Do we have them yet? I haven’t been able to play Reach since June and I remember people talking about an Elites-only playlist at that time :x
We don’t have an Elite Slayer only playlist. Though it would be a nice addition.
Unforuntately, no. I’d love a dedicated Elite playlist very much, and obviously I’m not alone. A poll I made on B.net a few months ago (don’t have the link anymore) had several hundred votes and the overwhelming majority wanted an Elite playlist; team games with a mix of slayer and objective.
> We don’t have an Elite Slayer only playlist. Though it would be a nice addition.
Elite slayer, I want it and I want it now!
> > We don’t have an Elite Slayer only playlist. Though it would be a nice addition.
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> Elite slayer, I want it and I want it now!
Why only Elite slayer? Why not a playist that features mostly slayer but also the occasional game of CTF, oddball, KotH, Headhunter, and so on?
This would be awesome, instead of having to play Invasion or wait for Elite Slayer.
It is pretty disappointing that a grand total of two modes exist where people can actually play as Elites in matchmaking–Slayer, and Invasion. Or three, if you include Blargball.
I would be all for an Elite playlist, or at least inserting one or two more modes that involve Elites. CTF/Assault/etc. would be pretty cool with them.
> > > We don’t have an Elite Slayer only playlist. Though it would be a nice addition.
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> > Elite slayer, I want it and I want it now!
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> Why only Elite slayer? Why not a playist that features mostly slayer but also the occasional game of CTF, oddball, KotH, Headhunter, and so on?
Variety never hurt anyone with an open mind. Still, let’s not have it like the current BTB playlist with more objective over slayer.
The only objective love the Elites get is in Invasion ;/
I agree, I don’t want just Slayer, but a big mix of gametypes thrown in, too.
My main ideas for gametypes:
ELITE SLAYER CLASSIC: No armor abilities, everyone starts with the Plasma Repeater and no stickies.
ELITE SLAYER: Whatever the current Elite Slayer gametype is at the moment.
ELITE SKIRMISH: That insane gametype from the invasion playlist.
ELITE SWAT: No shields, Needle Rifles. And yes, I know about the supercombine and why it would probably ruin SWAT, but it never hurts to try new things.
TEAM STABOUT: Limited lives, everyone has swords. I think it was in Action Sack in Halo 3.
ELITE CTF: What the name says. But less Ghosts, please. I’m not a big fan of Hemmorhage because of the giant vehicular moshpit that seems to happen.
ELITE 1 FLAG, ELITE ASSAULT, ELITE ONE BOMB, ELITE TERRITORIES, ELITE LAND GRAB: All what the name says.
ELITE HEADHUNTER: No idea how that would turn out, but once again, it never hurts to try.
And I’d also like to see maps with customized weapons that are good analogues to the human weapons. (Note to Bungie: A Plasma Repeater =/= Shotgun). Oh yeah, and allow the Plasma Rifle to come back - it’s more powerful and a lot more accurate than the Plasma Repeater.
If you have any other ideas about the playlist I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing them 
> I agree, I don’t want just Slayer, but a big mix of gametypes thrown in, too.
> My main ideas for gametypes:
> ELITE SLAYER CLASSIC: No armor abilities, everyone starts with the Plasma Repeater and no stickies.
> ELITE SLAYER: Whatever the current Elite Slayer gametype is at the moment.
> ELITE SKIRMISH: That insane gametype from the invasion playlist.
> ELITE SWAT: No shields, Needle Rifles. And yes, I know about the supercombine and why it would probably ruin SWAT, but it never hurts to try new things.
> TEAM STABOUT: Limited lives, everyone has swords. I think it was in Action Sack in Halo 3.
> ELITE CTF: What the name says. But less Ghosts, please. I’m not a big fan of Hemmorhage because of the giant vehicular moshpit that seems to happen.
> ELITE 1 FLAG, ELITE ASSAULT, ELITE ONE BOMB, ELITE TERRITORIES, ELITE LAND GRAB: All what the name says.
> ELITE HEADHUNTER: No idea how that would turn out, but once again, it never hurts to try.
>
> And I’d also like to see maps with customized weapons that are good analogues to the human weapons. (Note to Bungie: A Plasma Repeater =/= Shotgun). Oh yeah, and allow the Plasma Rifle to come back - it’s more powerful and a lot more accurate than the Plasma Repeater.
> If you have any other ideas about the playlist I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing them
Those sound great, and trying new things never hurt. What would be nice is to gather as many people that want the Elite playlist that want it and hate it because:
- Haters will like it if it gets out of Team Slayer because supposedly “everyone” votes for it. I dont really get a chance to play it in TS because no one i play with votes for it.
- All Elite players can relish that we could finnaly play as an Elite in MM w/o having to play Invasion, blargball, dino blasters or so.
I think Slayer and Objective would be the best choice to give. Also, I think it would also would be great playlist to use the full covenant weapon arsernal, seeing the the Plasma Repeater is near the equivalent of the Assault Rifle, Needle Rifle to DMR and such. Of course, the differences arent much and I have actually tested them out myself, I noticed that the Firepower of the PR is slightly above the AR, the faster firing rate of the NR make it more formidable in CQC and so on. All covenant Weapons take a smart mind to be able to outclass the human arsernal, and that’s part why elites have guiding system to better help guding coordination.
Anyways, in order to see this true, we need to gather more peeps, make union or something to stand strong, and pherhaps we can make 343 listen…
No. This is dumb. Having seperate playlists for Elites just bridges off the community and will cause more problems in the longrun… why can’t we just have it set to preferred player type or whatever… is it really going to hurt anyone that there’s a few elites? I mean HONESTLY I play slayer like that all the time in customs and I don’t notice any unfair advantages…