Assuming halo four has the covenant as firefight’s antagonist (which should most definitely be an option), I would like to see people playing as grunts and jackals and of course the iconic antagonist of the game… the mighty grunt! I see each type of covenant having it’s own ability. After all, what true halo fan has never dreames of playing as a grunt? This is how I would like firefight to be in halo 4.
When a player chooses to play as a grunt they spawn with a team of five grunts and an elite. Instead of switching weapons the player can switch between the grunts, each carrying their own type of weapon. The grunts will stay within a loose proximity of each other and they will have waypoints over their heads. All the player will have to do is point to one and press Y to switch. However, when the commanding elite that spawned with the grunts dies they run around in fear and the player loses control of them temporarily. Another ability that I would like is pointing at a spartan and holdin RB, this will cause the player’s grunt to jump up an down for a little bit and order all the other surviving grunts in the team to concentrate fire on him until he takes cover (but this exposes the grunt as he can’t shoot when he issues the order). The player will re-spawn once all his grunts are dead.
Of course playing as skirmishers will have the benefits of speed and insane hops. Though another ability that would be fun is jumping to sniper points that are out of reach of other characters.
Jackals will have evade and shield’s and will open many different strategy options for players. I haven’t thought much about them.
When a player chooses a brute all other nearby brutes will stay close to him as a pack. he can loosely lead these brutes and when he throws a grenade they will be sure to follow suit. It would also be fun to go berserk when your helmet gets popped off. When this happens the player once again holds RB and throws down his gun to charge a spartan for an instant assassination. However when berserking one head shot is enough to kill the brute and if he misses his assassination hes has no weapon to shoot with till he picks up a new one.
Let me know what you think of this and share your own ideas. I know you must have much better ideas than me.