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Subject: Campaign and firefight...Wait, what?

There are 20 angels in this world. 9 are playing Halo. 10 are sleeping. 1 is reading this...

Bungie has confirmed (YES THEY HAVE) that we can play with both campaign/firefight up to 4 players online. I also thought (havent checked yet) that you can play with up to 2 players LOCAL (on 1 xbox) in firefight and campaign. There are also rumors *which i think thats true* that you can play up to 4 players LOCAL in firefight (thats a question you guys have to answer).

But i still dont get how theyre going to fit the 4 player campaign with the story. Like in the beggining, when you drop out of the ship and you get to look around. How are they gunna do that with 4 players? Each and everyone in a different orbit thingy? I dun get it. Blast me with your ideas plz.

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  • 08.04.2009 2:38 PM PDT

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first of all. bungie isnt gonna tell you.
secondly almost everyone knew that 2-4people could play
thirdly i think it might be like the rookie(player 1) gets outa pod and depending on how many players there r 1-4 there could be one,two,three odst waiting for him at bottem

  • 08.04.2009 2:41 PM PDT

I've heard that the other three players during campaign will simply be regular ODSTs, without any known story background at the moment. I'm excited to see how this plays out.

  • 08.04.2009 2:41 PM PDT

Hey, swiftshot- what did the sane man say to the dumbwaiter?

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  • 08.04.2009 2:49 PM PDT
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Lt Sartor: Dare kills her squad 4 r3c0n
goatman327]: they start bangin each other (buck and dare) in the back of the pelican in the end(thats y she kill squad, so they could hav some privacy on the ride home)
Graham 8D: 21 and didn't get. Not really bothered tho :) I just want that sexy body and one shoulder..

Posted by: Spartan_008
I've heard that the other three players during campaign will simply be regular ODSTs, without any known story background at the moment. I'm excited to see how this plays out.

ok

  • 08.04.2009 2:53 PM PDT

There are 20 angels in this world. 9 are playing Halo. 10 are sleeping. 1 is reading this...

Your mom :D

  • 08.04.2009 2:53 PM PDT

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They didn't tell us what it was it could have been anything. Frankie gets scared easy incase you didn't know.

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Posted by: swiftshot
Bungie has confirmed (YES THEY HAVE) that we can play with both campaign/firefight up to 4 players online. I also thought (havent checked yet) that you can play with up to 2 players LOCAL (on 1 xbox) in firefight and campaign. There are also rumors that you can play up to 4 players LOCAL in firefight (thats a question you guys have to answer).

But i still dont get how theyre going to fit the 4 player campaign with the story. Like in the beggining, when you drop out of the ship and you get to look around. How are they gunna do that with 4 players? Each and everyone in a different orbit thingy? I dun get it. Blast me with your ideas plz.
(EDIT) Ps: bungie, please tell us ;)

HOLY -blam!- WE'VE KNOWN THIS FOR MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!

  • 08.04.2009 2:54 PM PDT

Reach MMO. Here's to hoping.

And the people that believe "the hardcore playlists would be more popular if the rules were strictly MLG" can come off it, now. If you're not willing to support something close to your own setup, there's no reason for us to believe that cloning our own lists and stripping the variety down will attract more people. -- Shishka, Bungie.net

Bungie has never been great at making backstories for your human teammates in campaign. I guess they just aren't creative enough to think of some good way to incorporate them in.

  • 08.04.2009 2:54 PM PDT

it would be neat if everyone starts somewhere else on the map, but everyone is apart of a different team, so you meet up and you all help each other get to where you need go, so like everyone is the rookie of there team, and everyone's team is in different places. obviously thats not gonna happen, just a neat idea though

  • 08.04.2009 2:54 PM PDT

There are 20 angels in this world. 9 are playing Halo. 10 are sleeping. 1 is reading this...

Yeah :P thats what i actually thought at first, but then i became sane again.. Too bad bungie cant change it anymore. The other 3 players will probably just spawn next to the rookie, just like in halo 2 when the first player just pooped out the second spartan.

  • 08.04.2009 2:57 PM PDT
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I rekon they going to make it so you can only have multiplayer on the missions where rookie has someone with him in single player. well that would work though.

  • 08.04.2009 3:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tyguy101
Bungie has never been great at making backstories for your human teammates in campaign. I guess they just aren't creative enough to think of some good way to incorporate them in.


Or they don't want people who won't play cooperatively to miss out on important parts of the story.

  • 08.04.2009 3:03 PM PDT

There are 20 angels in this world. 9 are playing Halo. 10 are sleeping. 1 is reading this...

Owned xD

  • 08.04.2009 3:05 PM PDT

Thou hast been out BR'ed and now wilst feast most succulently upon my bageth of tea

yes i am also confused by how they will fit 4 people into the ODST story. they might just go down the halo 1/2 route where all players play as the same person (i.e. master chief in halo 1 and 2) and maybe there will be 4 rookies/dutches/romeo's/mickeys running around. or they could go the halo 3 route where they came up with 2 random elite characters who they gave a backstory, so they might just add in 2 random ODST's who will have the same role those 2 elites did in halo 3. my guess: they go with option 1

  • 08.04.2009 3:09 PM PDT
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NO GROUP INVITES!!!

Posted by: swiftshot
The other 3 players will probably just spawn next to the rookie, just like in halo 2 when the first player just pooped out the second spartan.

I'm guessing this too, its most likely that players 2-4 are clones from player 1 or that 2-4 are just regular ODSTs (come on, when playing as Dutch, you really belive the others would be Dutches too? Think about 4 Spartan Lasers, that'd be OP o.O)
Of course during Flashbacks others could be the other Squad members, for example during the Dutch Flasback, player 2 could be Mickey and 3-4 just regulars, similar to Halo 3 and Arbiter there.

  • 08.04.2009 3:09 PM PDT

They need an added cutscene in co-op which sensibly introduces the other ODSTs. They could say they were from another squad, and they're privates. Since you're a Lance Corporal, that would put you in charge.

  • 08.04.2009 3:12 PM PDT
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As a great man has said before "..." That is where the truth lies my friends

Well see the UNSC had budget problems, and decided to put up to 4 people in a drop pod. Hope that anwsers your question.

  • 08.04.2009 3:16 PM PDT

Posted by: The 7th Centru
Well see the UNSC had budget problems, and decided to put up to 4 people in a drop pod. Hope that anwsers your question.


That would be hilarious.

But my guess is that it'll be like Halo 1/2, the other people will magically appear. After the cutscene/drop pod sequence.

  • 08.04.2009 3:24 PM PDT

Main player will pop out of HEV, others will start on the ground.

  • 08.04.2009 3:26 PM PDT

Reach MMO. Here's to hoping.

And the people that believe "the hardcore playlists would be more popular if the rules were strictly MLG" can come off it, now. If you're not willing to support something close to your own setup, there's no reason for us to believe that cloning our own lists and stripping the variety down will attract more people. -- Shishka, Bungie.net

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Posted by: Tyguy101
Bungie has never been great at making backstories for your human teammates in campaign. I guess they just aren't creative enough to think of some good way to incorporate them in.


Or they don't want people who won't play cooperatively to miss out on important parts of the story.


That is funny that they would make a 4 player coop campaign and then say, "but we don't want you to play that way."

  • 08.05.2009 6:55 AM PDT