Let me start out giving a little information about myself and how much I love this darn epic series we call halo. Ive read all the books, comics, graphic novels, and creative goodies. Ive played every game, including many mods inspired by halo for other games(Sins of the prophets). Ive watched every shred of halo lore I can get my hands on. Even after I joined the military I never got away from this hobby and way of life that is Halo. Even if Ive been on CQ duty for 24 hours ill still get on live to dabble in warzone or whatever it is I can fit my time into. In fact it was probably because I grew up with Halo that I eventually found myself with a Career in the Armed Forces.
Now for the meat and potatoes of this thread…CA,343 please don’t let us down here. the fact is that even though a lot of us loved Halo wars(still waiting for Backwards compatibility) I never could quite shake the fact that I didn’t feel the control that I would of liked. case in point would be the pelicans…yeah it was still kind of a power but man I would really love to build a UNSC air strip and and fire up some of the Air units we all know and love. along with this I know a lot of us would love to be able to build our own bases and customize how we do it.
PLEASE for the love of all that is HALO can we have SPACE BATTLES!!! a series that is as rich in Spaceship units, even hero space units. really needs to tap into it. its a must honestly it feels like a let down. I was actually very surprised that it wasn’t the first one.
I would love to see a play list option like we see in The Master Chief Collection. maybe like being able to play silent cartographer but in RTS form :)!!! or even Cairo Station from space. two people could take control of the UNSC and two for the Prophet of Regrets forces. and do something like Historical battles.
These are just some ideas from a raving mad lunatic fan, but I really hope even 10% of what I think will be in this game actually is. Ive enjoyed the total war series and trust them as well as ya’ll(343) thank you for your time if you do happen to read this thread.
to everyone else again thank you for reading and let me know what it is you think would really add to what we are all really excited for.
I agree, space battles would be an excellent thing to add.
Space would be interesting i dont know how large the armies are gonna be though as there still restricted by the limitations of the xbox so it really depends on what else they throw in
All of the above!
All of these features would allow for greater tactical options and versatility. Count me in!
Space Battles sounds like an awesome idea.
Nah they had to cut the army size to get that 60fps and they want a more focused experience so space battles are out
I’m not sure how space battles would be implemented considering Halo wars didn’t really have a Z-axis or the depth that a space environment would require. But that would be really cool.
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> I’m not sure how space battles would be implemented considering Halo wars didn’t really have a Z-axis or the depth that a space environment would require. But that would be really cool.
Take a look at a SC2 mod named Star Battle, adding some Halo feel and aesthetic to something like that would just be badass!
Bigget armys and space battles and more “heroes” pls
I am curious how they will change the army size. While consoles are still limited compared to PCs, the Xbox One is a huge step up from the 360. I would like to see larger scale, but I also don’t want to compromise performance. I do think they can make a massive scale. If any of you remember playing Supreme Commander 1/2 on the 360, we know scale was not changed compared to PC. Sorry guys, space battles just isn’t going to happen in this game. In the future, yes.
That reenacting sounds cool
I would be extremely excited for space battles, especially with the new company working on Halo Wars 2, I’m hoping for more units, bigger battles, etc. But for one thing, I am curious on how space battles would work…? would it be possible if it would only be in the campaign or that it would be a full on skirmish match in matchmaking? If it was matchmaking, would we have a type of space base or a giant cruiser like the infinity? To be honest the only way i think space battles would be possible would be in the campaign as how would we establish a base in space? How would we make a reactor or supply base? I don’t know but here is to hoping it somehow makes it in!
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> I would be extremely excited for space battles, especially with the new company working on Halo Wars 2, I’m hoping for more units, bigger battles, etc. But for one thing, I am curious on how space battles would work…? would it be possible if it would only be in the campaign or that it would be a full on skirmish match in matchmaking? If it was matchmaking, would we have a type of space base or a giant cruiser like the infinity? To be honest the only way i think space battles would be possible would be in the campaign as how would we establish a base in space? How would we make a reactor or supply base? I don’t know but here is to hoping it somehow makes it in!
Space stations. Have 1 per player. Instead of reactors, the UNSC could build a bigger station and get better ships like that. The only thing I’d be worried about is the lack of variety in UNSC ships. Also, if the infinity is in skirmish what covenant ship matches that?
Historical battles in general seems like a great idea actually. This could be available as a sort of side campaign for players to experience, maybe somehow tied into the multiplayer at the same time like you mentioned. It would truly feel like a much bigger fight as you are battling in a famous site, not just some random city in the middle of nowhere.
realistically we should expect bigger armies (maybe double possibly even triple as before) and bigger maps. as far as hopes and slightly less realistic, a much better roster of playable characters, much more theme intensive maps (like infantry focused maps, armor focused maps, and air intensive maps) and more factions. space battles would be very tricky as ive played a few games that revolve around this very concept and they always seem to lack variety and replay ability. never very many divers maps i mean you got fighting in space, or fighting in space above a planet or fighting in space near a sun (you can guess where in going with this) with more characters the issue becomes that you run the risk of making some characters feel very useless compared to other characters (kinda how anders felt in my opinion from the first game) and then lastly themed maps or maps that favor another unit type would be nice but hard to do and might not be worth the developers time. but these are just my thoughts
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> Nah they had to cut the army size to get that 60fps and they want a more focused experience so space battles are out
Along with cutdowning campaign length for the ultimate Halo experience. But don’t worry a third of the game is released 6 months afterwords XD. Luckily it’s not 343i running the show on this but Total War, so we might get a good game(6 months later).
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> > I would be extremely excited for space battles, especially with the new company working on Halo Wars 2, I’m hoping for more units, bigger battles, etc. But for one thing, I am curious on how space battles would work…? would it be possible if it would only be in the campaign or that it would be a full on skirmish match in matchmaking? If it was matchmaking, would we have a type of space base or a giant cruiser like the infinity? To be honest the only way i think space battles would be possible would be in the campaign as how would we establish a base in space? How would we make a reactor or supply base? I don’t know but here is to hoping it somehow makes it in!
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> Space stations. Have 1 per player. Instead of reactors, the UNSC could build a bigger station and get better ships like that. The only thing I’d be worried about is the lack of variety in UNSC ships. Also, if the infinity is in skirmish what covenant ship matches that?
Super carriers, also UNSC has a wide variety of ships, it’s the covenant you should be more worried about.
Some great ideas here, definitely. The space battles thing, though, would seem to work better possibly in multiplayer. Considering, depending on when the story takes place exactly, I doubt the Spirit of Fire would run into any other UNSC vessels.
Please put space battles so i can get over starwars battle front not putting in space battles.