I have an idea that I think is underdiscussed in the realm of Halo gameplay.
What if you were able to switch between the passenger and driver seats without getting out? Say that you are in the passenger seat and your driver dies. You have 2 options: get out and try your luck or stay in the vehicle and surely die.
If it were possible to switch between seats, gameplay would be able to move much faster.
I imagine it being like in Far Cry 2, though not in the sense that you can go from driver to gunner.
What do you guys think?
Edit: Also, how do you think it would work for different vehicles?
Because MC is on a frigate, it can be assumed that at least some of the UNSC vehicles will be present.
Think about these vehicles:
Mongoose
Warthog
Scorpion
Covenant Vehicles?
i think that is a very good idea. it is always a pain when your driver dies, and you either have to hop out and then drive or bail, and being a spartan i am sure they could swap seats lol
how about having an animation like the spartan leaping from the driver seat to the gunners seat or to the drivers seat to the passenger by just hopin over like we do in real life…and not like in battlefield where you just teleport from seat to seat
> how about having an animation like the spartan leaping from the driver seat to the gunners seat or to the drivers seat to the passenger by just hopin over like we do in real life…and not like in battlefield where you just teleport from seat to seat
I think gunner to driver might be a little overpowered. I also would rather there be a first-person animation as opposed to third-person. But yes, An animation that someone else can see would be pretty cool.
This is actually a really good idea, and would benefit gameplay.
edit: I also think you should be able to swap back to the gunners seat from the drivers… as long as the animation was a lot longer than from driver to passenger/passenger to gunner. Passenger gunner can take the amount of time between the others two.
Or maybe if the gunner gets sniped, the passenger can get in the gun. When i saw that scene in Black hawk down where the gunner in the HMV gets ousted and the driver yells “someone get on that 50” i almost immediately strayed my attention from the movie and imagined how that would work in the ‘Gunner/driver got sniped’ scenario. And then the guy says “-Yoink- it” and makes it rain on the militia. 
I think Warthog would be the most likely to appear in Halo 4.
The animation could be fairly simple.
Can you guys think of possibilities for other vehicles?
IF the falcon returns, there could be an option where if the driver gets shot out one of the gunners could have an amazing animation to climb into the drivers seat and take control as it falls from the sky. Ofcourse it would be a long animation to balance being able to get in it from the sky.
> IF the falcon returns, there could be an option where if the driver gets shot out one of the gunners could have an amazing animation to climb into the drivers seat and take control as it falls from the sky. Ofcourse it would be a long animation to balance being able to get in it from the sky.
I think it would be cool to have a falcon, but in some cases seat switching would become overpowered. I don’t know if that’s the case in this point, but it sounds fun.
Theres a trick/glitch where u can switch seats almost instantly, but you gotta be host:(
And it can only be done from gunner to driver or gunner to passenger
> I have an idea that I think is underdiscussed in the realm of Halo gameplay.
> What if you were able to switch between the passenger and driver seats without getting out? Say that you are in the passenger seat and your driver dies. You have 2 options: get out and try your luck or stay in the vehicle and surely die.
> If it were possible to switch between seats, gameplay would be able to move much faster.
>
> I imagine it being like in Far Cry 2, though not in the sense that you can go from driver to gunner.
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Edit: Also, how do you think it would work for different vehicles?
> Because MC is on a frigate, it can be assumed that at least some of the UNSC vehicles will be present.
> Think about these vehicles:
> Mongoose
> Warthog
> Scorpion
> Ghost?
> Chopper?
I had no idea that you had multiple seats possible to switch with on a ghost and chopper…plus I imagine switching on a mongoose can…well cause some complications…
> > I have an idea that I think is underdiscussed in the realm of Halo gameplay.
> > What if you were able to switch between the passenger and driver seats without getting out? Say that you are in the passenger seat and your driver dies. You have 2 options: get out and try your luck or stay in the vehicle and surely die.
> > If it were possible to switch between seats, gameplay would be able to move much faster.
> >
> > I imagine it being like in Far Cry 2, though not in the sense that you can go from driver to gunner.
> >
> > What do you guys think?
> >
> > Edit: Also, how do you think it would work for different vehicles?
> > Because MC is on a frigate, it can be assumed that at least some of the UNSC vehicles will be present.
> > Think about these vehicles:
> > Mongoose
> > Warthog
> > Scorpion
> > Ghost?
> > Chopper?
>
> I had no idea that you had multiple seats possible to switch with on a ghost and chopper…plus I imagine switching on a mongoose can…well cause some complications…
I realize now that that was dumb. Edited.
What about two player consent-based switching like in Borderlands?
I like the concept. If the driver’s seat is empty, like you punch the enemy out or your teammate dies, why should you have to play Chinese Fire drill? Equally if the gunner dies the passenger could hop to the back. This would make having that 3rd person be significantly more beneficial and worth taking along.
Great suggestion!