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What kind of power? Also did you know that Dr. Halsey is the mother of Miranda Keyes?

Im sure the games going to end in halo 6. Why would they continue to drag out a story with Master Chief? (assuming he probably dies or is unable to fight anymore) They could have ended halo with halo 3, I think 6 is enough.

My friend and I decided to get into forging again. I havent really forged since halo 3; we made a bunch of mazes and zombie maps and played some mazes by Buddhacrane if you have heard of him. We decided to make a zombie map on forge world. Its basically done but we are having an issue with the spawning. We want the humans to spawn in 1 area and the zombies to spawn in another but I cant figure out how to differentiate the 2. Also I cant start the map with an infection gametype it says the map isn't available to play with this gametype or some error like that. Probably just an easy solution but I don't know how forge in Reach works as well as in halo 3.

Wraith is a beast in Reach.

Great post. I was playing a lockout remake the other day and it totally changes the way you play due to the DMR in Reach vs the BR in Halo 2. FFA on lockout in halo 2 was as good as it gets but with a DMR it was pretty bad. This idea just came to me. In halo 4 what if they kept the DMR in the game as a power weapon and brought back the BR for a starting weapon? It could serve not as important as a sniper rifle but could definitely give a team an advantage in long range combat. This could add a new element to the game. As for your take on objectives, all you need to do is add a ranking system that rewards wins. This will result in people trying to capture flags, stand in the hill,etc... in a systematic way, rather than that 1 guy who just plays objective like a moron. As for the remakes, some work some dont. Blackout was a terrible remake, yet tombstone i enjoyed. The ivory tower remake in reach (i forget the name) is good as well. Point is that you need to go on a case by case basis. Vehicles need work too. Revenant is invincible, banshee is paper, warthog is weak. Now im not saying the banshee should be like it was in halo 2, where it was unstoppable, but it needs to get to a level that makes it a big advantage for that team. I really liked the balance of the halo 3 banshee, it was destructable and if could also be very good. I feel like the warthog turret is also tuned down a bit in reach, making them unpopular. Ghosts are terrible with everyone having a DMR. Only vehicle I really like in Reach is the Wraith.

Bots would be great to fill empty spots in zombie games. Easy way to get a full game of zombies with a few AI mixed in

Conker I would HIGHLY recommend reading these 2 threads as a lot of what you have said was discusssed in depth here and could slightly change your opinion on what halo 4 needs to be successful. Although I agree with your points, it isnt as simple as, "change it back to the halo 2 ranking system." http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/5919-if-halo-4-has-the-same-ranking-system-as-reach/ http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/4890-halo-4-ranking-system/

Wonder who the new assassin will be?

Intersting read AD. Like he said, I do not want Halo 4 to be like Modern warfare and battlefield, but weapon customization in halo 4 could be made differently. Very interested in finding more out on the 29th.

eyetoy was AWESOME! I had the first one it was a lot of fun. anyways halo wars 2.. WHY NOT?

How about Death Island from Halo PC? Overall I only like maybe 1 or 2 remakes any more than that takes away from the originality of a new game.

If you want to be rewarded for long term dedication and dont care about #'s, play social. Some of us enjoy being better than others. I care about a number because I care about getting that number to its limit. Thats what makes me competitive.

I like the 2 disc idea although id split it up like this Disc 1- campaign, firefight, co-op campaign Disc 2- matchmaking, custom games, forge theater could be included on both discs. As for forge. RussianPenguin you covered pretty much everything I'd like to see. Just thought of this though what about customization of your monitor? Add some colors, emblems, just for the sake of spicing it up a bit.

Whatever weapon comes back, it cannot have the range that the DMR has now.

also best ending Super mario bros?? i dont recall saving peach from bowser was an epic ending

That is a neat idea

They need to make a weapon that has a much shorter range than the DMR. Try playing MLG on Sanctuary in Reach compared to Halo 2. The range of the DMR shrinks the map into the size of Midship. In H2, the snipers were a huge part of that map but they are pretty useless in Reach. I was playing a FFA on a lockout remake yesterday and anyone can shoot anyone from any distance with the DMR. Completely different and not very fun feel for the map.

The halo 2 main menu song was holy music to my ears

I used to play Halo PC like 6 years ago all the time. I lost the disc though and I really miss that game!! I ordered Halo 2 Vista from amazon for my brother's birthday (it was like 13 bucks lol) just to see if we can somehow get it to work on Windows 7

Halo 2 had 2 playlists called minor clanmatch and major clanmatch which was 4v4 and 8v8 playlists but there just wasnt enough players in each playlist. It could definitely use a better system.

does anyone still play halo pc or halo 2 vista? Just wondering if theres a decent amount of players online i am considering playing one of these games

I dont know what it is, (I never took psychology but I wish I did) but having a # next to your name in a playlist makes you want to get it as high as possible. If 343 decides to have levels in ranked playlists and those levels are increased by a formula of wins, kills, objective points, etc... then i will be much happier than I am now playing with no level next to my name in Reach. Though I still think Wins are the most important thing, a combination of all these things isn't a bad idea. I just feel making wins the most important will drive teammwork. That doesnt mean it has to be much more, just the highest percentage. I want to show you an example (although this is quite extreme, this is a true story) http://www.bungie.ne...ayer=Destroyaaa http://www.bungie.ne...ayer=Destroyaaa Look at these 2 games. The 1st game was an 8 on 8 and I was in a party of 7 with ik3v1n as a random on my team. He goes 11 and 0 with 11 sniper kills. From a statistical standpoint, it looks like he had a great game, when in reality, he camped our base in a game of slayer for the entire game and took the sniper everytime, even though myself and people on my team are better snipers than him and would have done better for the team if we had it. We end up losing the game by 4 kills because he didnt help with map control whatsoever. The very next game we get a 7 on 7 on standoff and hes on the other team. He goes 11 and 3 by camping his base the entire game. Again you would think he did well but he sat in the base the whole game. We end up winning easily because he was a nonfactor for map control again. What does this show? He can lose game after game and yet still go up if we reward K/D ratio because he is posting good stats.

About 2002. A friend of mine got an Xbox and halo and we would just play coop missions all day along with my brother and his brothers. I then bought an xbox when halo 2 came out, played halo ce for a while, and then started playing halo 2. The rest is history.

Life, just like Halo, isn't fair. Increasing someones level in a playlist who doesn't win but plays well is something that I cannot agree with. Rewarding them with more credits towards their overall rank is my solution. The idea of making wins and losses important is that it promotes teamwork. Heres an example of why rewarding individual statistics fails. - Lets say you search the MLG playlist alone and you get a 4v4 CTF game. Now capturing the flag will be points, kills, assists, assassinations, headshots, medals, etc.... will all award you points. What is easier in a CTF game? Capture a flag without dying or simply try and kill as many people as possible? Especially in an MLG game, killing people is much easier and you will wind up with more points than the guy whos getting himself killed and ends up capturing 2 flags (unless capturing flags was rewarded with a very high amount of points, which would promote mindless flag running). Where do you draw the line? If your team has 1 goal in mind which is to win then you will use teammwork and communication to have some people killing and others trying to capture the flag, and in a good win your team would end up with around the same amount of points anyways, which should go towards your overall rank and a win to increase your EXP in that playlist.

Wins should increase your level in the playlist (if it is a ranked playlist) and should be less of a factor for credits. You should also lose XP in ranked playlists for losses. You cannot possibly rank up in a playlist for getting the most time with the oddball. You dont make the playoffs in baseball because you hit the most homeruns but your team couldnt win a lot of games. You win as a team and you lose as a team. If you are complaining that your teammates are bad, find ones that are as good or better than you on XBL to play with. K/D, objective time, and other stats can contribute to how many credits you receive towards your rank. The only thing that should affect your level in a playlist is wins and losses.