Which Gametypes Do You Want in Halo 5: Guardians?

Which game modes do you most want to see added to Halo 5?

  • Assault (one bomb, neutral bomb, multi bomb)

    Votes: 122 40.1%
  • One Flag CTF

    Votes: 107 35.2%
  • King of the Hill (crazy king, sequential hill)

    Votes: 129 42.4%
  • Oddball

    Votes: 103 33.9%
  • Ricochet

    Votes: 86 28.3%
  • Asymmetrical territories

    Votes: 70 23.0%
  • Infection

    Votes: 254 83.6%
  • Race (rally, rocket race)

    Votes: 152 50.0%
  • Extraction

    Votes: 59 19.4%
  • Other (specify below)

    Votes: 58 19.1%

  • Total voters
    304

THEXB0XONE

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Oct 22, 2015
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Halo 5's forge mode is incredible. The possibilities afforded by the mode are endless. However, forge is only as good as the custom game options which support it. So, prior to forge's release in December, which gametypes do you most want to see included in the game?

Halo 5's roster of modes will be relatively small at launch, with the matchmaking playists including Slayer, Multi Flag CTF, Strongholds, and Breakout as well as Warzone and Warzone Assault. It is unclear at this time whether there will be additional modes available in custom games at launch. The forge and custom games community will need more modes than just these in order to thrive, and seeing the addition of more modes will greatly enhance the matchmaking experience as well. So, make your voice heard! The poll above includes some classic choices for you to vote on, and remember that you can vote for multiple modes. If you don't see your favorite mode in the poll, please reply with it below. Hopefully this can help 343 make informed decisions about which modes the community wants most.
 

Fraw Lawk

Proficient
Jan 10, 2013
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I think 343i needs to add back in VIP and all assault variants especially one flag. I need one bomb so I can make my counter-strike maps! :p
 
Nov 3, 2013
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VIP-

I really want to build some maps in the style of a game mode called "Protect Obama" from Halo 3.

It's 1 life per round attackers vs defenders VIP variant with a good amount of power weapons for both sides, defenders get a base to defend and 1 of their players is the president who they have to defend or they lose the round, he only gets a pistol and can't pick up weapons. Attackers get some vehicles that are most not very useful besides a transport hornet that can air drop troops onto the roof of the base.

It's a lot like the recent "Rainbow Six" maps in H2A but adds the extra element of the President into the mix that forces both teams to be more strategic.


Juggernaut-

So I can create "Vampire" which is a mode in which everyone has shotguns besides the juggernaut who has a sword, weak camo and shield vampirism - to be played on horror themed maps


Expansion to Infection settings mainly through Infection hybrid modes-

VIP Infection - work together to escort one important player to a haven - Protect Obama/President mixed with Infection

Territories Infection - Eradicate and capture a bunch of buildings from the Infected

Slayer Infection - Free for all elimination slayer but with Infected - Day Z mode

CTF/Assault Infection - Capture/plant something in the Infected spawn zone

Race Infection - race other survivors while also avoiding the Infected - like Drive or Die/Cat & Mouse/Hulk (whatever you called it) with a better scoring system

Option to make it so the survivors can't here the mics of the Infected players

Option to have Infected spawn where their survivor died

Option to switch the thruster ability for a classic Jetpack, Active Camo or a HUD light - we can turn lighting down on maps so having a HUD light ability would help make a gametype designed around darkness be even better


Also:

Headhunter

Grifball

Something with playable Covenant or Prometheans

And above all Co-op vs AI - just setting up a mode with teams of 4+players against loads of AI on the Warzone maps would be great


YES, we need an option to make it where at the beginning of a round, EVERYONE spawns as a regular human (NO ZOMBIES OFF SPAWN). As soon as someone dies (either by the Guardians or other players) THEN they'd spawn as a Zombie. I think that type of PvPvZ gameplay would be super fun, and even tried implementing something like it into my gametype, 'Deliverance' which can be found on Forgehub.
 

Sgt x Slaphead

BK Forger Extraordinaire
Feb 18, 2013
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Since Assault is essentially reverse CTF I don't think losing it would be the worst thing in the world but King of the Hill and Oddball simply has to come back. I am not a massive fan of Infection but 343 would be insane to not bring it back with the release of Forge. I see some really nice Griffball courts being built on the Breakout canvas too.
 
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MajoraZ

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Oct 28, 2015
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Obviously, the more gametypes we have the better, so ideally we've have them all.

For initial focus, though, I think Assault, Oddball, Infection, and King of the Hill are the best places to start. After that, Race, Regicide, Juggernaut, and Grifball I think would be a good second set, and they can keep going from there.

I'd like to see the options for the existing game modes expanded, though, as many settings (such as randomy weapon spawns and unlimited ammo) are missing. I'd also love to see a variant of warzone where you can spawn in on teamates and maybe have set loadouts that use REQ weapons rather then REQ stations to be sorta like a version of Invasion
 

Jahavix

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Jul 10, 2013
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I don't see why 343 would not add every game type ever introduced to the Halo series. Many gametypes would allow for extreme creativity to flourish as well as the freedom that comes with it and everyone is a fan of something so not including a gametype could definitely hurt the games longevity and replayability.
 
Nov 24, 2014
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Invasion was a lot of fun in Reach, and it seems to have been swept under the rug, but that's the one I want the most. Then the other essentials of course.
 
Nov 24, 2014
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Warzone sort of scratches that itch.
It sort of does, but it's like the difference (using BF4 as an example) between Conquest and Rush. And it's not like my little voice will change anything, I know 343 won't put invasion in halo 5, and even if they did, it wouldn't be for another year or more. I'm just venting.
 

Psychoduck

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Dec 23, 2012
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Invasion was a lot of fun in Reach, and it seems to have been swept under the rug, but that's the one I want the most. Then the other essentials of course.
The reason I didn't include Invasion in the poll is that it requires proprietary maps. So, they would need to completely turn around their sustain plan and create Invasion maps in order to include it, unless they went through all of the trouble of creating such a complex mode just for forgers which is quite a stretch. The Spartans vs Elites element was also central to Invasion, and there aren't even playable Elites in H5. Warzone, despite being almost nothing like Invasion, is designed to scratch that itch. So, I'm afraid we're out of luck on that front.

For the record, I love Invasion too.
 
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