I also played in the Big Team Battle test flight a few weeks ago and had a great time. The map they used had tons of big callbacks to the second level of CE. Vehicles also get dropped constantly by Pelicans. I can’t tell if they’re on some kind of timer or a reward/catch-up mechanism. I also wasn’t a big fan of the “control all three map points to score” game type though.

I need to finally play Halo Wars 2 and get my arms around who the Banished are. All I know is that they’re the designers’ answer to “what if a Brute was actually smart?” I was also under the impression that the Elites had laid waste to the Brute homeworld and all but wiped them out after the Great Schism, but I guess 343 retconned them back into existence.

It would be funny if the Banished conquered everyone because they’re like Commander Adama in Battlestar Galactica and refuse to use advanced tech because it could be ruined by electronic warfare.

“You’re safe now” – drives off cliff 😂

I dislike the lack of co-op campaign at launch, but due to adulting, etc, it will probably take me a few months to conquer the campaign anyway.