This isn’t anything fancy but what about an Aircraft that can carry a pilot plus 4 others and the weapon would be a Railgun that charges and would require two shots to destroy a Banshee or warthog, 4 to destroy a scorpion, 1 for a light vehicle like a ghost or warthog, and finally its main perk would be a left or right strafe to try to dodge banshees.
This is mostly just ideas but we do need a second air vehicle because having only a banshee can be a little boring.
Hopefully they add human air vehicles in H5 (and a lot of them) and also more covenant aircraft. Your idea sounds pretty interesting I don’t know what would work though. I hope they bring in all the past human aircraft (can I haz Pelican) and maybe even new covenant aircraft.
We need a UNSC aircraft with proper flight controls. We’ve had a Hornet and a Falcon and they both got dropped after one title because they were so damn boring to fly. Time to try something different.
> We need a UNSC aircraft with proper flight controls. We’ve had a Hornet and a Falcon and they both got dropped after one title because they were so damn boring to fly. Time to try something different.
Like what? VTOLs are the only option.
> > We need a UNSC aircraft with proper flight controls. We’ve had a Hornet and a Falcon and they both got dropped after one title because they were so damn boring to fly. Time to try something different.
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> Like what? VTOLs are the only option.
I believe that he’s referring to the Helicopter flight controls seen in GTA and Battlefield. Not something that I’d want seeing that not only are they a fundamentalist pain in the -Yoink-, but there also aren’t any gameplay benefits that the current controls don’t have.
> > > We need a UNSC aircraft with proper flight controls. We’ve had a Hornet and a Falcon and they both got dropped after one title because they were so damn boring to fly. Time to try something different.
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> > Like what? VTOLs are the only option.
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> I believe that he’s referring to the Helicopter flight controls seen in GTA and Battlefield. Not something that I’d want seeing that not only are they a fundamentalist pain in the -Yoink!-, but there also aren’t any gameplay benefits that the current controls don’t have.
I think we’ve done this before.
Halo totally needs more vertical combat and vehicles. Ground-combat is pretty well established, but let’s get some durable air warfare.
To date it has been the purview of the Banshee, with rare sightings from the Falcon, Hornet, Pelican, and jet pack.
OP’s idea could work well on an extended cab Falcon. I’m pretty sure the Falcon in Reach had a side turret that doubled as a grenade launcher, and that was wicked.
> > > > We need a UNSC aircraft with proper flight controls. We’ve had a Hornet and a Falcon and they both got dropped after one title because they were so damn boring to fly. Time to try something different.
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> > > Like what? VTOLs are the only option.
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> > I believe that he’s referring to the Helicopter flight controls seen in GTA and Battlefield. Not something that I’d want seeing that not only are they a fundamentalist pain in the -Yoink!-, but there also aren’t any gameplay benefits that the current controls don’t have.
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> I think we’ve done this before.
Indeed, that we have.
And now, it’s time to finish what we started.
> > > > > We need a UNSC aircraft with proper flight controls. We’ve had a Hornet and a Falcon and they both got dropped after one title because they were so damn boring to fly. Time to try something different.
> > > >
> > > > Like what? VTOLs are the only option.
> > >
> > > I believe that he’s referring to the Helicopter flight controls seen in GTA and Battlefield. Not something that I’d want seeing that not only are they a fundamentalist pain in the -Yoink!-, but there also aren’t any gameplay benefits that the current controls don’t have.
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> > I think we’ve done this before.
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> Indeed, that we have.
>
> And now, it’s time to finish what we started.
This argument is never going to finish. We have mutually exclusive opinions, there is no middle ground. It would end if you learnt to fly, but you’re not going to invest time and effort into losing your own argument.
Whoa guys, clam down there, arguing is no fun for you, or for others.
If controls were the only issue, they could tweak the controls.
However, it’s not that easy, and I agree on the fact that there should be more aircraft for UNSC in MP (they’ve got plenty canon/campaign wise).
Halo Wars had plenty of awesome vehicles they got buried in the dust. I’d like to see some of those in multiplayer. Heck, even that VTOL from MegaBloks looks dandy. 
But in the end, it all comes down to how they play out.
cough Pelican cough
Why not just bring back the falcon and have it able to seat 4 passenger like in Reach Campaign, except it includes the two gunners as well.
Orrrrrrrr… Introduce the smaller Police Pelican from Halo 3 ODST.