It has always confused me why the new elites have very little lore on why they look/sound so different from the H2A elites and Reach elites. While also having no lore on how the new elites act in the sangheli culture, they role in the covenant and where they come from. I find it strange that the H4/H5G jackals (which are more faithful to CE gecko design) has at least more lore on them then thw new elites. If 343i want to keep the new elite design then give the new elites some lore, so they have a reason to exist in the halo universe. But if 343i has no plans on adding lore to the new elies and if they arn’t in Halo Infinite then I guess retcon them out of halo. I’m a fan of the new elite design (and the h4/H5G jackal design) since it’s my favorite design while liking the H2A elites. We have lore on they combat harness so why not give them lore. There will always be people who hate the new elies. But 343i could try to make the new elites classic looking without changing the physical look. Plus some lore on the new elites could make some lore people happy and the new elites would have a purpose to exist.
Over all I think should add lore to the new elites but realisticly I expect 343i to retcon the new elites out if they arn’t in HI.
I think 343 retconned elites to make this work for lore / canon. The new elites are apparently the sub-species of elite from Sanghelios itself while the old elites are another sub-species from the moons of Sanghelios, or I mixed that up and its vice versa. So the new elites are apparently how the majority of elites look while the old elites are the lower population sub-species.
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> I think 343 retconned elites to make this work for lore / canon. The new elites are apparently the sub-species of elite from Sanghelios itself while the old elites are another sub-species from the moons of Sanghelios, or I mixed that up and its vice versa. So the new elites are apparently how the majority of elites look while the old elites are the lower population sub-species.
Well I only know that the new elites are hated by 95% of the community, so tbh I don’t think the h4/5 elites are the mijority of elites.
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> I think 343 retconned elites to make this work for lore / canon. The new elites are apparently the sub-species of elite from Sanghelios itself while the old elites are another sub-species from the moons of Sanghelios, or I mixed that up and its vice versa. So the new elites are apparently how the majority of elites look while the old elites are the lower population sub-species.
I think it’s the other way around,the newer elites seem to be lower population sub species while the original elites are higher pop
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> > I think 343 retconned elites to make this work for lore / canon. The new elites are apparently the sub-species of elite from Sanghelios itself while the old elites are another sub-species from the moons of Sanghelios, or I mixed that up and its vice versa. So the new elites are apparently how the majority of elites look while the old elites are the lower population sub-species.
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> Well I only know that the new elites are hated by 95% of the community, so tbh I don’t think the h4/5 elites are the mijority of elites.
I found the video that explains what I was trying to say:
Video explaining elite differences, lore-wise
Basically the new elites are not a majority of the population but are like dogs as there are a few different variations of elite physique.
Seems like the old design just got reconned.
Unless there an explanation as to why the Arbiter changed to this sub-species.
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> Seems like the old design just got reconned.
> Unless there an explanation as to why the Arbiter changed to this sub-species.
The arbiters change and his elites were because of time constraints.The old design was not retconned
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> > Seems like the old design just got reconned.
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> The arbiters change and his elites were because of time constraints.The old design was not retconned
Oh,I see.
A lot of Jul’s forces in Halo 4 came from the isolated colony world of Hesdouros (see The Thursday War) so that can explain the whole look change. I’m sure there were older design elites in his ranks but for gameplay purposes they gave all of them the new design.