I think that since 343 is making a whole new Halo trilogy, they ought to make a few new vehicles to go with it.
Specifically, I’ve always thought that a larger, more spacious version of the Warthog would be ideal for CTF, Assault, and other objective-based gametypes. A vehicle like this would not be much more heavily armed than the basic Warthog, and would be slower, but would also provide a couple of support abilities that make it useful on the front lines.
I think it should have 6 wheels, a gunner position with a limited-ammo grenade launcher, a driver-controlled smoke screen generator, and two passenger seats (as opposed to the Warthog’s one).
And it should be called the Puma, as a shoutout to Red vs. Blue, the iconic fan-made machinima series.
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I understand that Halo 4 is about a month away from release, so 343 probably couldn’t program it into this game, but I think with enough support they might include it in a late r game. So having read all this, what does the internet think?
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I would like a small aerial transport vehicle for BTB on larger maps. Nothing Pelican size but it needs to serve a similar purpose to what the Low Altitude Assault Transport(LAAT) served in Star Wars Battlefront. Gets people from point A to point B in a faster manner and it has two gunners.
I think vehicles in general are something that the Halo games have somewhat failed to really experiment with. We’ve had a few innovations, like the Chopper and Hornet/Falcon, but beyond that there has been almost nothing (like the various Covenant Warthog-counters – Spectre, Prowler, Revenant – none of which have ever returned for a second time or even been expanded on). I feel like it’s a really unexplored avenue, unlike weapons which have seen a lot of experimentation and risk-taking, especially in the last two games. I mean the amount of possibilities for different vehicles are really endless, but we generally just get the same few niche units and then maybe one really new thing, at best. The Mantis is a great step forward in this direction, but they could definitely go further. It’s not like Scorpions and Wraiths are the only type of tanks that could possibly exist (though the Mantis could end up filling a similar role) – just look at how distinct the Chopper was from a Ghost while still theoretically filling the same niche. Same goes for aerial vehicles.
I would love to see everything redesigned into Mechs. A floating Wraith Mech would be awesome.