Promethean Vehicle Idea.

Games Other Halo
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A lot of people say that a Promethean Vehicle wont work as they can already jump across the play space, so what is the point?

Well what if the Vehicle was a Promethean?

Lets just call it the Tank for now.

So imagine a Wraith, but the size of a Ghost and looks a bit more Prometheany.
As an enemy, the rear mounted turret fires Incineration cannon rounds, but also has a Supressor at the front, and a Promethean blade arm on each side.

The Tank moves at the same speed as a ghost when not boosting, but if you get close, it can charge at you, like the Wraith can.

To kill it, you can either shoot it until it blows up, or if you can get close enough, you can mount it on the front or back and rip out its ‘soul’.

If you do this, you can then use it as a vehicle.
The standard mode for the Tank is 1 occupant. It moves slow and has a limited boost, but you have access to both the cannon and the supressor. However the weapons only fire in the direction you face, and it has a similar turning speed to the Wraith.
[A to boost, triggers for each weapon]

If you click the right thumb stick, the Tank goes in to sprint mode. The cannon and the supressor both retract in to the Tank, so you cant use them, and allowing a passenger to ride on the back. In this mode, using the Left trigger will boost you like a Ghost for greater distances and splatter potential.
Toggling back to Tank mode will force the passenger off, and will take the same time it takes to reload, to switch.

When the player jumps out, the cabin cover splits up in to several pieces that hang in the air and then return again, like the Promethean weapons do when you reload.
Boarding from the back will allow you to plant a grenade, and when detonated the Tank will collapse in to segmented parts.

I figured that combining the 2 types of vehicles in to one was in keeping with the Promethean style, as the Light rifle is the DMR and BR combined, and the Boltshot is basically a pistol and a shotgun in one.

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At first I was snickering at what I thought was a stupid idea about riding a Promethean like a vehicle.

Then I came to the part about ripping out its soul. I like this already.

One recommendation though: change the boost while in tank mode to left thumbstick click. Feels more natural.

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343i, hire this guy.

I always wanted a compact Wraith with additional firepower. The AA Wraith came close to this feel but it was the same Wraith with a different gun.

Blades on the side, sounds fearsome! Ripping out souls, damn!

I literally jumped for joy once you mentioned transformation.

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Now that’s a great idea! The soul-ripping thing is pure epic.

But how about we add this on? (An idea I’ve had for some time, our ideas could be combined)

What if Prometheans could board? But when they do it, they remove their souls and place them in the vehicles in the driver’s area after hijacking, at which point the Promethean’s body disintegrates.

And the the hijacked vehicle shifts into a more Promethean style vehicle, like what you described, and wreaks havoc on you. If you can steal it back, though, like you said, you rip out the soul and then enjoy an amazing vehicle!

Then for Multiplayer, Promethean vehicles can be in the same tier as power weapons/vehicles.

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Given that the Prometheans have capabilities that are similar to the ones wielded by concept Flood Pure Forms, I can see that happening.

It wouldn’t be like 343 to abandon concepts.

Plus, Halo 4 is to CE so Halo 5 will likely be similar to Halo 2, which introduced Flood driving.

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Sweet idea about a transforming two mode vehicle, suits Promethean design perfectly. I’d like to see that limited by design so once you board or enter a vehicle you have to choose which mode right there and you can only do that once per driving session.

It would make the Promethean assemble animation worthwhile and provide a combat decision akin to loadouts as well.

Nice post mate.

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I think that the only Promethean vehicles should be ships or fighters like Banshees.

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I have a cool idea. How about a promethan that is a vehicle? They already look like mechines so what if there was one that look like a promethan chopper(like a motorcycle) that moved on its own and you kill it/deactivate it by destroying the top middle part, then you can get in and drive yourself.

(how it works)

exactly like the chopper. everyone want the chopper back but there are no brute so it couldn’t be done. This idea would be perfect then.

another good one would be a flying vehicle that look like a bigger watcher and instead of flying like a banshee you hover like a hornet. Has two firing modes supressor fire and inceration cannon.

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This could potentially be a slayer gametype where the vehicle starts off as an AI and both teams fight to kill it and use it against the other team.

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> This could potentially be a slayer gametype where the vehicle starts off as an AI and both teams fight to kill it and use it against the other team.

Yeah Halo needs AI bots in MM. It will be fun and new.

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I had an idea for a cool Promethean vehicle. Remember the Enforcer Sentinels from Halo 2? What if you could ‘drive’ those?

Imagine being able to fly around in a big scary robot and fire missiles at everyone. The best part is where you can squash enemy vehicles. I thought that’d be awesome

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Great idea! The soul ripping was certainly the best part.

I have an idea that isn’t completely constructed, but could involve Promethean-Covenant/UNSC hybrid vehicles? Where somehow Promethean components would modify the vehicle to have different aspects?

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> This could potentially be a slayer gametype where the vehicle starts off as an AI and both teams fight to kill it and use it against the other team.

That would make for some interesting gameplay. It could be expanded to include sentinels or marine allies per player. Hello next gen.

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Its a cool idea but it sounds kinda cheap :]