And I personally believe the forums ARE a good representation of those ACTIVE players of Halo, or at least those willing to be active in the discussion of the franchise. We are the ones who keep Halo alive from a fan perspective. So all of those who don’t or choose not to have a voice? Well, they aren’t speaking up, so with respect to them, then shouldn’t count when it comes to game requests.

I’ve seen MANY threads/posts asking for more vehicles in Halo.

I think part of the issue is that many of the maps in Halo 4 wouldn’t be able to handle something like a Falcon or Hornet. Those rare few that have Banshees should have those two as well.

As for the Elephant or Mammoth, we’d need a MASSIVE OPEN map for either/both of those.

A forum user started a thread about DLC being required. Here was my response to that:
HFFL: I’m all for an ALL DLC playlist. Though I too would like to see the map packs become required as well. Start with Crimson, then a month later require Majestic, then Castle, then Champion. Each a month apart. It’s far enough out from when they were released to have a sale. I’d suggest the two weeks prior to the specific map pack becoming required for it to be on sale.

Honestly, it’s not THAT much money for the DLC as it is. Making it required and putting it on sale will get 343 more money, but in return those who DID pay for it early will finally see it come up a lot more in matchmaking which, is the whole point of DLC.

Someone else point out that it would be nice to have a Premium Playlist and/or DLC search filter. I HEARTILY agree!

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Another Waypoint forum users says the Champion Bundle pack should be free:

Here is one of the comments in that thread, to which I responded to:

HFFL: Let me ask you this as a hypothetical question then.

Do you buy new clothes for yourself?
Of course you buy clothes. Why? DO they affect anything? They make you look different. Maybe nicer, grungy, goth, whatever your preference is. Point is it’s still just a piece of clothing. You don’t need it, but you buy it because you like it.

Same goes for this. People like have new armor, skins, etc. Sure, it’s digital clothing and isn’t tangible. But we’re in the digital age. This is CHEAP compared to what real clothing is nowadays. UNless you’re going to a bargain store, clothing is expensive. You’re not getting a quality shirt for $10.’

Yet, for that same $10, in this bundle pack you get 4 armor sets, 7 separate weapons skins, a complete weapons skin pack for all weapons, 2 maps, 7 new stances, 3 armor skins and a new gametype.

Sorry, but that is a LOT to just give away for free and IMO is totally worth the 800MSP/$10US.

With respect,
HFFL

And finally, a thread that the new game mode Ricochet is the new assault. Hoping that this gametpe will be customizable, I responded in kind:
HFFL: I’m going to bet there will be options in forge to customize Ricochet. Have the goal be really small and make it take 5 seconds to arm. In this way, you’d be VERY unlikely to be able to throw a ball into it and have it stay there for 5 seconds. So you’d HAVE to run it in and stand on the goal to arm it.

BAM, Assault!

Sometimes the Waypoint forums can be a real bear to read, other times you see some great ideas. One thing for sure, Halo fans are very well diversified in our tastes with respect to gameplay, DLC and the like.