So, this is the first thread I’ve made.
With the release of ATN, we get a glimpse of what the flood looks like in Halo Wars 2, which is similar to the original. I’ve been playing the Halo RTS since it came out it 2009, and i can remember just one thing every time i played it after seeing the flood: Man, i wish i could play as them! Even on the maps where they were just neutral units you had to get rid of to take a base, it was amazing seeing them in game, or infecting my marines into combat forms. Now, this is where 343 (hopefully) (and Creative Assembly) will listen:
I think there should be a Flood based leader, with a new and creative premise like the resurrection of Johnson to be in Halo Wars 2. It could be a Flood infection form that survived the crash of High Charity on Installation 00, and rose through the chain of ascension to become a new Proto-Gravemind or even an actual Gravemind, whose goal is to restore the former “glory,” if you will call it, to the Flood. Or something that is new and unique to Halo lore, like Kisano and Yapyap were, (Not counting the Halo 3: ODST voice line). The hero unit could be Flood Thrasher form, or even the infamous Flood Juggernaut form, (WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME, considering it wasn’t used in Halo 2). I would love this idea, and it should not, repeat SHOULD NOT be added as an expansion, just another DLC hero for the Season Pass owners. Sorry if im rambling, so here is the basic gist:
-Add a new Flood Leader with Flood based powers. (Could be similar to Colony’s powers, just more Flood-oriented);
-Make the hero unit either the Thrasher form or the Juggernaut form. (Preferably Juggernaut please);
-Make the baseline unit, (replacing grunts, marines, and cannon fodder), the Infection form, with the ability to infect other biological units to be converted into the players army. (They could even be timed units, which would make the leader have a different take on the game, similar to Stukov in StarCraft II);
or make them just infected marines! (Cant be grunts, must follow the lore);
-Make all other units Flood-oriented too, like Anti-Infantry could the Carrier form, similar to Suicide grunts;
and continue to replace units with existing, (OR NEW), Flood forms for this (hopeful and eventual) leader.
I’m curious what you all, the community, think of this idea.
This, while an amazing idea, will not happen… 343 confirmed awhile back ago that there will be no new playable factions. I love your idea though, and it was really interesting reading your opinions and thoughts.
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> This, while an amazing idea, will not happen… 343 confirmed awhile back ago that there will be no new playable factions. I love your idea though, and it was really interesting reading your opinions and thoughts.
Yeah, i did see that, but people can sometimes change their minds… I also thought it could be nice, since im also a StarCraft player and have always seen the Flood as a way cooler version of the Zerg. We can only hope haha
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> > This, while an amazing idea, will not happen… 343 confirmed awhile back ago that there will be no new playable factions. I love your idea though, and it was really interesting reading your opinions and thoughts.
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> Yeah, i did see that, but people can sometimes change their minds… I also thought it could be nice, since im also a StarCraft player and have always seen the Flood as a way cooler version of the Zerg. We can only hope haha
i’ve never played star craft but the zerg rush is still my strat for every rts i play XD then again ive only played halo wars 1 and 2… XBOX NEEDS MORE RTS GAMES HALP
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> > > This, while an amazing idea, will not happen… 343 confirmed awhile back ago that there will be no new playable factions. I love your idea though, and it was really interesting reading your opinions and thoughts.
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> > Yeah, i did see that, but people can sometimes change their minds… I also thought it could be nice, since im also a StarCraft player and have always seen the Flood as a way cooler version of the Zerg. We can only hope haha
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> i’ve never played star craft but the zerg rush is still my strat for every rts i play XD then again ive only played halo wars 1 and 2… XBOX NEEDS MORE RTS GAMES HALP
If we just keep making posts it will happen eventually lol. Most likely in the next halo wars game alongside promethians but if we keep bugging them about these two possible factions they’ll fam service it in at some point. They did with yapyap johnson and arbiter.
I would love the flood leader to be Decimus Infected. I would be willing to pay for this leader even having the atn and season pass, work is work and I pay for it.