Some ideas to add a bit more variety to Firefight

Games Halo: The Master Chief Collection
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As much as I absolutely love Firefight just the way it is, I think some additions can still be made to “mix things up a little.”

  • The option to have Marines as a wave. Could justify it as a rebel faction, if that is important. They already have AI for fighting the Player (if you betray them in Campaign).

  • The option to have Spartans as a wave (in Reach). Could justify it as a rebel faction, if that is important. They could just use the same AI a Noble Team.

  • The option to have ODST’s as AI allies on every map, instead of just Installation 04. They could respawn every Set.

  • The “Versus” gamemode added to Reach Matchmaking.

  • The option to have Elites and Flood as waves in ODST. I think this was actually in the Flight for Season 8, but were not launched with the actual season due to lack of polish. Hopefully they will actually be added at some point.

What do you guys think? What ideas things would you add to Firefight?

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Elites and Flood will be added to ODST they’re just still polishing it up.

  • Add the missing H3 weapons to ODST FireFight.

  • Absolutely 100% agree rebels or at least just marines/ODSTs should be added to the ODST Firefight enemy pool, especially the NMPD.

  • Have unique boss enemies randomly appear during waves(could be for ODST and Reach Firefight) very tough but big score bonus for defeating them.

  • Add unlockable playable characters to ODST Firefight, basically every human NPC from H3 and ODST, such as; every variant of marine, civilian, Miranda Keyes, Lord Hood, NMPD cop etc etc

  • Fix all the bugs/cheaters and add leaderboards to both Reach and ODST Firefight.

  • Particularly if Forge is overhauled with new objects etc like they promised, add more maps playable in Firefight.

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Elites and Flood in ODST are likely to be released at some point next year alongside the Mod Tools, unfortunately they were not in a good state during the flight with things like entire missing units, wave softlocking, missing/broken AI, etc.

I do 100% support the idea of adding NPC ODST’s as an option on more Reach maps, especially ones featuring Vehicles. However if they do give them some love, they 100% need to restore the Elite players ability to assassinate them, since their initial removal in legacy (prior to I04) is why that function was removed.

don’t know if they should add enemy humans though, some things regarding them might be a little too contentious for 343, others don’t really make much sense for the setting (Spartans in Reach for instance are still 2’s and 3’s, which aside from washouts, almost never had insurrectionist traitors.). That said, they should consider restoring Drones as a wave option in Reach for added variety, they are set up currently, but are disabled without modding.

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Playable Halo 3 multiplayer Spartans/elites in ODST Firefight.
Also always support the idea of more playable marines/police.
More vehicle options than the strange limited few we have, maybe somehow access to vehicles on more maps.
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I actually second this, Would give more to do with all of the Custom Armor in Halo 3. Would you want it as a cosmetic option, or have it use the Halo 3 health/shield system when playing as a Spartan/Elite?

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I would just prefer it be a custom game setting/gametype using the Halo 3 stats.

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I love all of your ideas. For me I’d like to be able to Forge Firefight maps and edit existing ones (to a certain point). I think it’d be really fun to build maps and add spawn points or edit them on existing maps.

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besides all the things mentioned , i have a more simple example that would mix up things. randomize a bit what potential weapons are in odst weapon racks at spawn, give alternative starting weapons for odst , and loadouts for reach , randomize the on map placed weapon drops. make equipment usable in odst , 3 way wars where a third neutral party enters the fight . give use the option to search for legendary firefight instead only heroic ( like srsly in reach evryone was voting legendary firfight )

for more complex things for sure new firefightmaps would do good . maybe add more wave variants , some kind of bosses, agressive gunships. create firefight modes for other halos ( mods already have done it for custom edition , could work together with official mod support for pc and xbox ). make us acctually to weak humans for a challange ( we are ODST but we still destroy wratihs by punching and eat bruteshots like champs if you get what i mean ). increase playercount for firefight , make variant suited for it ( like big team firefight ? ) , make more firefight variants , maybe centered around certain objectives ( dont let the enemy get the flag, data etc . dont let them plant a bomb. destroy the enemys withing a time limit . ) . add events and objectives example endless spawning waves until a leader has been assasinated , random fog appearing hindering vision etc.

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2v2 Firefight where you’re competing for score and can kill the enemy players should be added officially.

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