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Subject: Cool Options for Firefight. What would you like?

What would be cool options you would like in Firefight?

While I like the default of random enemies during each wave because it works great competitively and works great with the Leader boards, but how about custom games?

For custom games though, I would like to have a little control over my enemies. Like maybe all Brutes, or even better all Chieftains. Maybe we can pick the weapons too. Like all Chieftains with beam rifles, or all Jump Pack Brutes with plasma pistols. Maybe they can give us the ability to ban enemies too like Wraiths. Everything but Wraiths. Or everything but Wraiths and Drones.

I would also like the ability to either choose the number of lives, or respawn settings. Health settings. What skulls I want during Firefight, or no skulls at all. Maybe the ability to add different weapon settings like random pod drops, or all magnums for everyone. How about a Counter-strike buying option? Turn the CS option on. For instance, I kill some enemies, and get money based on points. Then I get a chance to buy new weapons or ammo for the next round from kiosks around the map. Then when the enemies enter within range of the kiosks they automatically deactivate and go into lock down mode to prevent enemies from ravaging ammo caches. Unfortunately, this makes it hard to buy weapons unless there is a lull.

What about a Hunt mode? The enemies are dropped off around the map and patrol the map and we are forced to hunt them down the objective enemies quickest. This would bring out the subtle stealth gameplay on some other maps. Then it gets progressively harder as they drop harder enemies to hunt, and more around the map. We can also add a time limit.

Or how about a defend mode. Players are forced to move around the map and defend a key location while enemies are dropped off to attack those key locations.

Or a Caravan mode. Players must go into enemy territory to find an important item, and they must haul it back to their base or deliver a bomb into enemy territory.



[Edited on 06.03.2009 10:33 PM PDT]

  • 06.03.2009 9:53 PM PDT
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An optional third-person view.

  • 06.03.2009 9:55 PM PDT

Me to have the game now. :)

  • 06.03.2009 9:56 PM PDT

HUZZAH!

Posted by: DennisCP
An optional third-person view.

Dude. Gimme a break. We are playing HALO. Not Gears. Please, if you want third person, go play gears. you can even play horde mode (which is what firefight is based off of!)

Chewing out aside...I would like to have armor customization. For my ODST.

  • 06.03.2009 9:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: Philliper
Posted by: DennisCP
An optional third-person view.

Dude. Gimme a break. We are playing HALO. Not Gears. Please, if you want third person, go play gears. you can even play horde mode (which is what firefight is based off of!)

Chewing out aside...I would like to have armor customization. For my ODST.
I do play Gears of War 2's Horde mode and all I'm suggesting is to have an optional view perspective not a drastic change in gameplay mechanics.

And armor customization is nice as well.

  • 06.03.2009 10:03 PM PDT

HUZZAH!

Posted by: DennisCP
Posted by: Philliper
Posted by: DennisCP
An optional third-person view.

Dude. Gimme a break. We are playing HALO. Not Gears. Please, if you want third person, go play gears. you can even play horde mode (which is what firefight is based off of!)

Chewing out aside...I would like to have armor customization. For my ODST.
I do play Gears of War 2's Horde mode and all I'm suggesting is to have an optional view perspective not a drastic change in gameplay mechanics.

And armor customization is nice as well.


Halo is a significantly different game than Gears, and to take it to third person ruins a lot of what halo is about: complete and total fairness. If someone has third person, they can see a WHOLE lot more of the battlefield than the other players who don't, and thus simply to get a higher score by being more aware of the battlefield, EVERYBODY will have third person. and then it just feels like you're playing Gears.

  • 06.03.2009 10:09 PM PDT

Drink up baby, stay up all night.
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The potential you'll be, but you'll never see.
The promises you'll only make.

Posted by: Philliper
Halo is a significantly different game than Gears, and to take it to third person ruins a lot of what halo is about: complete and total fairness. If someone has third person, they can see a WHOLE lot more of the battlefield than the other players who don't, and thus simply to get a higher score by being more aware of the battlefield, EVERYBODY will have third person. and then it just feels like you're playing Gears.

So you're implying every TPS with a gun is like Gears?

  • 06.03.2009 10:11 PM PDT

Posted by: Philliper
Posted by: DennisCP
An optional third-person view.

Dude. Gimme a break. We are playing HALO. Not Gears. Please, if you want third person, go play gears. you can even play horde mode (which is what firefight is based off of!)

Chewing out aside...I would like to have armor customization. For my ODST.


No, give me a break. Gears isn't the only game in the world with 3rd person, stop narrowing it down and criticizing other people's opinions. I want an optional 3rd person view, just so I would have a better view of the battle, and the ability to see my character in-game with the setting.

  • 06.03.2009 10:15 PM PDT

HUZZAH!

So you're implying every TPS with a gun is like Gears?

No, i'm not. How many recent games out there have a third person view plus a Firefight/horde mode?

[Edited on 06.03.2009 10:38 PM PDT]

  • 06.03.2009 10:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Philliper
Halo is a significantly different game than Gears, and to take it to third person ruins a lot of what halo is about: complete and total fairness. If someone has third person, they can see a WHOLE lot more of the battlefield than the other players who don't, and thus simply to get a higher score by being more aware of the battlefield, EVERYBODY will have third person. and then it just feels like you're playing Gears.
Well maybe it could be offline only and stat-tracking and achievements could be disabled.

Downloadable armor/characters should also be included.

  • 06.03.2009 10:15 PM PDT

HUZZAH!

No, give me a break. Gears isn't the only game in the world with 3rd person, stop narrowing it down and criticizing other people's opinions. I want an optional 3rd person view, just so I would [u] have a better view of the battle [u], and the ability to see my character in-game with the setting.[/quote]

First, name another popular TPS with online multiplayer comparable to Halo? second, I respect you're rights to your opinions, but a third person would drastically change Halo's mechanics, as i said earlier. The ability to look above and behind you avatar and around objects changes how a game is played A LOT. Plus, I think that Halo needs to retain its originality. Sticking to what Halo was founded on, the FPS genre, marks it as a Halo game.

  • 06.03.2009 10:25 PM PDT

Spinning a plate on a stick is impressive, but if you try to spin three at once then you'll just end up digging porcelain out of your face.

Posted by: DennisCP
An optional third-person view.


No thank you. I'd like for my Halos to stay FPS's.

  • 06.03.2009 10:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: picklepop19
Posted by: DennisCP
An optional third-person view.


No thank you. I'd like for my Halos to stay FPS's.
What's your opinion on Halo Wars?

  • 06.03.2009 10:29 PM PDT

HUZZAH!

Well maybe it could be offline only and stat-tracking and achievements could be disabled.

Downloadable armor/characters should also be included.


1. that would kind of defeat the purpose of playing, now wouldn't it? Firefight is meant to be Cooperative.

2. Agreed. Except, maybe unlockable? I don't want to shell out microsoft points for a new piece of armor.

3. Man! I feel like an jerk! I'm just shootin' down everything you say! I don't mean to sound...mean. sorry.

[Edited on 06.03.2009 10:37 PM PDT]

  • 06.03.2009 10:29 PM PDT

Well, they already hinted at custom armor I believe on the Gamespot Live Stream, and third person Halo would be nice, but why not just pick up a turret?

You have to make up for the wider perspective by either slowing down the look sensitivity, and then you have to dumb down the accuracy to make up for the bigger crosshair taking up half of the enemies body. Players in third person have to move the crosshair less when aiming. Which is why they only use the third person mechanic for vehicles, and turrets, and not for normal fighting. Games like Socom don't even go into first person, when using both options. They just zoom in a little closer and get rid of the character model, gun and all. I wouldn't mind though seeing how this game doesn't have competitive multiplayer.

Any other ideas though? All we got so far are armor and third person view.

[Edited on 06.03.2009 10:43 PM PDT]

  • 06.03.2009 10:41 PM PDT

So anyone else have any ideas for custom game options? The ability to pick Flood... Custom character weapon load out screens? Get to pick your own starting weapons like in COD?

  • 06.04.2009 12:17 PM PDT

HUZZAH!

Now THAT would be cool. Getting to pick your weapons before you spawn? Awesome. But i doubt it. There are weapons on the maps, and its not really Bungie's style.

  • 06.09.2009 9:47 PM PDT

ahem. I want these cahracters for firefight. 1, Sgt. Stacker. Hes been my favorite since Halo:CE. 2, Sam, the cryo tech in Halo:CE. 3, Captain Keyes. I have ALOT of Halo:CE nostalgia. I first played it when i was 7 years old. And now, 7 tyears later, ODST is going back to those roots.
yayz

  • 06.10.2009 10:23 AM PDT