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Subject: Covenant vs UNSC Matchmaking mode?

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**I've always wanted this for Halo 3, but it's really hard to coordinate this sort of thing in custom games.

In my opinion, it would be very cool to have a matchmaking playlist where instead of Red vs Blue, it would be Humans vs Covenant. Obviously it wouldn't need NPCs or outlandish character models for marines, Grunts, Jackals, etc. to work, only that one team is using Elite (and brutes if available) models, the other uses Spartans (Or ODSTs if they're available).

Weapons:

All weapons would be tweaked so they were just as effective as their Counterparts (AR=Plasma Rifle, Carbine=BR). There would also be different starting weapons depending on the specific gametype, like what there is for Team BR in Halo 3.

The Covenant:

-Plasma rifles that have hopefully been modified in Reach to be more like the Halo CE Assault Rifle.
-Plasma Pistol

The UNSC:

-Halo CE Assault Rifle
-Magnum (Halo 2 or 3 would work)


Thoughts?

[Edited on 06.28.2009 7:29 PM PDT]

  • 06.28.2009 2:20 PM PDT

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Posted by: mike120593
Weapons:

The Covenant:

-Plasma rifles that have hopefully been modified in Reach to be more like the Halo CE Assault Rifle.
-Plasma Pistol

The UNSC:

-Halo CE Assault Rifle
-Magnum (Halo 2 or 3 would work)


Thoughts?

That's it? No carbine / Battle rifle? No spiker / SMG? No sniper rifle / beam rifle? No rocket launcher / fuel rod cannon?

Shame...
And honestly, I don't see this working out. A lot more gamers play as Spartans than they do Elites in Halo 3, so it would really slow down search times. Perhaps it could automate though...

  • 06.28.2009 2:24 PM PDT
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It's a good idea, and this way we would be able to keep our own character colours. As for ODSTs, I'd imagine Spartans would be able to wear the helmet like they can in Halo 3, hopefully with the option to change visor colour and the full set of ODST armour permutations.

  • 06.28.2009 2:31 PM PDT
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I like it. Maybe as a mode. I haven't played Halo Online for a very long time becuase I don't like having to find my weapons. That's my personal choice. If there were a Class Based mode in Reach, that pitted one side against the other (easy enough to do, just have each player create a model for each, and that is used depending on where you end up).

There could be a Sniper Class, and a CQB class, etc, all that good stuff. Make them balanced. I would play that forever. I love Halo, and the concept, I just don't like the online format it's taken. Have a Class Based mode, and the standard 'arena' type mode, and everybody is happy.

  • 06.28.2009 2:33 PM PDT

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it sounds interesting, kinda just like GoW2 and KZ2 multiplayer modes? lol
meh I don't care if the new Firefight mode is just like Horde, fun is fun, and if bungie feels like adding their own flair to that kind of mp than I have no objections :)

  • 06.28.2009 2:36 PM PDT
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ROBOHOG IS VERY BRILLIANT AND STUFF.

I like the idea, although I reckon the Covenant players should spawn with a new Plasma based weapon that is, for all intents and purposes, identical to the Assault Rifle in terms of performance. That is, it causes the same amount of damage, has the same rate of fire, has the same amount of ammo (Disposable battery, just like a magazine), same reload time, bullet spread, bullet speed - the two should be exactly the same, except that one is an alien weapon that fires plasma and the other is a human weapon that fires small pieces of pointy metal. Also, the weapon and its plasma changes from blue to red in the hands of brute players, if Brutes are enabled. And ODSTs are eliminated entirely - they're just too different in size to effectively introduce to Spartan-Elite-Brute matches, though ODST armour could be used for the Spartan model.

  • 06.28.2009 2:44 PM PDT

Only if the weapons had the same killing time, etc.

That way, it would be a test of true gun skill, and not who gets the human weapons.

  • 06.28.2009 2:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: mike120593
**I've always wanted this for Halo 3, but it's really hard to coordinate this sort of thing in custom games.

In my opinion, it would be very cool to have a matchmaking playlist where instead of Red vs Blue, it would be Humans vs Covenant. Obviously it wouldn't need NPCs or outlandish character models for marines, Grunts, Jackals, etc. to work, only that one team is using Elite (and brutes if available) models, the other uses Spartans (Or ODSTs if they're available).

Weapons:

The Covenant:

-Plasma rifles that have hopefully been modified in Reach to be more like the Halo CE Assault Rifle.
-Plasma Pistol

The UNSC:

-Halo CE Assault Rifle
-Magnum (Halo 2 or 3 would work)


Thoughts?

Heck yeah man i would dye for it

  • 06.28.2009 5:15 PM PDT

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Posted by: mike120593
**I've always wanted this for Halo 3, but it's really hard to coordinate this sort of thing in custom games.

In my opinion, it would be very cool to have a matchmaking playlist where instead of Red vs Blue, it would be Humans vs Covenant. Obviously it wouldn't need NPCs or outlandish character models for marines, Grunts, Jackals, etc. to work, only that one team is using Elite (and brutes if available) models, the other uses Spartans (Or ODSTs if they're available).

Weapons:

The Covenant:

-Plasma rifles that have hopefully been modified in Reach to be more like the Halo CE Assault Rifle.
-Plasma Pistol

The UNSC:

-Halo CE Assault Rifle
-Magnum (Halo 2 or 3 would work)


Thoughts?


The weapons are a great idea, but make it a class, like someone above me (too lazy to quote). Almost like COD, create a class. Of course everyone is going to get rockets/swords/snipers etc etc...

  • 06.28.2009 5:37 PM PDT

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  • 06.28.2009 5:40 PM PDT

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Posted by: mike120593
**I've always wanted this for Halo 3, but it's really hard to coordinate this sort of thing in custom games.

In my opinion, it would be very cool to have a matchmaking playlist where instead of Red vs Blue, it would be Humans vs Covenant. Obviously it wouldn't need NPCs or outlandish character models for marines, Grunts, Jackals, etc. to work, only that one team is using Elite (and brutes if available) models, the other uses Spartans (Or ODSTs if they're available).

Weapons:

The Covenant:

-Plasma rifles that have hopefully been modified in Reach to be more like the Halo CE Assault Rifle.
-Plasma Pistol

The UNSC:

-Halo CE Assault Rifle
-Magnum (Halo 2 or 3 would work)


Thoughts?


The weapons are a great idea, but make it a class, like someone above me (too lazy to quote). Almost like COD, create a class. Of course everyone is going to get rockets/swords/snipers etc etc...

While I would love that, it just doesn't seem a lot like Halo.

  • 06.28.2009 7:27 PM PDT