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Seven is the greatest number. It's got references everywhere! And it wouldn't surprise me if it was the answer to existance. (42 is in the 7 times table, all you hitchhikers fans will know.)

Very awesome! But how about the other team being covenant? And people get to play as any covenant: grunts, brutes, jackals etc.

Humans get to chose between ODST, marine ,and spartain, but can only get higher ranking units through getting lots of points like star wars battlefront. There, you get to play as a jedi if you get enough kills.

  • 10.03.2009 9:19 AM PDT

this is a great idea but some things that would need to happen
You would need to be odst's for hev pods
You should also be able to be a marine and drop down in pelicans
you should be able to drive pelicans (because who the hell dosent want to?)
the shop part is kinda -blam!- considering the military dosent sell their guns to the soldiers
the covenant side would have to be elites(cuz brutes werent in the covenant yet), grunts, or jackals, since i doubt a unsc soldier of 20 of them will drop from a covenant ship
the covenant dont have hev pods so they would have to use phantoms, unless bungie makes hev's fore the covenant which would be ok but then they would have to make a super new cool soldier.
(my opinion) you should be able to customize your character, because nobody wants to look like the person next to them
(thought) how in hell are a covenant cruiser and a unsc frigate gonna fit in the same area unless the map is the size of new mombasa
(great idea) the map can be new mombasa.
the selling guns idea should be made into armory's which you would have to get to if you wanted to get the gun that you want but there would only be a certian ammount of guns.
everyone would start out with a scoped magnum and silenced smg if your an odst and an assult rifle if and regular magnum if your a marine.
odst's should get the choice of riding in the pod, pelican, or driving the pelican.
(idea) there should be some ai soldiers on the ground just to make things a little bit more fun cuz noone wants to be a grunt or jackal when they could be an elite.
there would have to be a few maps which would be hard to make considering the size they would have to be.
there should be a squad feature where you would get points for using squad tactics.
squads should consist of 5.
the good weapons (such as rockets and snipers) should be on the other side of the ship from eachother in the armory.
there should be a new silenced assult rifle with a scope, cuz that would be cool.
(idea) there SHOULD be a cover system for such a large battle considering the fact that ai has always been able to acess cover, besides its not like its theres anything to hide, you know what masterchief looks like with his armor on, u know what all the covenant and odsts and marines look like. and if you customized them then its not like bungie is trying to hide ur character creation.

  • 10.03.2009 10:05 AM PDT

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  • 10.03.2009 12:04 PM PDT
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i think it would be cool if you can control the hev to som extent so you could land in large group of hostiles who are pinned down by a scorpion tank and kill all of them

  • 10.03.2009 1:06 PM PDT
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i really liked youre idea. it would be the most epic thing ever. but bungie wont do it. they dont dare to do anything risky. bungie proved that with the halo 3 campaign.

bungie is just to lasy. but if its true that this will be the last halo game bungie will make i think they should dare to take a little risk.

  • 10.03.2009 1:20 PM PDT
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This is page 24 so I highly doubt anyone will read this BUT:

The Original Post has a lot of flaws in it but it's definitely a workable idea. It actually reminds me a lot of Tribes, an old PS2 game that got me into multiplayer shooters years ago.

In Halo the largest multiplayer maps only cover a few football fields or acres at maximum. But in Tribes, some maps spanned square miles. You needed transport aircraft to move your team from point to point (sort of like a Pelican.) If you were a sniper or a scout it could get lonely. But to balance this out the teams are huge.

The wide open spaces made for interesting vehicle and long range combat, but there was close quarters too. Some team bases were large enough to fit Longshore inside them. But was tight enough that shotguns would rule supreme...

Some games on the PS3 have tried to replicate this kind of multiplayer experience and done so relatively successfully. Resistance 2 and Killzone 2 come to mind.

I'd love to see Bungie's take on this but unfortunately I don't believe the XBox 360 has the raw computing power needed to support 32+ players without massive cuts to Reach's graphics engine.

  • 10.03.2009 1:32 PM PDT
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You wanna play rough? OK!!!

I like the idea of starting on a cruiser. Much like on the campaign, and the idea of having different objectives in a single match, much like in KillZone 2. I'm not trying to say you got that idea from KZ2, I am seriously saying that it is a good idea.

*... done reading the whole thing...*

That is an amazing idea (in my opinion). I think it would be fun.

  • 10.03.2009 1:59 PM PDT

Posted by: don carnage1
The Original Post has a lot of flaws in it but it's definitely a workable idea.


this is true. but alot of other statements are true such as bungie is lazy. i mean how many missions were there in halo 3 odst? like 9 or 10? look at halo 3. halo 3 took 3 years to make, or somewhere around there, and odst only took a year, this proves it. im hoping that they take a chance and read a thread for once, hopefully this one, and then take all the ideas in this one and combine them to make a freaking epic game mode that everyone will want to play. i mean i would love to be the odst WITH a silenced assult rifle (doubt silenced assult rifle, though awsome) or silenced smg with silenced automag, but it most likely wont happen. the most epic thing i think bungie will do in reach is MABYE IF WERE LUCKY, make the ability to fly pelicans

  • 10.03.2009 2:27 PM PDT
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Sounds very cool. Very detailed, I could actualy picture what the game would be like in my head.

  • 10.03.2009 3:05 PM PDT

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I would say that each team had 20 people, one team ODSTs and one team Brutes or a covenant species that parralels ODSTs. They would get their weapons from an armoury aboard a room in the cruiser you suggested, then drop into a map (Possibly Mombassa Streets) then kill eachother, respawning in the cruiser.

Each team would have to find weapons on the ground, aswell as taking them from other players. Each team would have 50 lives, so that once their lives were gone, the team with no lives remaining would loose, like in firefight.

And to stop people staying in the cruiser all match there will be a time limit to drop, if not then 5 lives will be taken.

I do like the idea a lot so i'll say yes!

  • 10.03.2009 3:09 PM PDT

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actually the covenant DO! use drop pods, not HEV ones, but just before going into the tunnels in the Halo 2 level "Outskirts" Covenant elites drop from pods, and in "Floodgate" your elitey friends drop in too...So yeah...They have them

  • 10.03.2009 3:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: BustaGeneral
Dropping into the battlefield with a HEV is a okay idea, but it also has its problems, Like somebody could drop into a vehicle/onto a group of people

If there are HEV drop ins for respawns have restrictions on where to land like on your teams half of the map.


I was thinking about this problem too but there are solutions. For one, HEV's wouldn't be able to land on buildings. They would require open space for a successful drop. And if it drops on a "hard target" like a tank or warthog it kills the HEV pilot.

Also, anti-aircraft batteries could be placed around the map that would kill any HEV in "restricted" airspace. This way there is still solid battle lines. Teams could also theoretically take over the AA batteries and turn them against each other to change map control. Sort of like the way territories works now.

  • 10.03.2009 4:02 PM PDT

Playing games is my hobby.
Winning is my passion.

I think it is a wonderful idea!

  • 10.03.2009 4:32 PM PDT

Im the best of the best and better than the rest....

Umm isnt this kinda like Section 8

  • 10.03.2009 5:33 PM PDT
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Um Halo Reach beta is in all copies of ODST not just the Special edition. Still want this to be 150 vs 150. MAG killer!!!! Even at least 130 vs 130. who agrees. plz post back to see what you think.

  • 10.03.2009 6:39 PM PDT
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I think its to late in the development process for bungie to take on such a change in which this add on would take several months to complete and that's not even counting the time they spend trouble shooting its a great idea but i think if this ever happens it would be scaled down a lot

  • 10.03.2009 7:58 PM PDT

Great Idea, except I wouldn't think that blowing them up make a difference. I sort of have an idea for the assault. A new Gametype would be 'Secret Plan'. When a team gets 100 kills, a Data Beacon drops to the other team, and you have to steal it to get an idea of how to kill them. Like say, the Data would be 'No-Weapon Drop for another 3 minutes'. So the other team knows that the power-weapons of the other team are gone.

  • 10.03.2009 8:02 PM PDT

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You would need to be odst's for hev pods.
Well, in the level Delta Halo, theres 3 Marines who dropped with John and the ODSTs


the covenant side would have to be elites(cuz brutes werent in the covenant yet), grunts, or jackals,
Brutes were on Harvest, which was a few years before Reach. Ascendant Justice(Halo 1 Covenant Ship) is an Elite-controlled ship.


since i doubt a unsc soldier of 20 of them will drop from a covenant ship
How does that make sense? Why would a ODST be in a giant Covenant ship and drop down with them? Faiiiil.


the covenant dont have hev pods so they would have to use phantoms, unless bungie makes hev's fore the covenant which would be ok but then they would have to make a super new cool soldier.
Big Version of This.


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  • 10.03.2009 8:10 PM PDT
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please let some bungie exec see this cus this idea is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 10.03.2009 8:20 PM PDT

You should get like 20 secs to get the weapons you want then you go into the pod and pick where you want to land on the map.

  • 10.03.2009 8:27 PM PDT

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Please read this, this is most of the ideas I've heard and several of mine.

Okay, I like how you had slayer and then finifh it off with an assault on their base, but for the people who enjoy objective based games, or just want more variety heres some ideas ( not all by me)

- There are several terretories on each map, and when your team captures these territories, they become like a sortof secondary base where pelicans/phantoms drop supplies/weapons/vehicles off

- Add skulls too the maps, which always spawn in random areas, when one team takes a skull It will effect either the game, your team or the other team, like , if you find the catch skull, your team gets a regenerating supply of grenades, or if you find the black eye skull, the other team must melee to recharge shields, and silver skulls would effect everyone in the game, like that cowbell skull. Of course several skull wouldn't work in multiplayer, so Bungie, would just not put them into the game. And for a team who has an effect against them, they can take the skull to counter the effect, and if the skull is dropped ( noone has it) the skull turns off.

-Vip, I'll explain that later...

THose were some gametypes I was thinking Bungie could add too the game in addition, to the slayer and assault ones.

For those of you thinking that it should be Covy vs UNSC,I dont disagree with that idea, but i don think it would work, because bungie would either have to make this a class based gametype, which is just copying CoD, and I dont think playing as a grunt, jackal, or drone would work either, and I also thinke that players wouldn't like the idea of having being forced to be a certain player type instead of there own.

I like the idea of getting points to buy stuff/ call in drops, So my ideas ( if they havent been said already) are just changes to those stated in the first post.
You have personal point, which you can spend on weapons/ drops, but you also have a team score, which only the VIP/leader can spend, the team decides on what to get using the team's points, and the VIP/leader unlocks the weapons for the entire team, or calls in a drop of vehicles/supplies for the team.

and for the people who might just sit in the cruiser all day, there should be like a 30 second time limit, and when that time runs out, your points start decreasing, or you die, or you get shot out of airlock into the battlefield

and this game type also needs servers, because this game would be really -blam!- laggy

Thats all I got for now, but I'll thinking, people keep posting new ideas!
and Bungie you better see this and make this beautiful dream a reality.

[Edited on 10.03.2009 9:11 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2009 9:01 PM PDT

This sounds fun. It would definitely take up most of the multiplayer development agenda though, and we would be left without anything else that is new. If Bungie were to use this idea, it would be toned down a lot. Maybe a secret bunker instead of a HEV drophship. Maybe a locked arsenal too. A large map, similar to Relic, Sandtrap/Sandbox. Something that is accomplishable before the end-development definitely has a strong chance of being included. Good imagination too!

  • 10.03.2009 9:39 PM PDT
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this sounds awesome

  • 10.03.2009 10:19 PM PDT

Bam! said the lady!

This a a rip-off of section 8

  • 10.03.2009 10:22 PM PDT