Spartanbh
12-30-2012, 11:09 PM
Ok...I know that I don't play in the wars and I hardly know the amount of effort that you guys put into your forging and customizations for gametypes, but I just felt like bringing this topic up. Back on HALO 2 (which I know was so much simpler lol), one of the "precursor" wars we had was called Galactic Wars that Raz and I leaded. In that war was 2 factions, the World Federation and Nova Republic. What made these wars unique from ALL other ones was that every time the World Fed played on a Nova Republic controlled map, all the weapons and vehicles were covenant (the back story being that the NR had found a covenant weapon stash or some crap like that so they used those weapons). But the game types were really fun when we had all covenant weapons because it was such an unusual change of pace and it kind of balanced out the skills because obviously not everyone is super-trained in covie weapons (also Forerunner weapons can be included).
So my suggestion is that we bring these game types back =D. Obviously not this war since it's about to start, but possibly for future wars. I'd love to see it tried out again for old times sake! However, I know you can't have a good suggestion without laying out the total pros and cons.
Pros:
New game types/maps that utilize covenant game play
New change of pace from the same old weapons always being used
New story lines for the wars
More of a universal war feeling with the additions of a large focus on these weapons
Allows people to train more with other weapons other than the same old DMR/BR/AR combos.
Cons:
Loadouts...they would have to be set loadouts cause most people obviously use UNSC weapons in their loadouts
New Forged maps, which is probably the #1 major con. Maps would have to be created SOLELY for these game types and such. This could take a LOONG time.
No actual NEED for the covie game types. It's a cool but adds a ton of extra work that can be stressful
Plasma pistol is such a bitch in vehicle game types. The old elite slayer on Reach was PP city so vehicles were close to pointless at times
At this point, it does kind of seem like the cons outweigh the pros. But another suggestion would be a mini-war that obviously has no real affect on the main war, but it would give us a chance to at least test out if adding all-covie gametypes down the line is worth it. Now I'll probably be busy with college and stuff, but I just wanted to see if anyone here would want to take the initiative on pushing this movement! And hey, if worse comes to worse, there can be a lot of cool mini wars and events along these lines =).
So my suggestion is that we bring these game types back =D. Obviously not this war since it's about to start, but possibly for future wars. I'd love to see it tried out again for old times sake! However, I know you can't have a good suggestion without laying out the total pros and cons.
Pros:
New game types/maps that utilize covenant game play
New change of pace from the same old weapons always being used
New story lines for the wars
More of a universal war feeling with the additions of a large focus on these weapons
Allows people to train more with other weapons other than the same old DMR/BR/AR combos.
Cons:
Loadouts...they would have to be set loadouts cause most people obviously use UNSC weapons in their loadouts
New Forged maps, which is probably the #1 major con. Maps would have to be created SOLELY for these game types and such. This could take a LOONG time.
No actual NEED for the covie game types. It's a cool but adds a ton of extra work that can be stressful
Plasma pistol is such a bitch in vehicle game types. The old elite slayer on Reach was PP city so vehicles were close to pointless at times
At this point, it does kind of seem like the cons outweigh the pros. But another suggestion would be a mini-war that obviously has no real affect on the main war, but it would give us a chance to at least test out if adding all-covie gametypes down the line is worth it. Now I'll probably be busy with college and stuff, but I just wanted to see if anyone here would want to take the initiative on pushing this movement! And hey, if worse comes to worse, there can be a lot of cool mini wars and events along these lines =).