Master Marix

I agree with the OP the only thing Halo 4 needs is slight improvments, like for me bring back powerups take away AA stay away from mechs fix bloom, nothing that would completly change how halo is played kepit fun keep it simple, these two phrases describe all of halo and it has worked out perfect for halo and it has never had problems before besides the AAs in reach.

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The game is still in production, I can gaurentee you that what you saw in the trailer is not the final version, there were alot of unfinished parts in that teaser for example Master Chiefs missing Cod peice.

Second disk? Everyone has been saying H.B.O confirmed the second disk would only have the 7 maps not the other DLC maps and if we wanted the CEA maps on Reach we would have to buy them again and download them online via marketplace which was the whole point of this topic to have the halo 2 style download option available for thoes with out or with slow broadband service.

I wasnt going to bring this up but since you did I might as well, like in homefront you could only play on line with your battle code 1 per disk or you would have to buy a new one. They could do this with the game after 1 person does it it could no longer be used but the only way to do it again would purchase another download code via marketplace for the same price as the DLC so you could still use the disk do copy the maps and still get all the profits per download. Everyone wins

I was playing lone wolf and I saw some new armor on some spartans I havent seen before. One of the pics looks like operator but it has no upper attatchment on it and none of the operator base or varients has no upper attatchment and the second has only one strap of grenades. I think others should check lone wolf on different difficulties and see if we can find other armors, post your findings here.

Notice how the data pads on the first page of each one there are numbers? possibly thoes are linked to the GRD helmet.

No. The first person with the 3rd for machine gun and vehicles is the way it should be does not need to change.

This is not for downloading thoes types of maps! it is for the method Bungie made for downloading halo 2 dlc to the disk! ALL READ THIS BEFORE VOTEING OR POSTING ANOTHER ADD MAPS to POLL THIS IS A POLL for the METHOD BUNGIE USED IN HALO 2 TO DOWNLOAD DLC TO THE MAIN DISK BUT INSTEAD USE CEA AND GIVE US THE OPTION TO DO THIS TO THE ALREADY CREATED HALO CEA MULTIPLAYER MAPS TO THE HALO REACH DISK FOR CONVIENENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT HAVE FAST ENOUGH INTERNET TO DOWNLOAD THE CEA MP MAPS TO REACH VIA MARKETPLACE. I am sorry I put your idea down RussianPenguin but I needed to get the idea out that this topic is not about adding Halo 2 or Halo 3 maps the the CEA maps.

I want to see other characters like Johonson, Cortana, and Keyes, also super excited to see what to flood look like, but to anwser your question I really dont like Chiefs new armor it looks to cartoony for my tastes but Im shure it will eventually grow on me.

Yes I know it is fast for some but like me I have internet that is pretty decent on live games but downloading is really slow and alot of people have the same problem, I dont see why they couldnt add it and if someone doesnt use it they dont use it but it couldnt hurt to have it, alot of people would use it. And im not saying add halo 2 dlc maps to CEA im saying they way Bungie did to transfer the DLC maps from a seperate disk to hard drive to the original halo 2 disk/data file. (Im not shure if that was what your were saying-add halo 2 maps to CEA maps- but that is the way your response came out to me.)

I think its a great idea I also think we should have the option to play as just normal marines, we could also have a ODST and Marine only playlist to give us the option to play as them in matchmaking with out worrying about spartans over powering them.

Hopefully real doors. ones that slide open when you get near them and more realistic buildings for machinima and just realisim

I was reading another post about the Updates on CEA and they said the multiplayer and Firefight maps + campaign + hopefully forge and theater and the only way we could have the MP and FF maps would be by download in the future after the release of the game. But thats 7 maps! thats alot of data to download. And I know alot of people who have broadband and playing online works great but when it come to downloading that another story to put in persective it takes us 6-10 hours to download .600-.900 GB DLCs. Its just very impractical to switch between disks when ever they want to play a reach or CEA map so I suggest (along with the Xbox live download option)that you should add the Halo 2 map pack download option also, put in your CEA disk and select Map Copy transfer (or what every you would call it) and then select copy HCEA maps to reach file and then select transfer this would then download the maps to your hard drive and when it is completed it would ask you to remove your HCEA disk and insert your Reach disk then your this would complete the transaction and it would download the 7 maps to your Reach game as well (the maps are still in CEA also) I think this would be very convient and possibly more people would by the game who didnt want to have the campaign and wait for the Maps to be on market.

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This is dissapointing the way with the MP maps and the FF map being on seperate disks and if we want them on reach we will have to download them. Thats 7 fricken maps! do you have any idea have big of a file download that would be!? I have a data plan I dont think I would be able to do all of my online work if I downloaded that file. I really think 343 should use one of the best map downloading ideas ever I go to old school halo 2 map packs and add a download feature on the disk were you put in the HCEA disk and hit a transfer button. It then downloads the maps from the disk to your hard drive you then remove the disk and put in reach and then download it to your reach file in the hard drive so all of the maps are easily in one game.

Halo CEA is running on the reach engine just think of the remade multiplayer maps as a reach map pack in sorts, but made by 343 and on a different disk. I am 98% shure it is going to have forge.

I personnaly liked Halo Reachs Cr system for ranking and armory purchases. But I think alot of high ranking people in reach lack skill and credit boosters weren't helping. So I think 343 shoudl add the ranking system of halo 3 (With some adjustments) and for armory wise use the credit system but credits would be significantly higher for good skilled actions like each kill gives you 250 credits and the rest would be determined by K/D, activity, and types of weapons used say normal weapons -AR DMR pistols smg count as the full 250 per kill, Semi normal- snipers, shotguns sword Grenade launcher get 200 cr per kill, and the Heavy weapons get 100 cr per kill. Giving us 2 seperate systems will give us actually skilled player in the high ranks and at the same time give everyone the chance to purchase everything in the armory. But hopefully we have all the armor in reach plus alot more, I think we all should expect that from 343. But 343 should ad like 4 armor types not peices full shoulder chest helmet ect. to unlock by preforming special actions say you get special armor for beating the game on ledgendary solo another for getting all the skulls -want skull finding back- and reaching a certain rank but all armor not needing this should be available at the start but the best of the best armor should be extremly expensive to prevent a every player from having it within the first month. What do you think?

You are right. But it doesnt seem like its going that may so far reach is full of 343 haters saying they will suck at making a halo game. every time I see this I ROFLOL they are so used to Bungie that they think no one else can make a halo game and they refuse to think otherweise spite the fact that quite alot of former Bungie employees are now working for 343i. But I think Halo is in good hands and after Halo 4 or mabey even after the relase of CE anniversery most will change their minds.

Skulls again in game. I want to find the skulls it was more fun like that in H2 and 3 I was dissapointed that we could not search for them in reach.

I want to know where MC's Cod pice is? Seriously MC needs some genatailius protection. Also he kind of looks like a MR. potato head with out it like his legs are attatched to a black suited hasbro toy bottom.

I dont know about anyone eles by SGT. A. J. Johnson is and will probaly always be my favorite Halo Character over all. And I think he could be able to make an apperance in halo 4. Just as an idea: when Guitly Spark Zapped him at the end of H3 it could have only put him in a mini coma giving the apperance of death and when the control room collapsed and it showed him slide off. He would have went into free fall. He then could have woken up. And possibly a sentinel could have flown by as he woke up. Johnson could then grab it and then overide its contols and drive it out of there. Making it to either a covenant or UNSC drop ship. then due to the slow flying of the vehicle, Johnson could be on the same side of slip space as John. And possibly the new enemy could have captured him and could be holding him on what ever that structure was and then John could save him in one of the missions. I know this is very far fetched but it is possible and i would like to see everyone's input on the idea.

Did anyone else notice that in the Halo 4 awakening trailer that he has no cod piece/ part by his "area". I just hope that 343 will take more care in upcomming trailers or demos.