Bumping this. I love it. In halo, the marines made you feel part of an actual military force. For those of you who have played Titanfall, the swarms of friendly grunts and battle machines made you, the wall jumping, Titan piloting, jet packing badass feel like an actual spec ops guy among a whole army of other soldiers. I'm assuming the city has a standing army- something besides the force of guardians at its command. I'm also assuming this of the factions. It'd be awesome to see elements of this army move to take and hold places we guardians have cleared. Just as medieval knights were similar elite players in a larger army, I always got the feeling we guardians were the same. The huge public event thing would also add some gravity to the city's situation. It would give that feeling that we actually need to defend the city. Here's hoping this- and many other great ideas- make it into the game.