If you were control of Halo?

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If you had control of Halo, what would change?

I would put a space between “Light” and “Rifle” in “LightRifle”, and lower the damage or the range of the boltshot’s secondary fire. I would also change all of the UNSC emblems in the first couple of missions so that it doesn’t break canon (I mean how does every emblem on a ship that hasn’t had contact with the UNSC, or anybody for that matter in 4 and a half years just magically change?) I would also add more armor (CQB, ODST, Mk V, etc.) And add a larger version of Sandtrap with mammoths! I was I control of Halo I would add a “capture the mammoth” or “destroy the mammoth” sort of gametype, or a gametype where both teams have mammoths and the first team to destroy the other teams mammoth wins, and a bunch of other invasion-like gametypes, but lets get back to more realistic goals. The first thing I would take care of is prioritizing the inclusion of Grifball and Multi-team in War Games, and lower the frequency of power weapons spawning in Dominion (mostly the rocket launcher.) And lastly, I would also make the colors of red and blue spartans darker, like Halo 3, it just bugs me sometimes when I see pink Spartans fighting Baby blue Sprtans (It’s not pink, it’s light-red!) So what would you change? What do you think of my ideas?

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I would have tried to keep Marty O Donnell on the team

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> I would have tried to keep Marty O Donnell on the team

Nice one, but I like some of Halo 4 songs, like the Menu theme.

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Biggest BTB map in history XD

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> I would have tried to keep Marty O Donnell on the team

I would have had Marty, Neil, Hans Zimmer, and Steve Jablonsky colloborate.

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If I was in charge of Halo? A little off topic, but I would surely fire off the one closest to Earth.

“Ah, life DOES have a reset button!” click

I will do this sometime in December 2012…

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I would do too many things to list here, the most important of which would be:

-The inclusion of all armours, weapons, emblems, features, vehicles, equipment, abilities, custom options, maps, etc. from previous games as well as new ones.

-Add a proper map editor along with vastly enhanced custom options and a fully functional Custom Games Browser.

-Use original musical themes (alongside new ones) to establish a feeling of continuity throughout the series.

-Use an upgraded version of Reach’s UI.

-Use an upgraded and glitch-less version of Halo 2’s physics and melee system.

-Tell the story in the Campaign with the scale, clarity, complicity, and depth as in the Halo 2 and 3 Campaigns, but more so.

Most importantly, I WOULD NOT CHANGE THINGS FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE. Weapon sounds wouldn’t be changed drastically and neither would certain character models such as the Elites.

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> Biggest BTB map in history XD

With large buildings and structures, and a flying UNSC vehicle, like a Falcon!

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> > I would have tried to keep Marty O Donnell on the team
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> Nice one, but I like some of Halo 4 songs, like the Menu theme.

I do like the music but if we just combined Marty and Neil, I think the music and general sounds would have been way better.

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> If I was in charge of Halo? A little off topic, but I would surely fire off the one closest to Earth.
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> “Ah, life DOES have a reset button!” click
>
> I will do this sometime in December 2012…

I see what you did there…

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> > I would have tried to keep Marty O Donnell on the team
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> I would have had Marty, Neil, Hans Zimmer, and Steve Jablonsky colloborate.

With that kind of music being drawn up it would kill people just due to the level of awsomnes those guys posses my gawd are those folks good at their jobs.

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I would rehash the series by implementing refined CE mechanics to a T. Get rid of all the fancy graphics (but good enough to run 60 FPS) while focusing on bringing back the classic maps for another 10 years because new maps are never going to be as good as the classics. Bring back Forge but make it an actual level editor while bringing the deepest custom game options since Halo 3. As in, players would be able to tweak weapon damage modifiers on an individual level. Movement, jump height, aim assist, toggling aim laceration and all that

Add a spectator mode as well as ranked playlists/social. Equal but focused attention to competitive players (ranked, spectator mode, streaming etc), and non-competitive players (infection, social playlists, Grifball etc).

Drop all the gimmicks that has been attached to Halo and you’ll have the perfect Halo game.

Halo doesn’t need to innovate, it never needed to. It needs to dominate by using the ol standard of what makes Arena shooters great. Some would see this as stagnation. I call this a revolution.

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I made a really big topic on what i would change so here it is:
https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm1847600_Changes-I-d-make-to-Halo-4-and-thoughts.aspx#post1847600

yes it is a long read, but it’s somewhat organized

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Okay I like them.

HA, All you balance pros and traditionalist are gonna choke on what I would have done. Good.

Spoiler.

Cortanna would not have died. There would have been some major fights against some towering Scarabs like enemies. You would have flown the Broad Sword a lot more than the last mission. I would’ve gotten rid of the Crawlers and Watchers and placed in four other support units that would actually be fun to fight against. The Knights would have gone a couple more design rounds than what we have now. The Battle Wagon would’ve been a walking Wraith of an enemy. The Promethean would’ve had living Vehicles you could wrestle into submission. I would have made sure the back story of the Didact was a major PR campaign on XBox Live during all of October to catch everyone up with Halo lore.

Every weapon you knew would be gone except for the Magnum. No more complaining about the DMR or the BR because you’d get a new rifle that would be the best of both worlds, so you can -Yoink- about that. AR would be replaced by the SAW. I would turn the design team loose and let them go hog wild on weapons. You can sort your awesome as you go.

The Shotgun would be boss and you get a twin barrel because I love you Texans, the Rocket Launcher would be more the rocket rifle. The Spartan Laser would get to tap into your AA to be recharged for a second round only. And the range finder would allow you to get your TETSUOOO fix.
Two new UNSC grenade types. Your normal grenade and a Bubble Shield grenade, just like the Halo 3 commercial. Great for protecting you and great for trapping an enemy if you enclose them in one. Buy you some time, but they can still shoot at you so some balance.

Welcome to Forge Planet. Where every map you love is connected to one massive map environment. Have fun wandering it.
Forgers would get their magnets and a Zoom and for gods sake a workable drop pod.

You get to play as an Elite, a Hunter… you… screw it! You get a full on Beast Mode, because you deserve it. Customs up the wazzoo. Flood forms that can carry guns, and the New enemy is yours to ride around in you crazy video directors.

AAs. I like AAs and in my game you’re gonna need them for what running around the battle field. Here’s the thing it’s the armor. So you are easily identified. Like that camo well it’s going to serve you well my friend, you like running so it’s going to work like a boss. But hey the PV guys are hunting you and the Trackers are making life tough.

Hardlight troopers can take a round from the newly designed Scorpions turret, but don’t get too cocky because that monster has a plenty of tricks up it’s sleeve like being connected to it’s driver’s AA. That’s right a Tank that has a jet pack, why? Why not? Because it would be awesome. Also it floats and it’s fast. No more crawling and hoping your infantry are there to protect you. You are god without equal except for the other tank god baring down on you.

That goes for every vehicle and they are not boring and balanced, they are fun, fast, and insane to behold. The Mantis would not be shuffling around like an old man with arthritis. No that mother is running at a full gate with Anti Air gatling guns blaring because the driver has things in the skies to really worry about than you guys on the ground under foot.

You get your 1-50 and your visible skills and then you’d get a classic playlist all for yourselves because I believe in fairness.

There’s a lot more but lets wrap it up.

Firefight would be set to ODST and Arcade playlists. Customization set to insane.
Spartan OPs. I like you but I would release a episode every week and a Mission once a day. Spread it out and make it interesting.
Water vehicles. Yes
Under water Missions. Yes.
Pelican. Yes.
Playing as Elites doing their own counter missions. YES.
Pinning animations from the Ai. Yes. So you better use your mic or a some Alien brute is going to make you it’s girl friend.
Doubles.Yes

So there that what I would do. Because that’s what I want to play and not be bored.