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Subject: Would you like this new game mode

Not sure if this has been said yet i didnt take the time to read all the posts, but maybe it could be made for team scoring to remove the problem of only one person getting the stashs, but the idea of drops is I'm sorry to say way to much like call of duty. I like it but it's not "Halo" in my opinion...


[Edited on 08.02.2010 10:13 PM PDT]

  • 08.02.2010 10:12 PM PDT

1-good idea, but instead of unlucking armory/gun shop how bout after say you get 200 kills and assult game starts you get wpn
drop like in generator def so it wouldnt be 2 much like cod


2-what if its not a bomb its a core from invasion and you plant it like bomb so after time goes up instead of it goin BOOM! it needs to be taken to phantom/pelican dependin on your team

3-what if there was no cruiser and both teams start in odst/covy drop pods depending on your load out youll have dif wepons



4-longswords pelicans phantoms and a hint of seraph=brain jarring bunker boming MULTYPLAYER AWSOME SAUCE!!!!!!!

  • 08.03.2010 1:20 AM PDT

The cake is a pie

Good idea is good.

  • 08.03.2010 5:20 AM PDT


Posted by: DUKELEGO
it shud be two cruisers though one cov one unsc and insted of bying weapons(impossible) u shud forget getting weapons but consetrate getting 200 kills or whatever and then when u do that u unlock more loadouts

  • 08.03.2010 11:10 AM PDT

3-what if there was no cruiser and both teams start in odst/covy drop pods depending on your load out youll have dif wepons


Nice idea, but I'm not too fond of the different weapons from your loadout...

  • 08.03.2010 1:37 PM PDT

...but the idea of drops is I'm sorry to say way to much like call of duty. I like it but it's not "Halo" in my opinion...

How is it not? If you notice during the Campaign, you actually have weapons that are dropped from Orbit... It would be perfect in Halo.

  • 08.03.2010 1:40 PM PDT

This is a fantastic idea i always thought of something like this...so EVERYBODY MESSAGE BUNGIE AND FORWARD THIS IDEA IF THERES ENOUGH VOTES THEY MIGHT ADD IT EVENTUALLY!..

  • 08.03.2010 1:48 PM PDT
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i like everything except for 2 things

1:the weapons buying it just doesnt seem like halo i like the idea of finding ur own weapons like it always has been so they should have a class for each armor ability the spartans have when you spawn and a class for each armor ability the elites have when u spawn

2:same thing i said before but with vehicles like u should reach a certain amount of points and u unlock a vehicle to call down like 100 is a mongoose and 1000 is a tank

overall its a great idea and i hope bungie puts it in reach

[Edited on 08.03.2010 3:09 PM PDT]

  • 08.03.2010 3:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: ChaoticTiger11
...but the idea of drops is I'm sorry to say way to much like call of duty. I like it but it's not "Halo" in my opinion...

How is it not? If you notice during the Campaign, you actually have weapons that are dropped from Orbit... It would be perfect in Halo.


agreed. i think that it would also be cool if pelicans dropped the weapon pods ala halo 2 and 3.

  • 08.03.2010 3:26 PM PDT

Really good Idea but , u can make Kinda of this thing in Forge and custom Slayer but Then u cannot call down Wep / vech , really nice Idea if bungie could do that mode but it is to late i think and 20v20 cannot be made i think maybe 8v8 is max.

  • 08.03.2010 3:26 PM PDT

...really nice Idea if bungie could do that mode but it is to late i think and 20v20 cannot be made i think maybe 8v8 is max.

Somebody mentioned earlier that this thread was started last year on the 13th of August. Technically, it isn't too late. If they saw this and liked the idea, they could easily have it in there. They can keep secrets if they want to. Plus, it would be 16v16 rather than 20v20. Not amazingly better, but 8 less players is easier anyday. The Engine for Reach is completely different than Halo 3, and in all actuality, it IS possible, just unlikely.

  • 08.03.2010 5:42 PM PDT

I dont like the idea of having to buy weapons from a weapons shop i think it would be better if a after a number of kills say 20 a weapon pod would drop down. The closer to 200 kills the better weapons you get.
I like the idea of you having to call in a pelican for the vehicle but enemies should be able to shoot the down before they get to where they need to.

  • 08.04.2010 3:48 AM PDT

I think it would be good to have a super big team game so me & my clan can fit into 1 big match & just rapeeeeee !!!!!!

  • 08.04.2010 5:29 AM PDT
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a good idea and I think players should be able to control their pod so people don't know where you are come from and keep them on their toes other wise one team would just spawn kill player when they drop

  • 08.04.2010 12:26 PM PDT

Guns are tools. Do you blame your misspelled words on the pen?

40 v 40

  • 08.04.2010 12:30 PM PDT

Yeah I love the whole idea of this game mode and I know for a fact that the xbox360 can crank out enough power to put on atleast 32 player online because the Wii has a game called Medal of Honour Heroes 2 that had 32 player online per server. I hope that they would consider this game mode Covenant Cruiser vs UNSC Frigate because I love Covenant and UNSC Ships and I love playing Halo like it's a war thats why I hope armor effects like birthday party exsplosian etc. stay exclusive to something like Social mode in Halo: 3.

  • 08.04.2010 12:39 PM PDT

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Great idea! There are many ways it could be tweaked but the basis is awesome!

  • 08.04.2010 1:16 PM PDT

I dont like the idea of having to buy weapons from a weapons shop i think it would be better if a after a number of kills say 20 a weapon pod would drop down. The closer to 200 kills the better weapons you get.

Ok then. How about for every kill you get, you get 10 points or something like that. Now, instead of "buying" these items from a shop or unlocking them in your Frigate/Cruiser, you would press up on your D-Pad, and you would have a Circle menu like on Halo wars. You would then choose whichever weapons or vehicles you wanted from there(if you had the appropriate amount of points) and then the Pelican/Phantom would bring down whichever weapons/vehicles you ordered after 30 seconds. This I would say is the best idea for a weapon "drop" that I've seen so far. And the easiest.

  • 08.04.2010 1:21 PM PDT

I give most of the credit for this idea from ujjval16's idea along with the ideas of Hawkeye4488 and thread. Ujjval16's thread is located here:
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35882609

What I am about to post is an edited version of Hawkeye4488's re-vamped version of Ujjval16's original post. This will get slightly confusing at times, but bear with me, because if you are able to understand it, it makes perfect sense and would be a blast.

There will be a perfect map for this gametype which would hopefully be a Dedicated server, because without a dedicated server, there would be too much lag.

Now, hopefully, this would be a 16v16 UNSCv Covenant match.

This was also just an idea that I thought of after somebody mentioned squads and objectives..

Okay, each team was divided into 4 Squads of 4. One squad from each team would compete with another squad of the other team in 1 of 4 Game variants. This is a little confusing, because everyone is playing the same game, but each squad has a different objective. One game would be King of the Hill, another would be Assault, one more would be Capture the Flag, and the last would be regular old Team Slayer. After every 8 minutes, the squads would switch their game type, along with their opponents. This get's really confusing unfortunately, but each squad keeps their points for the whole 32 minute game, usin them to buy weapons and vehicles(If you use the points, you lose them, so make sure that you don't use too many of them, or your team will lose)[I'll mention the buying later]But as far as Team Slayer goes, you get 10 points(or however many they make it) per kill, and for killstreaks such as Double Kill, Triple Kill, Overkill, etc. you would get a bonus.(for vehicles, you get more depending on size. Ghost/Mongoose=15, Chopper/Hog=20, Wraith/Tank=30, etc.). Easy enough. Then, at the end of the 32 minutes, all squads add up their points(the points they used to buy weapons and vehicles with are already deducted) and whoever has the most points, wins.

This game mode starts with the UNSC players dropping from low orbit in drop pods similar to the start of campaign in Halo 3 ODST, while the Covenant is beamed down from their Covenant Cruiser. You can look around an see your teammates/enemies as you descend to this perfect map. Your dropping onto the planet, with this amazing scenery before you thanks to our pals at Bungie.

Now, on your way down, there could be two options(of course, it is whatever Bungie would decide).

Option 1: Bungie could make it so that you spawn in a specific area with your team.

Option 2: They could also make it so that as you descend towards Reach, you are able to "control" your drop pod so you can plan strategic manuevers against your enemy. The Covenant would just choose where to spawn because you can't really control a beam of light.

On this map, you will have every single weapon(most likely several of each weapon), and every single vehicle. Now, of course everyone will probably go for the sniper, shotgun, laser, etc., but what if you were able to call in for more weapons or vehicles? You will press up on the D-Pad to open a circle menu from which you will be able to "order" weapons and vehicles. Once you order your select items, a Pelican/Phantom will come down and deliver your "mail." Again, there would be two options for this and it would be whatever Bungie decided...IF they decided to make this amazingly awesome gametype:

1: After you order your weapons, you must wait 30 seconds 1 minute for them to arrive.

2: Or, every 5 minutes, ALL of the items your team ordered would come down at once.

There has been speculation as to whether or not this should be done, BUT: What if once the Pelican/Phantom dropped off your stuff, you couldn't take it for 30 seconds. The Pelican/Phantom would turn into a Hill for a 30 second "King of the Hill" match. Whichever team wins the match, gets the weapons. If "you" called down your weapons, you would be able to get your weapons, and nobody else's. Now, of course, players can't order 30 Snipers or Lasers at once, so there would be somewhat of a limit as to how many weapons you could order at once.

Land vehicles, are dropped from 15-20 feet up, tanks are dropped first, then the pelican flies over a couple feet and drops the light vehicle, sorry, one tank at a time, unless you steal the enemy's tank, or still have one, only one heavy order at a time.

Prices! some of these will be halo 3 weapons because I'm not sure if they'll be in Reach, each has a *. Each weapon has full ammo.

******NOTE******(I have changed these prices from what Hawkeye4488 originally thought)

Object - Point cost

All UNSC start with Assault Rifle and Pistol

Human weapons:
SMG* - 40
Shotgun - 100
Sniper Rifle - 100
DMR - 80

Human Power Weapons(ONLY 1 or 2 per drop)
Flamethrower* - 150
Missle Pod(2)* - 150
Rocket Launcher - 100
Spartan Laser - 150

Covenant start with Carbine and Plasma Pistol

Covenant Weapons:
Needler - 80
Needle Rifle - 80
Beam Rifle - 100
Energy Sword - 100

Power weapons, same rules:
Gravity Hammer - 120
Focus Rifle - 120
Plasma Launcher? - 150

Tell me if I missed any.

Vehicles, 2 at a time, one heavy, one light at a time. OR 2-3 Light if you don't have a Heavy.

Human:
Mongoose - 50
Warthog - 80
Warthog, Gauss* - 100
Warthog, Missle Laucher - 120
Hornet, Transport* - 100
Hornet* - 150
Falcon - unsure of its abilities, 100-150
Scorpion - 180-200

Covenant:
Ghost - 60
Chopper* - 80
Spectre?* - 100-150
Prowler* - 100-120
Banshee - 140
Wraith - 180

Depending on scoring, these prices can all be multiplied by 2 or maybe 3.

***I have taken a few things out of Hawkeye4488's idea such as buying a Pelican.

  • 08.04.2010 2:09 PM PDT

It's 50/50 with me. good idea, but the server would have a hard time with that many people, and if somebody in the game has a bad connection, your'e all screwed.

  • 08.04.2010 4:04 PM PDT

must happen

  • 08.04.2010 7:39 PM PDT

it would be epic but they would need warehouses filled with servers and lots of procesing power (no idea what that means but it sounds right) any way id be awsome but I would want at least 50% of it to be a snow map or what if there where 3 maps unsc/earth covenant/high charity forunner/halo/shield word


[Edited on 08.04.2010 8:56 PM PDT]

  • 08.04.2010 8:55 PM PDT

but I would want at least 50% of it to be a snow map or what if there where 3 maps unsc/earth covenant/high charity forunner/halo/shield word

But the Fall of Reach was on Reach...thus, they didn't battle on High Charity.

  • 08.04.2010 8:59 PM PDT

Jacktop!!!_

i utterly comply i think bungie already saw this forum and made invasion but invasion isnt enough! the new game type could be called ground war. also i think bungie triped up when making invasion cause when i played it seemed like the elites would just wait till the spartans aquired a drop point and then take the weapons or tank that came cause every one knows tht even tho elite beats spartan tank beats wraith.

  • 08.04.2010 11:20 PM PDT

Jacktop!!!_

techincaly the 360 can even tho most wont go buy the new 360 slim for this (then again maybe they will!) the new system can run faster better and more acurately than the old system (of course). itd be a great idea espesialy cause they are coming out with a halo reach themed 360 slim! which i am totaly buying!

  • 08.04.2010 11:24 PM PDT