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Subject: Will guests be able to play as Sgt. Johnson in Firefight?

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I for one am curious to find out whether or not guest players will be able to play as Johnson in firefight on an account that has him allowed as a playable character. I ask because some of my friends who don't have xbox would enjoy to play as him and I ask because I never remember it saying anywhere in any updates that guests could play as him.

  • 08.02.2009 4:16 PM PDT

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“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

Thats a good question.

I would say no, just because in Halo 3, when you load a guest in they only have default armor permutations (Mark IV and CQB) unlocked.

From what I have heard, each ODST's armor is unlocked by playing through the campaign, so it may be like in Halo 3.

I hope not, since it would be cool to allow guests to choose their armor and there is no matchmaking.

  • 08.02.2009 4:20 PM PDT

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Posted by: Uncle Kulikov
Thats a good question.

I would say no, just because in Halo 3, when you load a guest in they only have default armor permutations (Mark IV and CQB) unlocked.

From what I have heard, each ODST's armor is unlocked by playing through the campaign, so it may be like in Halo 3.

I hope not, since it would be cool to allow guests to choose their armor and there is no matchmaking.

I was hoping he would be already unlocked considering that the only thing you need to do to 'unlock' him would be to DL him from XBL, not so some fancy sort of thin in campaign or firefight.

Hopefully your 'hope' in your last sentence will be true for guest players.

  • 08.02.2009 4:23 PM PDT

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Surely you could let your guest be 1P and therefore be Johnson? I assume you would already have had your fill of FF by that time and wouldn't mind letting your buddy be the best character. =D.

I guess we'll have to wait until the game comes out to find out though.

  • 08.02.2009 4:24 PM PDT