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@Jackal Ultra - That right there resembles the call of duty aspect to well, In call of duty you rank up to change your loadouts and have different perks. In my opinion I cannot approve with this so called "evolution" . I believe that this type of "evolution" ruined reach that's why the population of reach dropped so quickly and if you don't believe me about the population dropping fast please check the internet about the statics of the halo reach population and you could compare it to halo 3 where there was only equipment and no armor abilities. I for one wouldn't care for sprint only being in the game but for it to be only in seperate playlist and not the full game. So you wouldn't have it in custom games unless you had the correct game type and you would never have it in matchmaking ranked playlist but you could possibly have it in social playlist if it was chosen.

If you're going to compare numbers of population between the two, Then please compare halo 3 on launch day and Halo reach on launch day because right here you are comparing halo 3 which is a very old game to a fairly new game (Halo reach). The reason why there is a higher population in halo reach is not the simple fact it's good, It's the simple fact that if there is a new halo game I'm going to buy that one and play the new one no matter how bad it is. That is how most mentalities are in the community. Very few people enjoy halo reach, I've joined parties where people play halo reach and all I hear is rage but see that there is my example of what I whitnessed so don't mistaken it for a generalization

This is a defiant win right here and it's so true ^

I'd personally like more customization in armor for example tier 1, tier 2, tier 3, and tier 4 color customization so you can truly make your spartan your very own. I would abosutely love for the katana to make a re-appearnce in halo 4 that would make my mind explode with happiness lol I'd love to have a feature for infection where you run from the flood, Imagine flood spawners running around trying to attack you and mutated flood bodies attempting to knock you down so the flood spawners can latch on to you and turn you into a mutated spartan. This right here would make infection a much more worth wild thing in my aspect. I'd love to have a lot more forge items something that halo 3 did well but also have the halo reach ability to geo merge objects, It was awful to do that in halo 3 it took forever to make some good maps. Finally I would absoutely I mean just die from shock or over excitement if 343 brought some halo 3 maps, halo 2, and halo 1 maps in a re-worked style or better if they brought halo 3 maps and some halo 2. This here would make me bow down to 343 and worship them XD.

Well I can't really fully agree with you here. The armor abilities where a addition to the game but in fact it didn't allow you to play more tactically it allowed you to play more recklessly since you can use armor lock to survive a blast from a rocket or a sticky grenade, You can sprint away from people after engaging them in battle, You can use active camo to camp in areas after taking a substantial amount of damage, you can use a jet pack to kill people below you and avoid explosive fire. So what i'm getting at is that you are able to rely on your armor abilities which allows you to play more reckless but in the past halo the armor abilities where non exsistant and you had to choose your battles do some tactics like a military style warfare (Guriella style warfare) Which is gunning and running, That made halo the game we know and loved. I know armor abilities didn't entirely ruin Halo: Reach, It was a combination of the fall damage, bloom, exploits (Hit box exploits and lack of security for hackers) and the worst of all the lack of forge items that where natural and mechcanical. Armor abilities where just another factor but when it comes to halo 4 I'm for one am against armor abilities if they put it in multiplayer all together but... If they make a seperate playlist to appeal to both sides then that is wonderful to. Lastly armor abilities wouldn't make sense for the story line of master cheif (If he has armor abilities) seeing that in halo 1, 2, and 3 there were no armor abilities but if all of a sudden master cheif being frozen in a cryogenic slummber awakens with armor abilities that right there would be ridiculious in my aspect.

Now I'm very skeptical about getting this game, I really can't say this will be a good idea but I can't say it's a bad idea since I don't have a visual perspective of it yet.

In my opinion I would like what they had in reach, It was a play list effect where you killed someone and when you walked around you left a trail of fire. That would be cool but it should be customizeable in color and should only be visible to your team mates not the enemy team for obvious reasons I would also like a thing that I called the frosted effect where you'll have a cold mist coming off your spartan body, That could come in handy for awesome screenshots! The last one I think most people would love for infection game types and or random custom games, Imagine a halo for good and evil over your head and if it's the halo of light it has a shine to it but if it's the halo of evil it could have a dark essence coming from it.

Last time they said it was the 29th and the 24th of february I hope this is true.

I would like for 343 to team up with team ninja again so they could incorporate the hayabusa armour prerbaly the katana. I'd also like better graphics with the halo 3 type of player models. Lastly I want the halo 3 liberation emblem in halo 4.

Well my point is valid, I'm comparing reach's abilities to call of duty's perks which it is. Also it's not an "argument" it's a statement on what I think so basically it's my opinion and it can be valid because I'm giving an comparison to a game who has one key thing that can relate to COD which is armour abilities. Also never had I stated Halo:Reach had the same gameplay as COD I only talked about it's armour abilities. Gameplay usually involves it's weapons,movements,damage taken, melee system, and probably the hit registery aka hit scan.

I'm sorry but including armor abilities is not halo, and calling "Halo:Reach" a halo game is like calling basketball baseball, Sure it had some aspects of halo like the story line and the armour. Halo:Reach was basically a futureistic call of duty and therefore should not be in halo 4 at all. Halo:Reach's armor abilities also ruined most of the population of halo gamers that's why you really can't get an average of 150k people a day like halo 3 did before Halo:Reach came out, Heck halo 3 had around 500k people daily! So adding armor abilities would ruin halo 4 and any possible halo's to come.

So according to you I can't judge like he judged me? He calls me an idiot because I supposively know nothing about a how halo 3's matchmaking system works when I have most likely played more games of halo 3 than him and know how people rank up and rank down through personal experience so I can give a valid point. Also I'm not doubting his knowledge in the halo engine, In my post I stated how unfair the halo 3 ranking system was and how the halo 2 system is much better but according to him halo reach is much better. In my aspect halo reach's ranking system was a joke you can rank up no matter what and he enjoys that because he is most likely a casual but for the others who rather work for their skill they support a halo 2 and halo 3 ranking system because it shows more skill when you're a higher level and can prove it in game.

This could be interesting if the vehicles look like this

Your statements are ridiculious please go and post on a forum related to call of duty, Seriously you must be one of those guys who played halo and sucked at it than played call of duty and loved how you ranked up constantly and consistently. Just because you're bad at the game doesn't mean you can give rash statements that have no true value in this forum "nuff said" bro.

I can speak on the behalf of the high ranks, I was too a brigadier grade 3. It was rather ridiculous to not level at all when I was a level 49 with a grade 3 brig's exp. I can remember being a level 49 in swat playing about 12 games in a row and not rank up but oh no bungie forbid me if I lose one FREAKING GAME AND I LOSE MY 49 IN SWAT. How the hell losing one game so bad in comparison to wInning 12 games in a row. It literally took me atleast a month to get a 50 and after that I got another one on a new account in less then 30 games. Also anyone who says that the halo reach ranking system is actually good and is the best was dropped on their head and suffered mental retardation due to it and they should be slapped by master chief with his ar and br because they make no sense what so ever how does being a bad player allow you to have a higher rank in a game. IT SHOULDN'T!!!!!