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Subject: A New Way To Play Matchmaking
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Since we're playing the battle of Reach I was thinking wouldn't it be cool if we could actualy fight for control Reach in matchmaking? Someone actualy talked about something similar to this a while back, but I forgot who it was. So okay this is how it would work.


Factions
When you first play matchmaking you would choose a side from either UNSC, or Covenant. If you choose UNSC then you're a Spartan, and if you choose the covenant you're a Elite. So this means with this matchmaking style it would always be UNSC vs Covenant. When choosing a side the game would ask you a few times if you're sure about choosing that side because once you choose a side you can only switch sides once a faction gains controll of all the territories and the next battle for Reach starts.

Territories
When you enter matchmaking you will find yourself hovering over the Planet Reach, and you would see that it is devided into reigons. Each faction starts off with an equal number of controlled territories which they will fight for controll of along with neutral territories. UNSC controlled territories are red, Covenant's are purple, and neutral territories are white. Factions gain control of territories by controlling atleast 60% of the maps in that territory. And to gain controll of maps a faction must win 51% of the matches played on that map within the time period of 36 hours. When playing in a faction controlled territory the faction that controlls it will recieve two advatages when playing in that territory. Those advantages are that for all matches they play in that territory they will have one extra player on their team and they respawn a little faster. If a faction gains controll of all territories then every player within that faction will automaticaly recieve 50exp and be upped by one rank.

Matchmaking
To start the matchmaking process you would choose a territory and then choose a map within that territory to play in. Each territory has set maps within it. Once you choose a map and territory the matchmaking process would start and once you find a match the parties could vetoe gametypes.

Okay so what do you think? Please feel free to add to these ideas.

[Edited on 11.14.2009 3:55 PM PST]

  • 11.14.2009 3:38 PM PDT
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Is this somewhat of a mix of LOTR Conquest?

  • 11.14.2009 3:40 PM PDT
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I'm one with the warrior inside. The evidence can't be denied. The entire world will stare. Into this battlefield tonight. As I stand before you with a warrior's heart now. I can feel the strength that will Ensure my victory this time

No. Anyways it's too late to add this stuff in. And it would take waaaaaaaaaay to long.

  • 11.14.2009 3:41 PM PDT

Interesting idea, harkens back to Chromehounds. However I'd have to change my GAMERTAG to be an elite if I got bored of Spartans? No thanks....

  • 11.14.2009 3:42 PM PDT

Sounds sorta like what that PS3 game MAG is going for...its a cool concept

  • 11.14.2009 3:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Interesting idea, harkens back to Chromehounds. However I'd have to change my GAMERTAG to be an elite if I got bored of Spartans? No thanks....


Yeah I know, but the reason I made that way is so people don't constantly switch sides or switch when their faction starts losing.

  • 11.14.2009 3:49 PM PDT

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i wouldn't say matchmaking but maybe some other gametype where it can be first person shooter on a live multiplayer mmorpg sort of thing. sort of like oblivion but you are in reach with bunch of players as spartans free roaming everywhere and such and do missions and yadayadayada. but also a pre-game lobby like super-smash-bros. could be neat too.

  • 11.14.2009 3:50 PM PDT

You can easily do what chromehounds did. At the start of each war you could change sides, and you can change sides whenever. However you had to wait 2 weeks between switches.

That'd be better then forcing people to pay to change gamertags.

  • 11.14.2009 3:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
You can easily do what chromehounds did. At the start of each war you could change sides, and you can change sides whenever. However you had to wait 2 weeks between switches.

That'd be better then forcing people to pay to change gamertags.


I like your idea better. You have to wait until a faction controlls all territories before you switch sides. I just didn't want people constantly switching sides and unbalancing the factions.

  • 11.14.2009 3:54 PM PDT