Can someone define random and the differences between personal and global ordance?
Initial Global Ordnance:
Forge object, placeable. Occurs only at the beginning of the match, effectively "setting the table" for the battlefield's power weapons. It seems Initial Global Ordnance uses fixed weapons (so for example, a Railgun that spawns by Red Base will always be a Railgun). Whether or not it has the capacity to be random is unknown. They are visible via HUD waypoints.
Global Ordnance:
Forge object, placeable. Have a tendency to be in similar spots to Initial Global Ordnance. They spawn at fixed intervals (much like power weapons in past games) but rather than have fixed weapons, they all use a single weapon pool and can be random. Weapon pool selection in custom games is likely; however, weapon rarity customization is unknown. That is, it may be easier to get a Needler with a possibility of 25% than a Binary Rifle with 5%. However, this is unconfirmed. These spawn in the same locations and while they may not be permanently indicated on the map, rely on a fixed set of spots.
Global Ordnance replaces the traditional Power Weapon system and will be evident in the majority of gametypes, even outside of Infinity.
Global Ordnance has only shown weapons and grenades as available bonuses so far.
Personal Ordnance:
Forge object, placeable. Seemingly restricted to Infinity gametypes. These depend on player skill, and rely on the user's individual "skill points" within a match that are also what give you EXP post-game. For example, let's say Spartan Alpha and Spartan Charlie are both at 5 kills in a match. Spartan Alpha has two killjoys, three rocket kills, an assassination, and a Pull! medal. Spartan Charlie has one shotgun kill and four melee kills. Because Spartan Alpha is using a more varied skill set, his points have likely earned him a Personal Ordnance drop first. The Ordnance drops do not use pathfinding; instead, they are placeable in Forge. Global Ordnance is less common and placed on key points (such as bottom mid in MLG maps), while Personal Ordnance pods are likely to be as common as Respawn Points. This way, you can have Personal Ordnance spawn close to you, but on some maps (such as Haven) it may be a considerable distance depending on where you request a drop.
Personal Ordnance is only in Infinity matches.
Personal Ordnance allows you three options for a bonus: a power weapon (which seems to have identical properties as Global options, so it could be anything from a Needler to a SAW to an Incineration Cannon), more grenades, or a powerup. Powerups include Overshield, Damage Boost (exact modifier unknown), and Speed Boost (which boosts base speed, possibly gravity/jump height, as well as reducing frames to reload and switch weapons, much like the Dexterity package).
So I feel like the forge videos were unclear, are we able to do traditional weapon spawning on maps?
We definitely can. The main categories for item placements listed "Weapons, Human," "Weapons, Covenant," and "Weapons, Forerunner" as options. I'm glad we can spawn Forerunner weapons now. Wasn't the Sentinel Beam listed as a Covenant weapon in 3?
