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Subject: Comprehensive Halo 3 List
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Halo 3 Multiplayer Group

The main aim of this group is to express our ideas on how to improve Halo multiplayer in the next game.

1) NO LOCKING ANY THREADS
2) No more searching through pages and pages to see if your topic has already been discussed
3) Stickies are updated as more ideas flow in, so you dont have to read a whole thread, just read the top post!

Over the whole year, I have been keeping track of ideas on this forum. Here they are in one post.

Controller Alterations:

1) Be able to block swords and lasers with the sword using the B-button (since the B-button currently does the same thing as the trigger button).
2) X-Ray/Thermal vision for Elites, Night Vision/Infrared capabilities for Spartans by clicking through options with white (flashlight) button, and add nightvision back to the sniper.
3) Instead of using the black button (which has now been moved to a shoulder button on the 360) for talking on the headset, only use ‘UP’ on the D-Pad to talk, if the other three were used for communication and use the previuously black button as the: “SPECIALTY BUTTON.” In player settings, each person may choose from an array of new capabilities and assign only ONE of them to their controller to suit their playing style. They may choose from things like 1) Melee combo (perhaps short taps on ‘B’ button = fast, weaker hits, while holding down the ‘B’ button is a slower, stronger melee) 2) Momentary sprint 3) Jump higher. This will make playing styles more diverse and different jobs more suitable for certain players. There should also be a way for the host to turn these capabilities off.
4) There are currently many unused buttons when driving the Warthog/Spectre. Use one of them to switch seats quickly, in case you get in the wrong side or the driver dies, you need to be able to quickly alter seating.
5) Command nearby units within a radius of you by pressing down on the control pad, then scroll through things to say with the side keys of the control pad (ex. telling troops to follow you, or telling allies to stand ground). This could be used for fast orders on Live if a leader/squad captain is assigned, or in campaign to A.I. Why not put the D-Pad to use? In ‘Settings’ you could select the phrases you would use the most and assign them to your D-Pad from many options.
6) Be able to customize your controlls button-by-button.

Custom Game Options:

4) Be able to toggle (on/off):
(a) Banshee fuel rod
(b) Wraith plasma cannons
(c) Rocket launcher lock - on
(d) battery for the sword
(e) Getting slower with every kill you get
(f) In Personal Settings, set vehicle views from different seats to 3rd or 1st person
(g) Anti-dual-wield
(h) Turning off scopes
(i) Vehicle destructibility
(j) Large falls = lethal or cause damage
(k) Unlimited grenades or ammunition
5) Adding weather changes (a feature to be turned on/off) like rain, snow, wind, etc. which ultimately changes playing circumstances, not just the visuals.
6) Set time to ‘day’ or ‘night,’ adding the concept of stealth and need for night/thermal vision.
7) Put ‘team game’ on/off in quick options. Then you don’t need to make as many different game types (i.e. slayer, team slayer, etc.)
9) Start different teams out with differing types of weapons, limit the weapons they can pick up, and edit general benefits/limitations of each team. This is good for team-switching or tag games. (perhaps blue team has blue sentinel beam/plasma rifle, red team with red sentinel beam/plasma rifle).
10) Be capable of playing as an ODST or the Arbiter in multiplayer.
11) Make custom game options more detailed:
Territories: Be able to attain all the territories to win, not based on time.
Slayer: Be able to spawn 1, 2 or 3 people maximum in a team game, cycling out teammates for team tournaments depending on who dies.
Weapons: Be able to pick EXACTLY which guns are on the map.

Maps

1) Complete the remaining classic Halo 1 maps in redone form.
2) Large map meant for 4-team strategy games (with bases equally suitable for all, not a small map like Foundation).
3) An anti-gravity multiplayer level (like in the beginning of Halo 2).

Game Types:

1) 'TAG’ genre (with a better name) for games like Zombies (potentially called 'Virus' or 'The Flood') or Escape where switching teams is crucial. Or a ‘tag’ game where you do not want to be it. Having this official would get rid of all the liars who don't switch weapons/teams.
2) 'VEHICLES' genre would also be great. This would include game variants such as race (collecting waypoints or complete circuit), buggy/air/vehicle wars (with more available vehicles to use than regularly spawn). A fun idea: Each team gets a Scarab, requiring a pilot and three potential people to opperate turrets. The rest try to guard or board the other people’s Scarabs to steal their flags, or even start driving another teams Scarab.
3) SLAYER gametype where you must kill others to expand your lifespan (all the way up to overshield)
4) Potential for multiple Juggernaughts
5) One player on a team only has one life and the rest of the team has to safely escort that person to a waypoint, while the other team(s) try to kill off that one player. (PRESIDENT)
6) ENDURANCE games (surviving waves of enemies co-operatively).

Vehicles:

1) Human version of Banshee with different capabilities (2 people, one gunner, one driver). Make the human version be able to hover and go backwards like the Banshee in Halo 1, and maybe add a shield to it?
2) Additional variations of the Buggy (especially for the ‘Buggy Wars’ game type) [including the variations seen before Halo 2’s release such as the snow or desert Buggy with special designs for those conditions]
3) Be capable of sitting on the Scorpion again.
4) Add ATVs

Weapons:

1) Plasma or flame-thrower in multiplayer. Have the ground burn a while after, hurting anybody who walks on it after a certain amount of time.
3) Fuel Rod available in multiplayer, option of making it have alternate fire of an arcing blast like in Halo PC version (turn on/off).
5) Be able to use Jackal shield as a dual-weilded weapon.
6) Use 3rd type of explosive with time bomb, remote detonation, or proximity mine capabilities, depending on what you want it to do.
7) Be able to use the blue sentinel beam in multiplayer. Add the plasma freeze to sentinel beams instead of plasma weapons, to make it a worth-while weapon.

Extra Features:

1) Online Co-operative play with 2 - 4 people, as well as XBOX LIVE campaign play.
2) Set up a list of hosted games that are custom made, much like seen in Halo PC. This would make it possible for non-friends to play new custom games.
3) More interaction with surroundings: buttons, triggers, being able to shoot out the lights, open doors by blasting them down, etc.
4) More destructible places on multiplayer maps (Not fully destructible, though, it would be cheap to shoot a rocket at the enemy base and make a hole right next to their flag).
6) Start out each player in ranked matches with a Battle Rifle or a Carbine for larger maps.
7) If you can make your own maps, in the menu and while the map is loading, make it possible to look at a model of the map so the designer does not have a total advantage over visitors who don’t know the map.
8) Personalization: Black armor (secondary color only) option, as well as chrome (shiny) color. Include a custom, but controlled wider range of options for symbols. Be able to make a Clan Symbol and have it appear in clan matches on your base, flags, and vehicles. Have one arm show your personal symbol, and the other your clan symbol instead of both the same. Be able to personally set you HUD color.
9) Makes an EXTRAS selection on the main menu including the following:
(a) A master data board (not on LIVE, but on your personal XBox) where you can see how long you have played the game, how many Spartans/Elites you have killed, total headshots, average shooting accuracy, amount of different medals, etc.
(b) View unlocked movies from the campaign.
(c) Map maker and action replay (with ability to store in memory and with LIVE file sharing)
10) More medals in multiplayer:
(a) No-Scope (only for snipers)
(b) Drive-By (kill someone from the passenger seat of a warthog/spectre)
(c) Double Sticky (stick a plasma grenade on someone twice)
(d) Expert Sniping (kill 4 people with one clip of ammo)
(e) Go for the Head (5 headshots in a row)
(f) Catching Air (shooting someone with a rocket or sniper in midair)
(g) Start it Off! (get the 1st kill)
(h) Finish the fight! (get the last kill)
(i) Grenadier (stick someone from a long distance)
Along with medals for completing missions on certain difficulties. Have certain degrees of medals.
11) Let the Masterchief’s armor show battle damage as he progresses with each life after being shot.
12) Be able to zoom in and out/rotate camera around the player in spectator mode when waiting to respawn.

  • 07.01.2006 12:32 PM PDT

None of these ideas would be any good for Halo 3.

  • 07.01.2006 12:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: xR3N3G4D3x
None of these ideas would be any good for Halo 3.


Ya I know.

  • 07.01.2006 12:40 PM PDT

I almost feel sorry for the kid, he just wasted like 30 minutes of his life typing all that pointless stuff.

  • 07.01.2006 12:41 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

Posted by: xR3N3G4D3x
I almost feel sorry for the kid, he just wasted like 30 minutes of his life typing all that pointless stuff.


I don't, It might actually be a good Idea for someone to make a real list of all the ideas.

  • 07.01.2006 1:03 PM PDT

Posted by: Rainman89
Posted by: xR3N3G4D3x
I almost feel sorry for the kid, he just wasted like 30 minutes of his life typing all that pointless stuff.


I don't, It might actually be a good Idea for someone to make a real list of all the ideas.


Agreed, but only of the GOOD ideas.

  • 07.01.2006 1:06 PM PDT
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I love the idea about the sword blocking lazers, why don't we just go ahead and call it a light saber?

  • 07.01.2006 1:19 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

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  • 07.01.2006 1:21 PM PDT
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I want a feature where instead of smacking a person with the Melee button... I pick them up, break their back on my knee, then toss them away.

Or maybe break my foot off in their arse. THAT would be cool...



I've always wanted a way to remote detonate the bomb in Assault...

Why? If you drop it, and it's guarded VERY closely... You have trouble getting it back or even getting to it. If you could remote detonate it and then wait 15 seconds for it to respawn at your base... much easier!

It would also kill everyone who was AROUND it.

However, you could only remote detonate it from the bomb starting point.

Also... you cannot remote detonate the bomb while it's being contested or while it is held. This would keep delevellers and cheaters from being jerks... or at least help to HINDER them.

  • 07.01.2006 1:40 PM PDT