> Well looks like we are finally off the height debate=)
Don’t try to jinx yourself onto bringing it back up. I wouldn’t say it is over yet…
> > > replace spops with elite ops for an elite story
> > > bring back full elite armor customization
> > > bring back invasion
> > > bring back revenant
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> > I never got the point of the Mini Wraith.
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> > Wouldn’t the Spectre or some version of it work better?
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> Could be argued the Spectre is a Warthog clone, so… why not both?
I guess you could say that, but it’s not a clone of a vehicle already within their faction. Although there are differences of course.
Both could work, that’s true.
Personally, I’d like to the Shadow from Halo 2 make a return as the covenant transport vehicle. Bringing back the Shadow and the Revenant would be the best of both worlds, I think.
> > > > replace spops with elite ops for an elite story
> > > > bring back full elite armor customization
> > > > bring back invasion
> > > > bring back revenant
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> > > I never got the point of the Mini Wraith.
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> > > Wouldn’t the Spectre or some version of it work better?
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> > Could be argued the Spectre is a Warthog clone, so… why not both?
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> I guess you could say that, but it’s not a clone of a vehicle already within their faction. Although there are differences of course.
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> Both could work, that’s true.
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> Personally, I’d like to the Shadow from Halo 2 make a return as the covenant transport vehicle. Bringing back the Shadow and the Revenant would be the best of both worlds, I think.
Shadow would be the covenant equivalent to the Elephant, assuming it comes back. So, that would work.
> > Well looks like we are finally off the height debate=)
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> Don’t try to jinx yourself onto bringing it back up. I wouldn’t say it is over yet…
agreed
Alright hypothetically speaking, what if they brought back firefight?
What kind of LEVELs would there be? Weapons and so forth.
What kind of modes such as
Spartans only
Sangheili Loyalists
or Joint Operations (ie its a mixed team of Sanghieili Spec Ops and Spartans)
Enemies
Insurrection
Storm Faction (rebels)
and Forerunners?
(and legendary mode is all of the above here)
Still I wonder how that would play out in a new kind of firefight.
> Alright hypothetically speaking, what if they brought back firefight?
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> What kind of LEVELs would there be? Weapons and so forth.
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> What kind of modes such as
> Spartans only
> Sangheili Loyalists
> or Joint Operations (ie its a mixed team of Sanghieili Spec Ops and Spartans)
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> Enemies
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> Insurrection
> Storm Faction (rebels)
> and Forerunners?
> (and legendary mode is all of the above here)
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> Still I wonder how that would play out in a new kind of firefight.
If 343 brings back firefight I want to be able to customize the map, where enemies will spawn, how many will spawn in a location, and most importantly be an Elite.
Playable Sangheili in firefight?Definitely,however I doubt whether we will be able to control the spawns or anything like that,but what I do hope is to see larger firefight maps with different holdout structures located at different locations.After progressive waves or sets or whatever,we would have to move location before the base initiates an autonomous self-destruct sequence.While moving to a new base to hold up,we would come under fire but we should have sufficient cover.The maps should be more free roam kind of gameplay,that would make it more interactive.And it’d be nice to be able to control the types of vehicles and surprise drop pods that are delivered.And definitely friendly AI for spartans.Oh yes,and epic boss waves.In Reach it was sorta understated,just generals with rangers,there were no Field Marshals or Zealots.I want future boss waves to have kill teams that are fast and nimble and compromise of high ranked Sangheili.And I want firefight to feature all ranks of every species of the Covenant.Oh yes,and randomized changes in weather and time of day like snow and night and day times that change live on the map.
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This might be a little off topic, but there were playable Sangheili in Reach’s Firefight.
Though having firefight back in Halo 5 would be nice.
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> This might be a little off topic, but there were playable Sangheili in Reach’s Firefight.
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> Though having firefight back in Halo 5 would be nice.
Yea but Elites were forced to play on the enemy side. I’d rather be able to choose if I want to be an enemy or an ally. Spartans should also get that choice.
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> This might be a little off topic, but there were playable Sangheili in Reach’s Firefight.
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> Though having firefight back in Halo 5 would be nice.
They had a cool verses firefight mode, that was fun but it could be pretty cheap, especially if you and your battle brother were very well coordinated.
What the aim for this one is a Joint Operations Firefight. Spartans And Sangheili Special Operations as a 4 man element (or Kill team) “sent on higher risk operations” (Where no sane man would dare go)
Classic Fire Fight = the same one back in ODST and Reach
Verses Mode = once again refer to Reach
Joint Operations = Refer to above, Spartan and Sangheili kill teams move in to secure, hold, reinforce, etc etc a designated area of operations. Verses against Insurrectionists, Storm Faction, Forerunner, and in simulations, the Flood in case the need were to rise again.
Joint Operations Objective: Like the first above but only actual aim is defending those stupid generators, securing control points, and so on. It could work like a very complicated version of Invasion, not to mention a very HARD version.
Now I’m not sure if in Halo 4 they’re gonna keep those Ordinance drops, but if they do that would for sure change how those would play out, especially in J.O. and perhaps even try to snag a light vehicle of sorts.
Boss waves would also be another challenge in this, obviously just having some rehashed skin of another meat sack to kill can only be entertaining for so long. You want a boss fight which is a challenge but not frustrating. Not too sure on ideas but for some reason I can see a Promethean war wagon having a slight “black hole” ability to suck in any nearby players. Granted that would be somewhat Over powered.
or a scarab
Levels themselves is pretty much self explanatory. However one inspiration that could play from Mass Effect would be “Hazard” levels.
Ie. Artillery bombardment, enemy air support (remember those stupid banshees?), falling debris from whatever, or in some cases the Flora and Fauna of a planet. (or mine fields…)
AI activity, that would probably be very dependent on the level. Say it is an Urban setting, then you could have friendly Marines or Spartans fighting it out, but they respawn every round.
For Sangheili, fighting in the ruins of Vadam Keep, you have allied Uggoy and Sanghieli minors holding off the rebels against the Servants of Abiding Truth.
or a Throw back Mission, where your allies are potentially flood food.
Either way your Kill Team will not have it easy. Only the bravest and the foolish would dare try these missions.
Either way, this would come a long way for any Horde types, much less for 343i’s deal with canonical (As much as I hate it) multiplayer.
On an unrelated note, saw a vid, apparently the community as a whole want’s Thel back. God I hope they do not retcon him more than they already have.
I think it would be cool if we could play firefight on forge maps. This way I would have something to do on some of my maps plus it would be awesome=) And of course I would love to play as an Elite or maybe a grunt.
> Well looks like we are finally off the height debate=)
I wouldn’t get to hopeful, but after reading numerous comments I finally agree that Elites for MP should be scaled down as long as they don’t look like hunchbacks.
Now those are some interesting ideas for firefight.
> I think it would be cool if we could play firefight on forge maps. This way I would have something to do on some of my maps plus it would be awesome=) And of course I would love to play as an Elite or maybe a grunt.
343 wouldn’t have to make new maps for firefight giving them more time for other stuff. It would be pretty great to be an Elite on Forge Island with phantoms and liches coming in to drop their troops, and maybe having to destroy them as well. After enough waves I could accumulate enough credits to buy an ordnance like a fuel rod cannon, some AI friends to drop in, or a lich, maybe even a scarab. At that point I would need to be challenged by a boss wave, something that could wipe out a scarab, maybe a super-scarab. Doing all this as an Elite would make an epic experience.
Nice ideas,but we have to be realistic.Development time for Halo 5 is half as much and we are expecting twice as much content.Oh,I’d like to bring up the need for the presence of Banshees.In Reach they only had them on Holdout and they just flew around.I would like to be able to fight onboard Liches like in the campaign and overload he engine or destroy it before it could drop troops with some sweet C4,but we’d have to face stiff resistance.I’d like to have assassinations where we could have the Sangheili kick the Spartan,like the movements AI Sangheili use when Spartans got too close,a reverse kick,and follow up with a slash and stab by energy daggers.
To be completely honest,I’d like some new Sangheili armour. Councilor or Honor Guard would be a nice change, but these armours can stay:
On a side note, who would like the ability to grapple-kill like this?
elite ultra armor plz
Don’t know about you guys,but I’d love helmet ornaments.The antennae on the Field Marshall were nice,but I’d love to add them to the Zealot armour cause I preferred their shoulder pauldrons.We need more of these.But I don’t think we need to worry about the presence of Sangheili in future Halos,cause Frank O’ Connor replied to a statement on neogaf that he recognised and learned the player’s needs and wants.My brethren,our return is imminent ,we have been heard.
> Don’t know about you guys,but I’d love helmet ornaments.The antennae on the Field Marshall were nice,but I’d love to add them to the Zealot armour cause I preferred their shoulder pauldrons.We need more of these.But I don’t think we need to worry about the presence of Sangheili in future Halos,cause Frank O’ Connor replied to a statement on neogaf that he recognised and learned the player’s needs and wants.My brethren,our return is imminent ,we have been heard.
Indeed, brother. i like the idea though, for example this helmet https://download-ssl.halowaypoint.com/content/waypoint/assets/images/37c470ed444f4462ac26201b91a7f178/2822149-web_preview.png
with the horn and shoulder from this http://download.halowaypoint.com/content/waypoint/assets/images/0cf6bcb0532948e6a89e850ee636fdef/2822148-web_preview.png
I would use that armour all the time
Oh yes,any recommendations on colour combinations for the Field Officer amour.Can’t seem to get good colours which complement each other,or anything that goes well together.Preferably,I’d like the colours to be canonically accurate,so maybe a dark orange with some other colour.Nevertheless,colours open to recommendation.
Speaking of colours,I do hope they bring back the armour detail colour in addition to the primary and secondary.So maybe it’d be around the neck and heels.Oh yes,perhaps hardlight helmet ornaments for the hierarch of Sangheili.