343 listen!
> I think they will be back cause I have seen a few key factors that signal the possible return of playable elites in multiplayer when the full game comes out (Cause its obvious that they won’t be in the Beta… maybe):
>
> -New Elite designs in H2A
> -Arbiter’s presence and the addition of the Sword’s of Sanghelios group
> -343 seems to be following a similar path to Bungie in which Halo 1 and Halo 4 are spartan only, Halo 2 first introduced the elites and they were a carefully guarded secret and it makes senses that in Halo 5 they make a comeback.
> -It was mentioned that there would be more than one playable character in Campaign, so far Chief and Locke have been announced but Arbiter could be a co-op character just like Halo 3.
> -Matchmaking might most likely be Spartan only like Halo Reach but could include Elite only game types.
> -Elites can pretty much have the same abilities as spartans with just slight changes in animation.
> -Covenant weapons haven’t been fully revealed with exceptions of the energy sword and Prophet’s Bane
> -Prophet’s Bane was the very sword Arbiter used to kill Truth in Halo 3
> -The cinematic in H2A had revealed that the setting is most likely Sanghelios
> -343 had answered a lot of long time wishes with MCC and Ive seen a lot of people ask for elites again.
makes sense
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> > I think they will be back cause I have seen a few key factors that signal the possible return of playable elites in multiplayer when the full game comes out (Cause its obvious that they won’t be in the Beta… maybe):
> >
> > -New Elite designs in H2A
> > -Arbiter’s presence and the addition of the Sword’s of Sanghelios group
> > -343 seems to be following a similar path to Bungie in which Halo 1 and Halo 4 are spartan only, Halo 2 first introduced the elites and they were a carefully guarded secret and it makes senses that in Halo 5 they make a comeback.
> > -It was mentioned that there would be more than one playable character in Campaign, so far Chief and Locke have been announced but Arbiter could be a co-op character just like Halo 3.
> > -Matchmaking might most likely be Spartan only like Halo Reach but could include Elite only game types.
> > -Elites can pretty much have the same abilities as spartans with just slight changes in animation.
> > -Covenant weapons haven’t been fully revealed with exceptions of the energy sword and Prophet’s Bane
> > -Prophet’s Bane was the very sword Arbiter used to kill Truth in Halo 3
> > -The cinematic in H2A had revealed that the setting is most likely Sanghelios
> > -343 had answered a lot of long time wishes with MCC and Ive seen a lot of people ask for elites again.
I’d be very much fine with how they came up in Reach. They weren’t completely ignored. A big main playlist like invasion would make many elite fans happy. They also had their shine in multi team. I’m excited to see Covie weapons the most, just like every Halo game.