What If, Halo Style: Round 3
August 15, 2008 97 Comments
So, guess what? Today is Friday. That’s right, I am totally on the ball this week. Ok, totally on the ball may be a bit of an exaggeration but at least I know what day it is. That is a vast improvement over last week where I didn’t even realize it was Friday until Saturday morning. So what is Friday’s significance exactly? It simply means it’s time for a fun distracting activity that will hopefully kill some time while we anxiously await the beginning of our much anticipated weekend. Let the goofing off formally begin!
Last week for What If, Halo Style I asked, “What if you could bring any map from the first two games of the trilogy to Halo 3. Which one would you choose?” and numerous Halo fanatics were more than happy to contribute their two cents. SuicidalKanoka wondered how I would select the answers to highlight since it was a poll with limited choices rather than a question that allowed for creativity. To answer that, I decided to make a handy dandy (somewhat) easy-to-read graph displaying all your votes. After you are done ogling all the glorious green bars I poured copious amounts of blood, sweat, and tears into, you won’t ever be able to say I don’t love you again.
Blood Gulch garnered an uncontested victory over my personal choice of Terminal. Now I’m feeling nostalgic and have the sudden urge to watch the earlier seasons of The Blood Gulch Chronicles but before I grab my tissues and start meandering down memory lane, I’ll leave you with a new question to get those rusty old wheels turning: What if you could design your own Halo 3 armor permutation. What would it be? Feel free to let your creative juices flow in the form of text or an image if you feel so inspired!
It would be the super sexy SPI armor. Also, like when you wear the security helmet, your other body parts change (Shut up.). Like when you wear the shoulders, you get those cool looking SPI armor gauntlets and arm armor. When you wear the chest, you get the legs of the SPI armor. The helmet is just there to look awesome with some scratches that spell out LT.K.A
Definetly a gigantic Optimus Prime armor… with, of course, the ability to transform to an awesome truck.
First I thought of suggesting the Elite Councilor’s helmet or the Honour Guard armour, both from Halo 2. But then I thought of something much better – the legendary Honor Guard Councilor that you sometimes find in the level Gravemind. What could be better than combining the two greatest Elite armours in the game? It’s 50% Honor Guard and 50% Councilor. That makes 100% awesome!
Probably something that’s a cross between the Arbiter’s armour and the Commando armour :)
Arbiter armour. No contest, for me.
— Steve
I’d just take the entire Mark V armor set. Except I’d install a Recon-horn that would attract wild noobs into the death pit I have laid out.
Elite-Arbiter Spartan-Backwords Helmet
If we can’t get Arbiter perms, then there should be Recon for Elites…
Yes, I said it. Recon… for Elites
birthday armor? gigity-gigty goo! aaaaalll riiight!
What? Someone voted for Sidewinder?
We HAVE Sidewinder now (well, Avalanche, ..but man)
I’d like to see another open helmet Elite variation. Arbiter would be cool, but something new would rock too. And the shoulders should flair out to the sides a bit like the CQB shoulders.
You should be able to use the Xbox LIVE Vision Camera to port your own ugly mug onto the Spartan or Elite of your choice.
A “birthday” suit.
Come on, you know you wanna. ;P
I’m just kidding.
I want an armor designed to be similar to gears of war. That way, two great franchises get mashed together into a great big mess. Don’t forget the napkins.
I think seeing Space Marine armor for Spartans and Tau armor for Elites would be awesome.
All the armor permutations look so bulky and huge…what if they made a light-weight looking one? Wouldn’t make you move any faster because that would be unfair, but it’d still be cool to look at. Either that, or a batman piece to go on the forearms…you know, those 3 little black blades? that’d be so tight.
Heretic Armor for the Elites!
Same as recon for Spartans, just much cooler and you only get one!
(to bad bungie won’t release new armors… :( I want some new elite perms!)
With all the Soul Calibur 4 playing I’ve been doing, I’d love to see some SC4-styled armor perms. After all, if I can make Medieval Master Chief in SC4, why not have some of those cool armor pieces make it into Halo 3? The Paladin Chest Plate would be freakin’ awesome looking in Halo 3, even moreso if you could get the Warthog pauldrons as well.
I’ll have to agree with Lt Anders. Why doesn’t the Elite player model have a Recon equivalent? Something along the lines of Heretic, or even Elite Honor Guard would be amazing, but completely useless for all of us.
:P
honor guard
and it can have a spear on the back like the katana
and for spartans
REAL ninja armor!
because you’d never catch one of us wearing that hayabusa crap. ever.
Elite Councillor armor. The headpiece is so big that I’d get headshots every once in a while.
How about the Arbiter naked?
………can that….be a permutation?
I swear to god, though every time I see him, I just want to climb him like a mountain.
*salivates*
Oh! Um, back to the question. There should probably be a design your own helmet dealy on the computer. Submit it to Halo 3, and your 360 will download the permutation and you’ll have something much better than Recon–an armor permutation that no one IN THE WORLD can have except you–your own.
^ that was disturbing
I want a body piece with those cool spines that the Hunters have on their backs. They always remind me of a pet hedgehog I used to have (only huge and metallic and blue).
Or maybe just “Hunter” as a 3rd option (after Spartan and Elite). (Yeah, yeah, game balance, hit boxes, blah, blah. I just love the Hunters.)
Mine would just be a dead squid, or maybe like a flood infested spartan
I will ask.
How do I unlock the “Speedo” Armor and the “Bathing Cap” Helmet?
A sniper variant. Something that doesn’t stand out like the other perms. Like, if your primary color matches the color of the environment you’re on, you shouldn’t be able to be seen as easily as if you were wearing standard MK VI gear. The gold visor needs to barely be visible. The chest piece needs to allow the user to have the stock of the sniper rifle held comfortably. The shoulders would allow easy mobility. Curved, not too big.
Armor perms?
How about just plain old naked.
Or a helmet that is immune to headshots. And traffic cones.
Spartans: Sauron’s armor, the One Perm To Rule Them All! Also, it would look awesome with the Gravity Hammer.
Elites: Xenomorph (a.k.a. Aliens), for the techno-organic look.
A mighty morphin power ranger costume :D
or a flood which can transform into any form of flood and maybe even turn dead foes into flood allies
I’d like to see something like the armor the Elites sport in the HaloWars trailer. I know, I know, their bodies are shaped differently too and everything, but their armor is just different enough, it makes ‘em look a little beefier and meaner. I also like the idea someone mentioned of a ‘lightweight’ perm, like a stealth body-suit or something.
Battle Trophy armor. Bits of Grunts and Jackals hanging from the neck and shoulders, scraps of armor and helmets attached to shoulderpads, Marine dogtags, and somehow it would still look right with all the colors. Maybe a chain of bullets wrapped around the chest. Yeah. That’d look cool.
I wanna see cheese and bacon omelette armor…. its pretty self-explanitory!
Something like the Octocamo armor were you can actually lie on the ground with a sword. That would be awesome.
Ok not sure who I posted a lil bit of this earlier, but meh
Ok so the Elites DEFINATELY need more amour, so I reckon bringing in the Heretic and Honour guard variants would be a good move (if you could) I mean c’mon- the designs existed and Bungie gave us such classic as assault armour chestpiece- ie the normal one with black bits attached.
As for something original, I reckon the Elites should a naked head helm (careful now), and a body piece which is sort of like roman plate mail, and shoulder pads which kinda curve backwards and down towards the elbow, kinda like spines (or handles :P)
As for the Spartan, I give you the Leonidas armour variant :>
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s215/ThemoreDeluded/Leonidas.jpg
Fraid it got a lil skewed in translation, but you get the point
In addendum to my other post, I was thinking, why not just allow all Armors in the series be used?
The SPI armors, Heretic Armor, Honor Guard Armor, Those in H1-3(Mk44-5 right?), and…maybe, ODST body plate(the all black one in H3).
I would say marine Armor, but then you see the face…
Councilor armor, um…and I think that’s all the differing armors in the game.
But still, the Heretic armor should be released for ELITES! \/\/3 /\/33|)Z /\/R3 4R/\/R3Z!!!(We needz more armorz!)
It would be Frankie’s Mister Chief. That would be awesome.
Definitely get in the Honor Guard and Heretic armor for the Elites then the SPI armor and armor that actually changes for the body section instead of just overlapping for the Spartans.
For Spartans:
Huge, bulky armor resembling medieval plate armor, with large shoulder plates, and a chest that will still fit in proportion to the legs.
And one awesome visor. But uh…make it out of Titanium-A, not iron.
For Elites:
Armor that almost screams “fast”. With sleek, aerodynamic curves and contour lines, the armor comes with shoulder plates with swept back, same as the helmet. Actually, it’ll kinda look like a hedgehog, but fast and mobile as well. Add a sword and you’re done!
Definetly a gigantic Optimus Prime armor… with, of course, the ability to transform to an awesome truck.
That right there is the very first thing that came to mind. I’m glad I’m not the only one to say it. :D
Either 1 of 2 things…..
1: the ENTIRE ODST set from the beginning of The Ark.
2: you get REGULAR MARINE armor and all your driving crontrols are backwards (because marines are terrible drivers) XD
Whoops, i meant all your driving CONTROLS are backwards……
I’d like to see ACTUAL Assassin Armor. Like the one that was a prank by 1up. I just think it looks badass. And call me old fashioned, but I want 100% Mark V armor back too, so like once you change all of our perm options to “Mark V” it makes your whole body look just like Master Chief’s armor from Halo:CE
For Elites: Honor Guard and Heretic armor. Elites don’t have nearly enough armor permutations in the game. These would make for some more machinima possibilities as well. Also:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6914/elite2mf4.jpg
For Spartans: Something along the lines of The More Deluded’s Leonidas armor… just without the cape. ;)
There is a thread over on B.net along theses lines that actually has some cool submissions. Too lazy to look for a link though lol.
O god these would be bad ass and good for movies
spartan
It doesn’t reale even show a face so were set
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/7/71/Rendermarine.jpg
elite: maybe a combo of 1 and combat
1 http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/1/14/Arbiter.jpg
now for the cool stuff
brute look alike armor: also good for movies
for ones that are to open just add like a under mask so it will still be a elite but look like a brute.
armor “brute”
one version of flight
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/2/20/Jumppack_Brute.jpg
one version of assault
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/a/ae/Brute_Bodyguard_Blue.jpg
one version of commando
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/4/4d/Stealth_brute.jpg “needs better image”
one version of combat
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/7/70/1217437610_Brute_Minor.jpg
One version of ascetic
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/e/ed/1207648317_Halo-3-20061220042626987-000.jpg
and a sec helmet for the top one
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/e/ed/1207648317_Halo-3-20061220042626987-000.jpg
infection zombie armor
for these some cool effects could be used in which like when you look around the infection form would move but not the body melee would use tents and replace the sword still equaling 1hit KO
human
with spartan helmet/or odst
http://nikon.bungie.org/wallpaper/h/halo_mc_flood.jpg
with marine
http://images.entertainmentearth.com/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CMF18267lg.jpg
or
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/4/4c/Infected_Human.jpg
elite
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/a/a4/Ultra_Flood_Combat.jpg
or
http://www.halobase.de/images/4/encyclopedia/EliteFlood.png
for elite”brute” armor
http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/0/01/Infected_Brute.jpg
or
http://www.halobase.de/images/4/encyclopedia/BruteFlood.png
A DINOSAUR ARMOUR!! RAWR. so fun running round chasing them hehe
“Betray Me PLZ!” Armour.
Uses reverse psychology to keep Team Killers at bay!
If they allow us to have a full map editor they should allow us to have a armor editor
and if someone finds the armor offensive they can send a note to bungie to check it out if it is they lose their armor maker for a limited time if they make someone nude or some shit have them “sob” lose it forever.
fuck that sorta bad idea
Hell, I’d make some more Elite armor. I know more people play as Spatans, but does that mean elites get the shaft? There are a few elite amor types, the honor guards, the cousel men, maybe there could be an armor type that resembles the Hunter armor, like one arm has a big shield or something, ya know? Maybe some kinda strange armor that makes them look more monstress, I’m not sure how yet, but it’s an idea.
The armor in Fable 2 that looks like Master Chief, complete with guitar.
Clone Wars Spartan
-Samus’ Power Suit
-Imperial Scout Trooper armor
-Carmine’s armor from Gears of War
-The Witchking’s armor from LotR
-Episode II Clone Trooper armor.
-a ‘No Helmet’ option for the Elite model (it’s not like the helmet protects against headshots anyway)
I hate to be specific, but that picture isn’t blood gulch. It’s H2-Bloodgulch from halo ce.
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=1161
Its a halo ce modified map that has guns from halo 2.
^ Elites don’t like showing off their bald spot.
A giant cock piece.
Armor that makes you look like Chuck Norris. You’ll be invincible and be able to do a round house kick that results in an instant kill.
Mega Man.
Like everyone else has said, more elite armor, brute armor, and I’d like to be able to play as a grunt or a jackal. For elite’s arbiter, heratic, and honor guard.
Simple, the Arbiter armor.
Easter Bunny!!! Of course, if you get a head shot, his head must come flying off!!
You have to be able to be “The Boy with an Arse for a face”
I’d like a helmet like the marine pilots wear in campaign
An armour permutation that has “Kick Me” printed in big letters on the back.
Marine pilot helmets. Those are really cool.
Episode IV Stormtrooper Armor.
For spartans: SPI would look great (ignoring the gameplay hinderance that they’ve no shields). Combine uniforms from half life would look so awesome, ranging from CP to Combine elite uniforms. The helmets on all of them are, to me, a psycological detterent. Something resembling the mechs from the Gundam anime universe, especially the mono-eyed zaku from the original anime. Or the evas from the neon genesis evangelion anime. A tuxedo would be awesome as well.
Gears of War cog armor, with the carmine helmet.
I’d want the heretic armor. That stuff was *awesome*. It would be even more so if you could get the jet pack thingies and fly around with dual plasma rifles, then summon copies of yourself so that you could drive everyone else on the map crazy fucking batshit loco.
The Nightmare’s armor, from Soul Calibur II O_o!!
Viking armor
A Mister Chief helmet permutation.
i would want a elite guard from H2
and a Stormtrooper
and just to add a new color black
300 style spartan armor and predator style elite armor
or a snowman outfit…that would freaking rock on snowbound or avalanche
(Curse you Araknoros!) Predator armour for the elites, just like in the films with sweet dreadlocks, metal facemask, dodgy skin tone, etc
And I guess for the marines a semi-naked built like a tank Aaahnuld style body, but leaving the chiefs helmet on of course, to maintain an element of mystery.
A elite Councillor headdress would be awesome and it would convert me to a elite player for life.
Instead of banning cheaters XBL accounts, force them to wear humilating Jigglypuff armour, and see how long it’ll take them to go out and buy a PS3 instead.
From:
ShadowRaven
Oh i know the Mouth of Sauron from Lord of the rings, that would be Pimpin’
Pre-xbox mjolnir armour.
Optimus Prime armor all the way!
i didnt read all of these so i hope im not repeating anything but i think the elites need armore so they look like alien. since the game was partly based off of the movies in the first place. and the spartans should have a perm for marine armor. i always wanted to look like a team killer.
the guyver suit. i swear who doesnt want one? id choose this over the recon armor. guyver ftw!
Mr and Mrs PACMAN
A CORTANA PERMUTATION!
big bird
Personally, I’d have to throw in my own creation, the Medusa…which is basically like a mark six, only with a lot less on the arms and legs, and a big-ass backpack with lots of glowy bits on it that make it pretty much resemble a futuristic EVA pack that astronauts typically wear. And of course there would be a much sleeker helmet…
If only I could draw worth a damn.
Come on Terrance Rene Gillian, at least give us a little drawing.
I would have to say that a giant Kiwi Bird would be great for tank-type capture the flag. Seeing a 12-foot tall kiwi bird lumbering towards you would have even the manliest among us fleeing in terror.
Other than that, the Berserker Locust from Gears of War would be great for the same purposes.
I’m sorry, did I say CTF?
I mean Infection.
Hmm…. Optimus Prime-esque armor. :P
Hazard Suit? With a crowbar? :-D
And I second the Optimus Prime armor, but only if you could transform into a truck. Splatter kill FTW!
I’d go with a suit of Mark VI or VII (can’t remember where they’re at now) Power Armour like the Space Marines from Warhammer 40K. Have to be the cool Death Mask skull helmet though that Chaplains wear.
Definitely more Elite armor. Maybe not Honor Guard or Councilor though (the large pieces would make them too easy to spot). I don’t really know what, since I’m not creative, just asking for Bungie to put the same effort for Spartan armor into Elite armor. And Brutes. Same ease of hitting the head (yes, the hitboxes are all the same, but the sticky aim of Halo makes it harder to swipe shoot an Elite head than a Spartan head; almost exclusively a SWAT problem- sniping or normal BR their shields first, then headshot is the same difficulty as Spartans.).
Armour? What armour?
How about JMB armor? (Japanese Mountain Biker)
it was an old concept art for Master Cheif before the original Mac-based FPS Halo came out. He looked kinda like MJOLNIR Mark 4 (dubbed the halo wars armor) but a japanesey look added along with a LAAG bullet chain wrapped around him.
for elites, a more ninja approach. They are allways using camo and nija like tactics, so they should have a ninja armor.
i also second the SPI armor, but they should make it SPI mark III. it would have the same features a regular (maybe regular is not the word) mark VI armor, but more compact, and when a person with SPI armor on, the assualt rifle looks like a MA5K, a cut-down version of the standard MA5C, but looks cooler. maybe even add the MA5K as a weapon. and a whole new set of maps! Onyx jungle, Forrunner city, and Onyx Core! it would be called, the Ghosts of Onyx map pack. But maybe im getting ahead of myself. Conclusion: make SPI armor mark III and an elite ninja armor, and maybe the MA5K.
okay, i would create ghillie armor! it would be harder to unlock than the katana, but if you assigned it to your spartan on a multiplayer match, your guy wouldn’t have to be red or blue. he would only show up as his real color to his own team. but to the other team, it would look like ghillie. It would also change colors depending on the map. Like if he were on valhalla, he’d be a mossy green. sandtrap= light colored desert shrubs. and i’d be the the first one to have it because i created it!!!
it just saddens me that compared to the halo 1 maps, halo 3 maps are very small
A CAPE FOR TEH CHIEF!
or
FLOOD INFECTED AMOUR/Battle Damage