: "If 343i must make Halo lean on another shooter, let it be Quake. Let
: Halo mimic the power-up collection of Unreal Tournament, let it have zany
: vehicles like Tribes. These games are in a different spectrum of shooter
: from CoD or CS: GO or Titanfall, a spectrum that more closely resembles
: what Halo is about. There is no future for Halo in squeezing into the
: space between twitch military shooters, but there exists a market for
: gamers who want a simplified, consolized shooter--there's a market of
: people who want to play games like Halo."

: The article is mostly spot-on, with the "common turn-offs" list
: essentially being everything that I've said repeatedly in one spot.

: The strong push towards the "pro-team" shows that vehicles clearly
: take a huge backseat to the gunplay, and I predict here and now that the
: number of non-forged maps that feature vehicles will not only be small,
: but the vehicles themselves will have paper-thin armor. Why? Because
: nothing frustrates a "pro" player more than having to carry a
: non-precision loadout, so having to ditch his BR/Pistol for a plasma
: pistol or grenade launcher (of which we haven't even seen) is something he
: won't ever want to do, so vehicles are either out, or they're vulnerable
: to small-arms.

: Bungie did vehicles right in the gun-play-heavy Destiny, because while
: small-arms can bring them down, and the pilots are vulnerable to precision
: damage, the driver has the power to make himself less of a target, and he
: can do serious damage in a short time. But vehicles in Halo don't work
: this way outside of the Ghost, and the Ghost has a hard time hitting
: speedy targets. Ground-pound, dives, hover... All of these things will
: wreck the one vehicle that has historically specialized in being
: anti-infantry. The only other vehicle that meshes with the new direction
: is the Chopper, but good luck ever seeing that brought back...

I'm hoping this the surprise 343 has in store for us. Dividing multiplayer in half. We have the Arena, which is what the beta is, and will also have a separate non arena style multiplayer...what that is exactly remains to be seen.