i think most of the missions should be reasonably long (25 min or so...mebbe longer) and the maps long as well....unless the storyline calls for an all out battle then the map can be large but not long.know what i mean? the maps in halo are large....but they are very long and you progress through them. the fighting should always be story based...therfore long maps where u have to progress to an enemy base to get some kind of information then get the h**l outta there...or meybe once u get watever it is THEN a big battle erupts...and u either have to escape or kill them all and then escape. this happens regularly in halo games. for example, on the silent cartographer halo 1, u fight your way in, then covie reinforcements come after you activate that thing and u have to fight your way out. i dont think anyone wants a bunch of stupid ''go to that base and blow it up'' over and over again.not that im saying it will be thouh ;D

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