: I hope that the AI gets lots of love from the 343i devs. I don't mean moving
: in formations or flanking the user - mean: allies who know what stealthy
: means allies that can take orders but don't have to be micro-managed
: allies that get into vehicles QUICKLY (even if the animations end up
: looking a bit ropey) Hog gunners who see further than 20 metres, only
: taunt enemy corpse when no more threats are around, gunners that actually
: pull the trigger instead of saying, "someone shoot that [insert
: target name here]"

: I was playing through the highway escape in ODST and it's obvious that Buck
: stops shooting when he delivers his scripted lines. 343i needs to work on
: this. AIs must be ale to walk and chew gum at the same time.

: There needs to be some way that the level designers can suggest behaviors or
: give the behaviors relative priorities and the NPCs evaluate when it's
: best to do X instead of Y and delivering lines needn't conflict with
: pulling a trigger.

Aw man, I've been waiting for this for YEARS. I thought Halo 2 would have d-pad squad orders. I once read that Bungie thought that would have made it too complicated. But 23 year old me still thinks it should be on the list.