Covie i really like all of your ideas and think that they are excellently thought out and written. However, there is a problem. What would happen in a flood vs. flood match? They cannot infect each other. The only thing i could think of would be that there could be more rebel bases on the map to infect. Maybe even an AI covenant or UNSC base.

Some good ideas you have there. I think that regardless if it is these specifics units/leaders/maps, there needs to be some new ones put in to the game. I like the hunters being able to hit air idea the best.

Pwns i totally agree with you. Every other thread is someone crying about something in the game. Just shut up and play, and when you lose to a warthog rush, figure out how to stop it, don't post on the forum that its overpowered.

Grunts need a buff. They are the main infantry of the coventant and they do not function in this way. However, just because you lose a game doesn not mean it is unbalenced. The covenant can combat anything the UNSC throw at them with their leaders.

Brutes are one of the best infantry in the game. When used properly, Chieftain is an animal. However, health regeneration is needed.

I play as the brute chieftain (actually i play as all covenant) and i can honestly say that he needs some form of health regeneration to compete with arbiter and prophet. prophet can just leave the battle to get shields back and every time arbiter kills someone in rage mmode (after 1st upgrade) he heals. To balance, chieftain needs health ...

I think there is an equal amount of risk for all new strategies. Rushes may even be the worst. If your new rush strategy fails, your left in a weaker position than your opponent.

In the beginning of the game when im just getting a base underway (1-3 min.) i guarentee you im not paying 275 for a warthog.

Theres no way that you can have hogs be 275. That's absolutely crazy considering the other 2 scout units for the other faction (chopper and ghost) would be much less. Hogs are not that powerful. Yes, Gauss hogs can do some damage. By the time someone has gauss hogs, the oppoonent should be teching up and getting upgrades as well. 1/4 speed for ...

They would be in the game to diversify multiplayer. Another faction/leaders would be good for this game. Maybe not flood. Maybe Sentinals. Maybe something else. Whatever it is.