they’ve created this limitation artificially, in software. So, because of this limitation, they’ve lost sales of both consoles and games from me, and obviously others too. And they wonder why Xbox One sales aren’t so great. This is very sad that we’ve lost so much with the current gen consoles.
>
> Yes, what you described is not LAN. If I have to be online, it’s not LAN. “Everyone under the same roof” means nothing. LAN is OFFLINE! LAN does not require the internet. LAN doesn’t require everyone to have an Xbox Live Gold membership. People don’t seem to understand that important fact.
>
> I totally understand your frustration. I am very frustrated about this too.
>
> P.S. I do have one question: I know I can play single player games using my Xbox Live non-Gold gamer tag offline. So, couldn’t I connect 2 Xbox Ones offline using different Xbox Live non-Gold gamer tags?

I’m glad you understood everything I said. It’s been an incredibly frustrating experience. I honestly would have fought Microsoft and gone to corporate about it all but the amount of time, money, and effort that it would have taken to actually get my money back (or something) would be much higher than what I actually spent.

Anyway. To answer your question, you can certainly try but I’ve had absolutely no luck trying that. When I got all my Xbox One’s, I had to setup a gamertag for each box. I used 48 hour trails just to get them established. After they expired, I tried that same thing. I connected them all together and tried to play system link but it wouldn’t work. Microsoft’s version of “System Link/LAN” for the Xbox One is nothing more than a private, custom games lobby. It’s complete crap. By all means, still try and if you have luck, let me know! I have tried anything and everything I could think of and have zero luck

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1:4 player split screen
2:offline mode for everything (forge,custom games,campaign)
3:keep sprint, clamber, slide,and thruster (maybe not sprint I could live without it) and the rest can go
4:a good campaign but keep Locke as a playable character maybe even get to choose between Locke and chief and look at the campaign from different views.
5:keep reqs like whiplash nornfang and others but make req packs for req weapons ONLY no random armors
6: customization needs to be like reach or halo 3 as much as I hated halo 3 it had good customization and campaign
7:keep forge like it is in halo 5. whoever is in charge of forge,him and his team are geniuses and are the best part of 343.
8:make sure there is a full game at launch 343 take 5 years if you need but don’t give us an unfinished game at launch
That’s all for my opinions but halo 6 will either be really good or really terrible

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> > > > 2533274880615512;14:
> > > > > 2546678360738636;13:
> > > > > Also, just to be clear for those who mentioned it. The lack of true "LAN’ play isn’t something that 343 determines, that’s a Microsoft issue. The reason we can’t LAN with Xbox One’s is because of Microsoft, NOT 343
> > > >
> > > > So, are you saying that Microsoft is forbidding 343 to add LAN play? I guess since they own 343, they could do that, but I haven’t heard any such thing. Excuse me if I don’t take your word for it, but can you link me to a source for that information?
> > > >
> > > > It’s clearly not a technical limitation of the Xbox One, because there are existing games that have true offline LAN play (without internet) on the Xbox One. All Call of Duty games have it, for example, along with Gears of War 4, and Gears of War 4 is published by Microsoft. Why not Halo 6?
> > >
> > > Before I go into this, please know I’m not attacking you. This is just a subject I’m very passionate and frustrated about.
> > > …
> > > It simply can’t be done. It’s Microsoft’s way of getting what they wanted to begin with, always being connected online, they just didn’t advertise it as such.
> >
> > Thanks for the detailed reply. No offense taken. You’ve obviously had much more experience testing this than I have. My information is based on what I read, and I know there is a lot of misinformation on the internet.
> >
> > My family currently has 2 original Xbox consoles and 2 Xbox 360 consoles, and we use these exclusively for system link play. We never play online. I have a huge library of system link games (2 copies each), including all the Halo games for those consoles, which we play regularly. A member of my family has an Xbox One, but I have not yet purchased a second Xbox One for the exact reasons you mention. Halo MCC and Halo 5 can’t play system link, so there’s no reason to buy another console for those games. If what you say is true, there’s no point in buying another console at all. Seems like Microsoft is losing business because of a serious lack of capabilities on their current gen consoles. And they’ve created this limitation artificially, in software. So, because of this limitation, they’ve lost sales of both consoles and games from me, and obviously others too. And they wonder why Xbox One sales aren’t so great. This is very sad that we’ve lost so much with the current gen consoles.
> >
> > Yes, what you described is not LAN. If I have to be online, it’s not LAN. “Everyone under the same roof” means nothing. LAN is OFFLINE! LAN does not require the internet. LAN doesn’t require everyone to have an Xbox Live Gold membership. People don’t seem to understand that important fact.
> >
> > I totally understand your frustration. I am very frustrated about this too.
> >
> > P.S. I do have one question: I know I can play single player games using my Xbox Live non-Gold gamer tag offline. So, couldn’t I connect 2 Xbox Ones offline using different Xbox Live non-Gold gamer tags?
>
> I’m glad you understood everything I said. It’s been an incredibly frustrating experience. I honestly would have fought Microsoft and gone to corporate about it all but the amount of time, money, and effort that it would have taken to actually get my money back (or something) would be much higher than what I actually spent.
>
> Anyway. To answer your question, you can certainly try but I’ve had absolutely no luck trying that. When I got all my Xbox One’s, I had to setup a gamertag for each box. I used 48 hour trails just to get them established. After they expired, I tried that same thing. I connected them all together and tried to play system link but it wouldn’t work. Microsoft’s version of “System Link/LAN” for the Xbox One is nothing more than a private, custom games lobby. It’s complete crap. By all means, still try and if you have luck, let me know! I have tried anything and everything I could think of and have zero luck

Wait – you’re saying I would need two Xbox Live Gold memberships just to LAN to another Xbox One in the same house??? I always play LAN games on my Xbox 360s with free Xbox Live Silver memberships. There’s NO WAY I’m going to spend $120/year for two Gold memberships just to play offline LAN in the same house. That’s just ludicrous!