Just hear me out, this is only an 100% hypothetical idea here and let’s be honest, Warzone was made to be unbalanced chaos in the first place.
So anyway here it goes…
If Warzone would get all the old Armor & Spartan abilities from Reach and H4 I would assume they would be integrated just like how the Armor Mods are utlized in Warzone.
They should become accessible at req level 5 and it would be optional to switch out the default thrusters to whichever Armor & Spartan abilities you want if you have unlocked them. (Sprint wouldn’t change, I don’t know if Spartan charge, Ground Pound, and Hover would still be the same)
The Abilities should be spread out from Common to Legendary reqs and it should work out something like this:
Evade and Hologram would be Commons
Jet Pack and Hardlight Shield would be Uncommons
Drop Shield, Promethean Vision, and Auto Sentry would be Rares
Active Cammo/Radar Jammer and Regeneration Field would be Ultra Rares
Armor Lock would be Legendary
Now balancing and functional redundancies might be a major point of contention here, but each of these Armor & Spartan Abilities operate with some unique extra variation.
Some could argue that things like using an Overshield req while standing in a Regeneration Field is game breaking, but again if you consider how all Overshields deteriorate over time and that a Regeneration Field would only restore standard shields it basically turns into taking a bath while running the water through the shower head instead of using the bathtub faucet.
Or another contention point could be using a Active Camo req and the Active Camo Ability simultaneously, but that has the same kind of result as the Overshield in a Regen field and the Active Camo Ability has what can be a major drawback thanks to the Radar Jammer… But if seen as a strategic boon a patient sneaker could really mess with the other team’s radar when using that combo even if it makes that ninja a highly hunted target.
I think If Armor & Spartan abilities did make it into Warzone it would add a whole new layer of possible strategy, especially for groups of coordinated players,
and/or It could become even more chaotic and unpredictable which would be a good thing too.