Halo Infinite's New Update is AWESOME - Friendly AI Fight Alongside You & New Firefight Maps!

[@The_Array117]

HUNTERS?!?? ELITES?!?? MARINES?!??

[@FootedGhost]

[@bocogaming]

OH MY!!

[@roseclaw13]

just missing odst

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

Elite allys? Nice.

[@Ae7herium]

"We are aboard. Humans and Elites."

[@Eva-uw6uo]

So basically... 343 gave us Pokeballs with Halo AI buddies in them.

[@Ripa-Moramee]

No, more like a flare and then the friendlies drop in from drop pods.

[@unisect9106]

Basically, but no need to sugarcoat it, it's just a reinforcement equipment

[@FootedGhost]

Ahahaha that's actually so true 🤣

[@JayPlusForerunner]

@@unisect9106 sugarcoat?

[@JayPlusForerunner]

@@unisect9106 I believe it was just a joke

[@Thomas-9177]

“The Hunters have come to our aid Arbiter, they’ll fight by our side”- Spec ops Elite

[@FootedGhost]

[@Aidencaptain]

It’s always awesome having more firefight maps. One of the only gripes i have with firefight is that it’s so casual that it ends up being a competition on who gets the most kills and points, as there’s always 1-2 people not being able to do anything and just sitting on the hill or trying to get kills. Other than that, firefight is super fun

[@FootedGhost]

Agreed and that's why I always prefer playing Legendary firefight. Just is more of a challenge, and you have to work together with your team to survive, but yeah overall awesome update! :)

[@Jasondurgen]

If you ever played mass effect 3 multiplayer, that’s how bronze through gold difficulties were. If you didn’t try hard to get kills, you basically got none. Which wasn’t too big a deal since everyone shared an overall score, but killing and getting medals did help you level up your characters if you needed to. Otherwise, the credit difference earned between the MVP AND LVP were maybe 1,000 based on performance alone, which also didn’t matter if by the end of a gold match you got 86,000 credits or so.

[@MannifestElite]

Right now there are maps made in custom games which are incredible. You can play with tons of people - check it out guys

[@JayPlusForerunner]

I didn't know you can have hunters on your team. H2 vibes right therw

[@FootedGhost]

Huge Halo 2 vibes, we love to see it! :D

[@chanceamirian6522]

“The Hunters have come to our aid, Arbiter! They will fight by our side.”

[@HokeyPokey80]

I really Wish 343 Mentioned this in their blog posts, as it feels weird to not show off awesome features.

[@FootedGhost]

I'm 50/50 with that, I agree with you that they should be highlighting awesome features like this, but I also like how it was a complete surprise, I couldn't believe it when I saw them drop in during a game!!

[@Ripa-Moramee]

You can never enjoy anything on this community huh, I honestly find it insanely how people can take something really cool and great and still manage to bitch about it.

[@catherinemayo1809]

​@@Ripa-Morameefr, he isn't really btching about it but damn, finding something to complain about when there's literally only positive things in the update is kinda infuriating.

[@REALMARCHINADER]

Guess they wanted to keep it a surprise. It's a pleasent surprise.

[@zombiekillo61704]

@@catherinemayo1809 Tell me about it. I got bitched at on a HaloFollower video for defending 343 and even told them that all of 343's past mistakes were due to Bonnie and Frank O'Connor who are no longer there and someone told me: "Why do people like you not understand that as many original devs leave a company it becomes a shell of its former self? Criticising Bungie laying of staff recently to somehow a support your negative claims about the company way back when is nonsensical." That really hurt my bloody feelings cause I am an OG Halo Fan! I PLAYED ON THE OG XBOX AND HAD HALO 1 AND 2 BUT NO XBOX LIVE! Sorry for the rant but it shows you that some people that are "Halo Fans" aren't really Halo Fans. So I agree with you.

[@MEGAbrandon281]

343 also updated the spawns for each wave cause they feel way different now. But it’s a lot of fun how the banished come at you now

[@FootedGhost]

Oh wow that's cool to know! It did feel somewhat different when I was playing, so I'm glad they did that!

[@VamosRams3]

I just hope sometime soon they do a sandbox update adding more guns and more vehicles

[@FootedGhost]

I'm hoping for the same thing 🙏

[@Bmatt_Productions]

I had a slight issue on highpower where a skirmisher got in an electrical box near the hole. It was almost game ending since it was the final enemy. Luckily we were able to get him with a grav hammer.

[@justinnyugen7015]

had same happen with a Skimmer on Countdown where it got stuck near where the Rockets/Cindershot spawns

[@nate8998]

Thats so awesome, firefight is definitely my go to when I dont want to sweat anymore. I just hope they continue to add more things into the future like the og survival firefight mode without a hill, enemies in vehicles, and permanent variations such as legendary and fiesta firefight. Nonetheless, a great addition!

[@FootedGhost]

Yes more updates to Firefight will always be appreciated, so hopefully we see the things you mentioned soon! 🙏

[@YourAnimatorSavageAreLOL]

I got this map from the intro, and someone told me on thr mic that, you can spawn marines in the forerunner hall and in which you said in the video. But I haven't got the other maps yet, only the one im the intro, but once I got into halo INFINITE and saw the update today, I literally screamed so loud in excitement, I've been waiting for this!

[@FootedGhost]

That's right, it's pretty insane! I was completely shocked when I saw this during a match lmao

[@strongmouz1555]

Makes you feel like a badass fighting beside marines and elites also who remembers the mission in halo 2 where you fight beside hunters?

[@FootedGhost]

Sure does, it gives me some very strong Halo 2 vibes! :)

[@GKJACK]

I'm waiting on someone to recreate some Campaign encounter from previous games that have Spartans, Marines and Elites fighting together. Either way, big W for the Firefight modes, once again!

[@FootedGhost]

Yes that's the next step! I'd love to play something like that, I reckon some forgers will get right on that 👀😉

[@DeadEyes63]

This was definitely a nice surprise, because I didn’t even know there was an update to firefight until I got on and got scarr. Had me thinking I did btb

[@ghostlegacy5701]

I wish they add odst varients of marines like a cool firefight overhaul update

[@FootedGhost]

That'd be sick!!

[@clearlywrong6520]

Having elite zealots on the ground fighting Escharum gave me Great Journey vibes.

[@bocogaming]

It was a great surprise. Didn't know what I was seeing at first, but I loved it! You said the key word: FUN. This was a fun update, keep going this route 343.

[@FootedGhost]

Yep, let's hope 343 keep up the fun updates! :)

[@TSBrevan]

I thought it was a bug when I saw a friendly Elite. I may or may not have tried to turn him into a pancake...

[@FootedGhost]

Oh lmao I can understand that

[@TheColinShowGaming]

This is where the fun begins

[@brendanreich1782]

This is gonna be a huge help. Especially for people who leave the match. Like if where not doing to hot. They’ll just ditch.

[@FootedGhost]

Soooo true bro!

[@stickyfing3rs534]

Do you think they're using firefight to possibly test how P vs P vs E might work?

[@Cynder2251]

It’s a possibility

[@ghostlyswat12]

If they wanna test that they could use one of the many pvpve maps made by the community

[@stickyfing3rs534]

@ghostlyswat12 True, maybe the specific equipment will hit BTB as a power up to call in AI reinforcements

[@uhagi6720]

Nah, they already tested PvPvE in H5 with "Warzone". It was interesting, but they made it so paying money gave you a massive advantage over new players.

[@stickyfing3rs534]

@uhagi6720 yea the req packs were just pay to win but with Infinite or a future game not having req packs maybe they'll gear the mode up for a revival (different name though, obviously)

[@watch.v-dQw4w9WgXcQ]

343: uhh friendly hunters me: shit, you almost got me back, but that isn't playable elites

[@lordshmee13]

Hopefully we get the sentinels in firefight ai, forging Forerunner maps for them seem odd without them and if we could get the FX of them just flying around would be extra cool for atmosphere

[@FootedGhost]

Hopefully we get sentinels in a future update, that'd be sweet! :)

[@allthingshalo9388]

This is so sick! Great video, mate!

[@FootedGhost]

Thank you bro

[@thewildwolf7246]

I was shock when i saw a general élite droping from the sky and figth by our side. I was like what the hek. The élite talk and said’ » may the god be with us » sooo cool

[@mrobertjohnstoneboyce2084]

A surprise to be sure...but a welcome one!!! (LOL!) Seriously, though, a very nice addition to firefight. I can certainly see the elites being regarded as part of the Swords of Sangheilios, and I always wondered what happened to the Hunters that sided with the Elites in Halo 2 and onward. This could be seen as an attempt to push back against the Banished following the events of Infinite, and the collapse of Cortana's empire. ... All in all, a very nice surprise indeed.

[@FootedGhost]

Yep a great surprise for sure, and that's kind of what I was thinking when I saw the elites and hunters. It gives huge Halo 2 vibes, which I really enjoyed :)

[@mrobertjohnstoneboyce2084]

Indeed, it does. Halo 2 definitely opened up the possibility of expanding the Halo universe on both sides of the spectrum - both humans and Sangheili. ... Also, I'm proud to be a member of FootedGhost. I love the gameplay and casual chat in Discord. ... and as for the free helmet...I guess I'm gonna have to get onto one of the new BTB maps and get a few awesome splatters to unlock it.@@FootedGhost

[@inquisitordragon6827]

My own little Halo pokemon.

[@MrHealingmonk]

Great addition 343!

[@mrjack3855]

The friendly elite is the kind of stuff that should have been in combined arms 🙃

[@FootedGhost]

I actually agree with you, that would have made more sense 😅

[@phillipsproductions3143]

This is all I’ve ever wanted. Wish firefight was more fleshed out but this is great so far

[@LuketheDuke424]

The fact that 343 is willing to add special equipment like this in matchmaking makes me super hopeful that all the wacky forge maps that use custom equipment for party game modes have a decent chance to maybe be added in some kinda party playlist in matchmaking. Great stuff, and great vid as always!

[@FootedGhost]

Oh yeah good point, I'd love to see a fun party playlist or action sack playlist soon! Thanks for the support as always man!

[@DustedTaint]

A big w for 343!

[@wilkogb]

Was fun playing a few matches with you Ghost

[@FootedGhost]

Aye GGs man!

[@jjglazed4852]

cool i didnt think they would add the refresh out of nowhere im for sure trying the new firefight maps out

[@FootedGhost]

Have fun my man, see you out there!

[@Ghostman223]

This is great. Personally im hoping for bonus points for bosses but hey this is great

[@FootedGhost]

Indeed and I like that idea, more points for bosses would go a long way! :)

[@jonathanhoward5284]

This isn’t enough 343

[@askidan9315]

UNSC: "We are not alone in this fight..."

[@northhugr]

firefight is the best improvement to happen to Infinite so far. AI teammates is even better.

[@FootedGhost]

Agreed! :)

[@gabesleeping]

Wow I actually wasn’t too excited about this update knowing there were no community made maps but after watching this I’m more excited to play it especially with that new custom equipment added! Great video Ghost!

[@FootedGhost]

Glad I could get you excited! It's a pretty sweet update 👌

[@ryanarchuleta6231]

Breaker honestly works so well in Firefight. It has a lot of cool mini arenas in the map.

[@inductivegrunt94]

"The Hunters have come to our aid, Spartan. They will fight by our side." Having AI buddies in Firefight is amazing, and having Hunter buddies is awesome!

[@Teomaniac]

We’re eating good today

[@ClipsNSnips]

friendly AI is bologna because they just run around stealing my score.... now if they added to my score, that would work 😉

[@FootedGhost]

Ahahaha good point, if you summon the AI they should get points for you 👀

[@harmoen]

The friendly AI spawner equipment looks like it was made in forge wich is interesting to see from an offical 343 map

[@Drewski-hw1yi]

Imagine the crazy big team games modes you can make with this.

[@--SHEPHERD-OF-MOTHER-EARTH--]

I have played like 10 matches i have yet to see any kind of drop that brings AI soldiers in to help what am I missing

[@NutsorSomethingBerserk]

I really hope that with the next refresh they add vehicles on some of the maps and add respawn timers to them to make some of the maps, vehicle combat focused. Ofc with unit changes to combat the players. I would love variety in the maps with someone being infantry focused and others being vehicle focused. It’d definitely make the maps and firefight as a whole feel fresh and could create some interesting gameplay scenarios.

[@ghostlyswat12]

They had a fair reason why the don’t have them but it be nice to see a map more focused of vehicles

[@grantlauzon5237]

I hope a mode like this is the first thing up and running in the development of the next halo game. Test and tune AI, weapons, and vehicles on Multiplayer maps that are now full of explosions physics. Tune weapons for multiplayer and Campaign on the same maps at the same time.

[@Spendingryan]

My fav infinite ost soundtrack

[@NickFromThe2-6]

Man I didn’t get a chance to play it yet but the friendly ai is crazy. I fs gotta run sum tomorrow

[@FootedGhost]

Yeah you'll love it bro, it's soo good! :)

[@danprentice7073]

Well that was unexpected but really cool regardless , absolutely have to check it out, BTW I would love to see another forge creations video primary focused on prefabs like structures and cool dynamic things like the flyable pelicans and phantoms for example.

[@SayLess_Gaming]

on fragmentation i found a weapon drop pod and it gave me a custom equipment to spawn 2 Red elites :) along with the marines its was a good game :P

[@Pikastation28]

Wow another update that quick is fantastic.

[@FootedGhost]

Indeed, we love to see it man!

[@xxitjixx]

I ended up shooting at a hunter for a bit not realizing it was on my team, and only figured it out because a teammate was crouching near it

[@Nara.Shikamaru]

If any of y’all play that Toy Story map, you should know that firefight on that map kicks MAJOR ASS. I ran a legendary with the boys tonight and even with five of us it was fucking insanity. It was incredible.

[@zywypl]

Firefight is by far the best thing that ever came to Infinite - it's the only mode that has the desync fix, it's the only one where forced crossplay doesn't completely obliterate the competitive aspect, and were those god-awfully unresponsive controls prevent you from keeping the reticle at people who strafe like crazy, and it's the only mode where SBM doesn't take any effect. It's just pure, relaxing fun, despite being tense as hell sometimes.

[@RandomDude4268]

Literally had no clue and I played all day yesterday. Crazy how a yt video gave me more of an update than the update

[@kuddlykraken2157]

I've been wanting Breaker to be part of the Firefight playlist. I got to play it last night but I wish the combat was a lot more intense.

[@neonshadow4455]

been enjoying the new update ao far

[@SpartanFret]

Hunters and Elites on our team it's Halo 2 and the Halo 3 all over again I love it

[@justinnyugen7015]

AI and new maps are a great update!! I did experience a gamebreaking match where someone spawned in 20 hunters somehow and the enemy AI stopped spawning altogether

[@Falcon-Actual]

imagine my surprise when mid battle a hunter pair shows up and starts protecting me

[@paytonallen1027]

HOLY SHIT! I'm so hyped about this. Another example of the new management team actually doing a good job. We all know the old management team never would've done this. Looks like Halo will go in the right direction

[@jacobwhelan45]

I’ll be honest, if there’s something the halo paramount series does right, it’s spartan armor design. Really cool to see Vannak’s helmet, though I’m sure it’s behind an expensive pay wall

[@FootedGhost]

Vannak's helmet is the weekly reward, so it's 100% free! :)

[@jacobwhelan45]

@@FootedGhost color me impressed with 343 then lol

[@Billbeaux]

Are we never gonna get just a classic firefight ffs?!?

[@intraelement2633]

where can I find them? is there specific spots they spawn in, and is it every firefight match or is it like an RNG thing and theres a chance to spawn the item? ive not seen anything labled "custom equipment" but these maps are big enough i could easily miss it😊

[@xcfjdyrkdtulkgfilhu]

Huh ... I played a few rounds today to grind the first 10 challenges to get the Vannak helmet ultimate eligible to do, and I didn't even notice the new equipment. Have to keep an eye out for that. I kind of feel like people are going to shoot elites or hunters by reflex at this point though. Is friendly fire off for them too? This is a cool addition, but it's a shame the studio didn't have the resources to also give the friendly nonhumans a different colour scheme - putting the Arbiter's Guard paint jobs on the elites and hunters would have been a great detail - to differentiate at a glance. Also, can you swap power weapons with the friendly AI like in campaign? Is the meta even favourable for that? A couple of rocket marines with infinite ammo would probably mean you get more skull bonuses, but they're getting kills that dont go to players. I'm a bit disappointed the firefight refresh didn't include some scoring changes though. Mainly driver assists - the warthog is on the map to be an asset for the team, so it doesn't make sense for the driver to be taking a significant personal hit to use it.

[@spiderz5145]

I like to repulse bosses off cliffs too lmao

[@FootedGhost]

[@tonatiu81]

They should just make it an official equipment, I'd really want to see it in BTB. I'll see this as one step closer to, hopefully, a PVPVE mode variant/setting!

[@d27shgu]

To the elites and hunters we were once enemies now we fight as brothers

[@RednekGamurz]

Is the friendly AI equipment only on the newly added maps, or have they been retroactively added into the older maps too?

[@philipramsden4975]

I played like 7 firefight matches tonight and never got a new map

[@TheCartograqher]

YO WHAT THATS SICK!!!!

[@omarpineda57]

Hope after the TV show armor ends they add blue teams armor as challenge rewards

[@MrHurst-lb1rn]

If you're quick enough, you can grab the Zealots sword, too

[@beastmode1915]

All PvE is missing for me is assassinations. That made it a whole lot more fun for me personally

[@Xwii610]

I wish they'd make a playlist with only the new firefight maps. I played 5 matches last night, and only got a new map once.

[@PandaJerk007]

Is there any way to do PvP and use the new custom equipment? so you can throw out Marines or Elites to fight with you against that other player?

[@aversiveowl85]

This is great .Tho my only issue with this that you dont get any assits points when you mate in a vehicle like none on the turret or in the side seat, really want that fixed

[@emperorfridgethedude]

Am I the only one who's noticed that they finally made Spartan bots able to get into vehicles?

[@Multiversal_Productions]

Breaker has a ghost, a brute hyjacked my ghost and started killing us with it... it made me realise just how much enemy vehicle Ai ups the threat and 343 seriously need to pull this anti-vehicle stick out their backsides and add this as a full feature fragmentation only having mongooses is a travesty. why isn't there a scorpion or wasps in firefight? why can't the enemy boss be a campaign wraith boss or Hyperius in his chopper.

[@Kenzidagamer]

I got people confused by the zealots on accident

[@FootedGhost]

Lmao

[@The_Array117]

NO WAY

[@FootedGhost]

I KNOW!!

[@The_Array117]

This is awesome!!

[@huesoftheheart139]

Legendary FF drives me insane

[@tristanlambert658]

That is really cool I gotta admit. Though I’m hoping we still get legacy firefight soon, KoTH was fun at first but it’s not really doing it for me anymore.

[@justanotheraccounthere2014]

I played a few match yesterday. Quite a few on the new maps. Did not realize that there are friendly AI spawn equipment. Do they come in weapon pods or spawn in place of regular equipment?

[@FootedGhost]

So the AI equipment have their own new spawns on the maps. On fragmentation you'll see the marine spawner inside the central hallway that's in the middle of the map. On Scarr, you can see the Elite Zealot spawner next to the gravity hammer spawn. The rest you'll have to discover for yourself, but occasionally you can also get an AI Spawner from a weapon pod, so always be on the lookout for those! I hope that's helped you somewhat 😅

[@justanotheraccounthere2014]

@@FootedGhost Thanks man. I will pay extra attention to the those places you mentioned. Kind of hope there is a FF playlist with only new maps.

[@vsluma]

If I could actually get the new maps in matchmaking i could actually have fun with this

[@twisted_54]

They should increase the AI count. That would be awesome. (Yes, ik that they probably did it for the lower end consoles and PCs to keep it optimized).

[@Divinity247]

Alright Hear me out.... Invisible players (1 player per team) + 1 Friendly AI per team (follows player coordinates) + Player movement speeds (based on friendly AI or Team) = Playable Elites & Hunters & more.

[@doxthafox1138]

Anyone else enjoying season 2 of the show? Like I'm digging the hell out of it 🤙 it's crazy how much better it is this season

[@RKOSun]

what map and mode is that at 0:25? the ice stage?

[@JoeFilms5420]

I'm curious about the same thing, that map looks awesome!

[@RKOSun]

Footedghost?

[@alvaromedina3543]

Question friendly IA is on firefight or only customized matches?

[@thatoneguy7627]

Anyone else notice a difficulty spike in all the firefight waves? I’m not complaining, because the challenge is welcome.

[@nosovnd]

now that theres frendly ai i really hope they add new enemy models and start to pivot back to pve story. you can totally tell some story with pve like this plus forge and a couple cutscenes, i mean look at destiny (lol)

[@jeffthompson6162]

Been in two matches of the new firefight mode and cant find the custom equipment anywhere. Did they take it away?

[@jeremy3824]

Playing with friendly bots on two maps is incredibly fun Overall I'm loving the new new despite how large they are. I few lack ammo refills. My game crashed 1st time I saw the custome equipment.

[@MaybeMangosOfficial]

First game today my teammate spawned in elites and I immediately started shooting at them until I realized they’re on our side 💀

[@ignaciopartida1047]

Fire fight with infection and a.i is so much fun

[@bensadfleck9972]

well, they didnt call it ''Refreshed'' like btb, they are probably saving the community maps for a future update

[@scorpion40k]

I just want Classic Firefight back