- MLG Cheehwawa
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- Fabled Mythic Member
I don't like the idea of commandable NPCs, but it would be nice if we could call in NPC support.
Elites call in a Hunter pair which is lowered down from a gravity lift. Spartans call in a pair of Cyclops-wearing marines equipped with the flamethrowers the Hellbringers have in Halo Wars. The Cyclops would be dropped in from orbit and could impact the surface without taking damage, creating a small crater (maybe they have some anti-descend thrusters to slow them at the last moment). You would call them in from a special map location where you get an overview of the map, and point out the location you want them at. Best place would be in the midst of a battle.
You could also call in air strikes. Go to a special part of the map, enter a secure building, and then loosely command a wing of Longswords (Spartans) or Seraphs (Elites) to fly over the map and drop a barrage of bombs. Would handle a lot like the air raids in BF 1943, only maybe a player could only call in an air raid once so no one will camp the spot and hog all of the raids whenever they become available.
Air raids would be sloppy, but if you wanted pinpoint offensives against targets, you could call in an orbital strike, similar to the ones in Halo Wars. Spartans call in a MAC round onto a point in the map (again, overview of the map in a special location like with the NPC call-ins) and Elites would call in a plasma lance.
Classes would be, from left to right in the banner, Support, Recon, Soldier, Technician, Sniper. Elites and Spartans could be on the same team, but some gamemodes would be Spartans vs. Elites. Spartans start with UNSC weapons, Elites start with Covenant weapons. You could also create a custom class which would look like the Master Chief in Halo 1 to differentiate it from the default classes.
[Edited on 07.20.2009 1:55 PM PDT]