List of expectations for Halo 4

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Here is a definite list that 343 Industries should take care of when Halo 4 is in production.

Campaign:

Sprint has to be a default option and NEVER an armour ability.
343 wants MC to be a super human with 400 pounds of jet fuel and a power house. He is a demon to the covenant after all.
Make sprint a default option and no recharge rate. He’s a spartan, you should play like a spartan. I’ve played Crysis 2 and that made be so superior but still provided me a challenge, it should be like that but in space, seriously.

Offer explanation to the hardcore Halo players
In the teaser for Halo 4 Masterchief opened out of his cryo tube and all of a sudden he has brand new different armour! Please explain where he got this new upgrade, how did MC get a jetpack, where did he get that pistol. I know from Halo Fest that this isn’t final, but at least offer an explanation to his new visual change. Be consistant with the Universe you are building up on. Like for ie) Tony Stark was building prototypes of his Iron Man costume, hence the evolution of new abilities and looks. Suddenly appearing from the get go with no explanation on how he got new things leaves fans in the dark and shows laziness. Heck even in Dark Knight shows how Bruce Wayne got a new Batman costume where he can turn his head.

Multiplayer:

  1. Removal of the Black Screen
    Whenever somewhat quits, all current players are brought to this notorious black screen with the score, this usually lasts to 30 sec to 2 min long. Now this can occur multiple times during the game as it tries to find another reliable host. Now if Bungie can fix this, Halo players will rejoice. As you know this ruins the pace of the game and destroys the immersion. It’s annoying and needs to be removed.

  2. The booting system
    Let’s be clear the booting system is broken in Reach. Someone betrays you in your team and you don’t get the option to boot. You kill a player by accident, (say you’re in a wraith and some guy wouldn’t get out of the way and you splatter him) he boots you. Many players are complaining about this. I think 343 should look into different sceneris for causes of boots and fix them. One hilarious boot I got was this: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=17616268&player=levyjl1988

  3. Rage Quitters
    I do not like playing a game and someone quits, this creates an imbalance in teams. At the end of the match you got like 8 people on the red team and 2 on the other, most likely hiding or getting spawn killed. Halo 3 did not have this problem at all. If you quit in a game of Halo 3 you were deducted 1 exp which affected your rank forcing you to play through the game until the very end. In Reach anyone can leave a game and not receive a severe penalty at all. Not playing Reach for 10 min isn’t much of a penalty at all. Besides getting 1 exp was tough you actually had to win a game. This forced players to become really competitive. Now it seems that all fps are taking the CoD approach, this doesn’t work, it is not the Halo route.

  4. Have players actually go for the objective
    Another reason why Reach fails is no one going for the objective anymore. Every game of Reach is literally slayer. In Halo 3 you were forced to do the objectives and be sporty. If you fail to do the objective you would lose and not get exp. Halo Reach throws objective game types out the window and everyone is just playing this game as slayer, big team battle I’m looking at you.

  5. Reintroduce both the EXP and Cr system.
    Exp can be used in ranks, you earn exp by winning games by being first place. Cr can be used to purchase stuff in the armory much like Reach. If you are a casual player you can play Reach casually and earn Cr by playing normally. For Exp you have to win games, by winning games and reaching higher ranks you get the ability to unlock exclusive armour at the armory for that rank, much like you get the Halloween helmet when you reach Inheritor. Exclusive armour for reaching that rank. Aside from that make everything available it hits the net anyway for unlocks. ie) Recon helmet can be purchasable at the start, but Hyabusa helmet can only be unlocked at General. The Cr system will allow more players to be more competitive than ever before.

  6. Make multiplayer more team focused.
    I would love to enter a game and strategize with other players. I’m the type of gamer who would shout out enemy locations on the map and tell players on my team that a certain weapon or vehicle has respawned on the map. But I don’t get that at all. I want all players who communicate to have a mic, much like Rainbow 6 Vegas. Player communication is necessary. Every game I go into no one uses a mic. There should be an exclusive playlist for players with mic who can strategize and be a team player. This playlists can encourage the the community to be more tactical. Heck, even reward them with more Cr than other playlists. Remember we are trying to reward good behaviour in the Halo community. I can understand the whole teabagging and trash talking aspect, but I want more players to be more communicative. The playlists will recognize if you have a mic or not, if you don’t you cannot enter, simple as that. If you have a mic and you are in private chat then you will be frowned upon on your team.

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  1. Fix the Halo community
    Yes we all love Halo, we grew up with it and it made a huge impact in our life. That’s good, but some Halo players are just bad. In bad as I mean horrible team players. Let’s clean it up or increase the filter system.

The most common thing I hear about Halo is when some player grabs a power weapon say a sniper rifle the other player tends to be an annoyance, they pester you with AR bullets draining your health in which an enemy team just kills you off. It could be worse, you grab a wraith and your teammate Plasma pistols your vehicle causing it to be immobile. I hate those players. Even worse they betray you for your weapons, like I’m going for a perfection or I’m on a Sniper Spree, then all of a sudden your teammate shoots you in the back. Your teammate has become very unsporty in this game and just ruins the fun.

Solution:

  1. Have the game keep track of damage a teammate has done to you. Report said damage in Carnage Report. Worse team player ever with most damage done to own teammate. Players who have dealt high amounts of damage receives a higher chance of being booted.

  2. Introduce the karma system, have a built in voting system after a match has been completed. This voting system allows you to vote for a teammate (excluding you and your party member). The vote is for best supporting team player and worst helpful player. The teammate who has received the most votes for best supportive member will receive, the worst will deduct karma. Players with high karma will play with those with high karma, matching them with better players on their team. Players with less karma gets paired with bad players. Do good enough and people will like you. Be a horrible player and you are there with people just like yourself, not enjoying Halo well change your ways. Also have this appear on the Carnage Report, sometimes humiliation is necessary, this way players are trying their best to actually be supportive. Voting for best supporting player also gives you a higher chance of having that person on your team again and worst being avoided. “Submitting Player Review” just isn’t enough, there is a huge delay/ lag time for the xbox guide menu to open and you have to navigate 8 different options to reach the desired selection. This feature has to be built in.

  3. Offer more variety in customization.
    Customization for Halo 4 has to be even more than Reach has been. Heck give the Spartans different poses, why does all the spartans have to carry the DMR and be in the exact same pose in Reach, to me that is lazy, give the option to select different poses, please.

  4. Build off of the old and add the new.
    We all love certain weapons and vehicles and it really sucks for them to disappear in the next iteration, like how the BR was replaced with the DMR, or the Brute shot with the concussion rifle, or the carbine replaced with the needle rifle, or the sentinel beam replaced with the focus rifle, or the Beam rifle being removed. Why don’t 343 have all the assets built in. We want a definite Halo experience but expand on what is already bult and introduce the new, don;t take away the old that we love and enjoy.

That is what I have so far. These are some valid points and I can speak for the community that we expect a lot for Halo 4.

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Didn’t read, but I’ll get back to it :slight_smile:

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Having original voices for Chief and Cortana is a must!!!

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There are tons of things that I WANT to see in Halo 4, but the one thing that I EXPECT to see is a noticeable skill gap.

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Read the first one and gave up. The black screen is host migration. Ya get rid of that and then the games will just end when host leaves.

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Its funny how when you said build off old and new, you want stated you wanted a 'new" experiences, but you said you complain when a weapon is removed or replace, that comepletely destorys the point of trying to make the new game feel fresh and different, I personally like the Needle Rifle over the Carbine, and the DMR over the BR.

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I think the overall game should be a bit grittier when it comes to killing people. By grittier I don’t mean over the top gore like Gears of War. When a Spartan gets shot there should be bullet holes in his or her armour. When they are sliced with and Energy Sword there should be a slash mark across thier chest. When they are meleed (sp?) they should get a dent in thier armour. Little stuff things like that, not over-the-top heads exploding and limbs flying everywhere.

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I want a BR.
I want a ranking system.
I would like to be able to change the Chief’s armour in Campaign if I so choose.

These are things I’d like : )

OP’s suggestions are fine as suggestions, as are mine, but the only ‘definitive’ list of things Halo should have is the one 343 will actually be implementing.

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Please 343i, for the love of Cortana, bring back the leveling system 1-50 again. Preferably I would like to be able to go to Halo Waypoints website and be able to see how close I am to ranking up just like in Halo 2

example: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo2.aspx?gameid=768835325&player=batman%20usn

I loved being able to look at the progress bar and see where I was in leveling up. Even if it’s just on the website like what it was in Halo 2.