> The Knights are one of three subdivisions within the Prometheans.
> Crawlers are basically cannon fodder to distract from the Knights.
> Watchers are support units. They can shield knights, spawn watchers, resurrect knights.
> Prometheans work together strategically.
> Frankie’s example of a Knight sniping him, he takes cover behind a column, Crawlers attack him by crawling down from the column.
> Promethean weapons/equipment designed to fight Flood.
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> There are different variants of Knights, watchers, and crawlers.
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> Knight - Deadly warriors, use weapons like Light Rifle and Supressor.
> Knight Lancer - Scouts and Marksmen, use Promethean Vision to locate hidden enemies
> Knight Commander - Have skills of Knights, but can wield Incineration Cannons, stronger armor, Autosentry turrets
> Knight Battlewagon - Rare but incredibly dangerous, huge frames draped in heavy armor and hardlight shielding, can deploy Autosentries, will wield Scattershot if you get too close. (Orange patterns through body and on face, orange spikes on back. Super badass!)
> Watcher - Wield boltshots, summon crawlers, protect and resurrect Knights.
> Crawler - Agile and move in packs, fire Boltshot from distance
> Crawler Snipe - upgraded crawlers, no further details. I assume they keep larger ranges.
> Alpha Crawler - Lead packs of Crawlers, has a Supressor
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> This is just details about the Prometheans, might be considered spoilers to some people.
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> Prometheans work for the Forerunner civilization, “or whatever is left of it.”
> Why do they now appear as robotic entities? Were they always this way?
> Prometheans are directed by a “general of sorts”.
> First you encounter the Covenant. Then the Prometheans. But it is when they combine forces, and how they combine, that will offer biggest surprises.
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> Also, the variants of the Prometheans weren’t the blue ones, perhaps those are a different faction?
“But it is when they combine forces, and how they combine, that will offer biggest surprises.”
what? i didnt even think that would be something we woul dbe dealing with in Halo 4…i expected more an orignal halo thought process where we fought flood, and covie and they fought each other…this is intresting and frankly exciting!
That pretty much goes in hand with what will be brought up in The Thursday War. I don’t know how i feel about it because i still see no reason why Humans are the target when there isn’t anything remotely implying animosity towards us.
I hope we get a better look (visually) at the Prometheans. So far they just aren’t doing a whole lot for me.
OT:I do like how they will be seemingly fluid in combat. It reminds me a bit of the Lambent in Gears 3 and how they could change the flow of battle with their transformations.
> That pretty much goes in hand with what will be brought up in The Thursday War. I <mark>don’t know how i feel about it because i still see no reason why Humans are the target when there isn’t anything remotely implying animosity towards us.</mark>
You took the words from my brain. “Promethean Knights serve the Forerunner empire.” Why are they attacking Reclaimers then? Why the Cortana attacking the Didact? I don’t understand.
The part about combining forces…
I’m not too into that. I hope it would be more of the Covies hacking into the Prometheans, and not the Prometheans/Didact willingly joining.
That would kind of throw the Precursor theories out the window… but corruption can always be clouding his judgement.
I’m interested to see about this combination.
And remember, there are still the Blue Knights. That description didn’t talk about them.
> These things will be lethal…
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> The part about combining forces…
> I’m not too into that. I hope it would be more of the Covies hacking into the Prometheans, and not the Prometheans/Didact willingly joining.
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> That would kind of throw the Precursor theories out the window… but corruption can always be clouding his judgement.
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> I’m interested to see about this combination.
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> And remember, there are still the Blue Knights. That description didn’t talk about them.
> It says the Prometheans have been revived by an known mechanism or something like that to defend requiem.
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> I’ve got one answer: composer.
> So it appears the Promethean knights are dead forerunners that are composed.
> > It says the Prometheans have been revived by an known mechanism or something like that to defend requiem.
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> > I’ve got one answer: composer.
> > So it appears the Promethean knights are dead forerunners that are composed.
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> We brought this up months ago.
Sounds to me like slain covenant may be composed as well, and made into robo-whatevers.
Certainly interesting. I wonder if the flood virus has a part to play in all this. It does remind me of a robotic version of the flood…resurrecting slain creatures.
> Sounds to me like slain covenant may be composed as well, and made into robo-whatevers.
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> Certainly interesting. I wonder if the flood virus has a part to play in all this.
So the “Great Journey” is being composed and turned into a Knight? I can see the Elites buying into that.
> > Sounds to me like slain covenant may be composed as well, and made into robo-whatevers.
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> > Certainly interesting. I wonder if the flood virus has a part to play in all this.
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> So the “Great Journey” is being composed and turned into a Knight? I can see the Elites buying into that.
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> What if these guys are the Commanders?
> > Sounds to me like slain covenant may be composed as well, and made into robo-whatevers.
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> So the “Great Journey” is being composed and turned into a Knight? I can see the Elites buying into that.
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> What if these guys are the Commanders?
I can see Storm buying into this as well…the Didact convincing them their great journey completes once they are composed.
In response to your second point, I believe that is an early concept of the Didact himself. Look at the backround - all of the structures are circular and seem to be expanding or in an open/unlocked state. Circular…sphere…Cryptum. Possibly the opening of the Didact’s Cryptum?
> > > Sounds to me like slain covenant may be composed as well, and made into robo-whatevers.
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> > > Certainly interesting. I wonder if the flood virus has a part to play in all this.
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> > So the “Great Journey” is being composed and turned into a Knight? I can see the Elites buying into that.
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> > What if these guys are the Commanders?
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> man those guys are BIG!
No, I’ve seen the GameInformer article myself, and they do not look like those. Unfortunately, that image is just concept art.
> No, I’ve seen the GameInformer article myself, and they do not look like those. Unfortunately, that image is just concept art.
That cannot be true. Does the GI article explicitly say that image is concept art? It looks like a much older build of the game. The HUD/UI is very different. Certainly does not appear to be concept art, just an early concept within an early build.
> > No, I’ve seen the GameInformer article myself, and they do not look like those. Unfortunately, that image is just concept art.
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> That cannot be true. Does the GI article explicitly say that image is concept art? It looks like a much older build of the game. The HUD/UI is very different. Certainly does not appear to be concept art, just an early concept within an early build.
He’s right it’s not a Commander since these are the Promethean Knights.
> > > No, I’ve seen the GameInformer article myself, and they do not look like those. Unfortunately, that image is just concept art.
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> > That cannot be true. Does the GI article explicitly say that image is concept art? It looks like a much older build of the game. The HUD/UI is very different. Certainly does not appear to be concept art, just an early concept within an early build.
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> He’s right it’s not a Commander since these are the Promethean Knights.
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> Promethean Knights
That is not what I was questioning. I am questioning his claim that this image is concept art. I think it is an early concept within an early build of the game. Not just a picture.
> > > > No, I’ve seen the GameInformer article myself, and they do not look like those. Unfortunately, that image is just concept art.
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> > > That cannot be true. Does the GI article explicitly say that image is concept art? It looks like a much older build of the game. The HUD/UI is very different. Certainly does not appear to be concept art, just an early concept within an early build.
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> > He’s right it’s not a Commander since these are the Promethean Knights.
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> > Promethean Knights
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> That is not what I was questioning. I am questioning his claim that this image is concept art. I think it is an early concept within an early build of the game. Not just a picture.
That is an earlier concept of the knight. They showed it at pax quite specifically for that purpose.
I think I like it better, tbh. Looks less cartoony, more ancient and scary.
I hope there are more enemy types. I have a feeling they’ve saved a LOT to be revealed in the actual game.
