• IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE •
- THIS IS NOT DIRECTED TOWARDS ANYBODY SPECIFICALLY OR GENERAL AUDIENCE. THIS IS JUST ME EXPRESSING MY CONCERN/ FUSTRATION TOWARDS 343i REFUSING TO ADD PLAYABLE ELITES FOR PURELY STUPID AND MADE UP EXCUSES AS REASONS AS TO WHY!
Yeah yeah, I know. You have heard this before but I will say it again. Playable Elites are a NEED for Halo and not a “Maybe”, or “If we have time” or my personal favorite, “they are not good for competitive gameplay.” -I’ll touch on that one specifically in a second <_<
Listen people, no matter how you slice it, and this is coming from a Spartan AND Sangheili player, playable Elites are a necessity and I know you people agree. However I still feel the urge to puke at the seemingly alarming amount of people who do not seem to take this matter seriously and do not put it to the level of importance that it should be.
A. From a marketing perspective this is a brilliant move, B. The population demand for them to make a return has never been higher. C, it is apart of Halo’s identity and should be treated no differently than split screen, the master chief, art style, or gameplay mechanics. It is the diverse aspect that also makes Halo… HALO.
Now I am aware that people have explained why Elites need to make a return, even Halo follower (Thank god) brought it to attention. But why do these videos or discussions lack views? Because it’s playable Elites?! Seriously… WTF. I could easily argue how split screen and the blow up surrounding that was pretty dumb with all due respect, especially considering it’s split screen out of all things, I mean, playable elites is a feature much more used than split screen. I don’t need a statistic to prove that because you can clearly see it when you play the GAME!!! Breathe
Now to be clear I do not have a problem with split-screen. In fact I fought right along side you guys with demanding that to return along with others aspects for Halo. But out of all the things people absolutely lost their -Yoink- over, it was split-screen -_- What a joke.
I’m not here to say that playable elites are necessarily more important than split-screen but what I will say is that if people had to choose between split-screen and playable Elites, I know for a fact people would choose playable elites. Why? Dude, it’s split-screen… I mean. OMG. People can live without it. But playable elites are actually something that makes a Halo game, A Halo game, just like the Master Chief, and many other things. You know what I mean? Split-Screen isn’t just limited to Halo you know… 
And to re-iderate, I just want to clarify that split-screen in this discussion is just an example and I’m not trying to say that playable elites should replace split-screen. I’m simply trying to be reasonable and realistic.
moving on from that why is everybody saying elites are not good for competitive play? Where the hell did this come from? Let me explain. Human vs elite, I can see why for competitive play this can cause an imbalance, however I just want to point out that Gears of War has many characters with different heights, widths, and style/ design, and is way more competitively focused than Halo is as a whole. There is no denying that. Stuff like armored Kantus and whatnot has been scaled down for multiplayer. Why does 343i feel like it has to be like Reach? Reach was great but you never got to be elite in multiplayer at all because people never voted for it and because they were so much different than Spartans in multiplayer. So in Reach, I can understand. But in Halo wars 2 Elites I swear are literally just as tall as Spartans and they look amazing, so I better see them in the multiplayer of Halo infinite and not just for living dead or invasion or a few game modes. I want them to get just as much treatment as Spartans because they deserve it. There needs to be a better playlist for halo when it comes to elites. There are quite a bit of game modes that are relatively competitive in some cases but for the most part can be really casual. People should have the flexibility of Halo 3 when it comes to this -Yoink-. Especially if Elites are so close to the human spartan In terms of height and stance. I got to say, Halo Wars 2 has the perfect setup for the Sangheili, I pray that you actually use it!
For instance, Team Slayer, have a core and hard core variant. Bam! EZ PZ. And with competitive variants why do people never want to do elite vs elite? I would love to hear there excuse for that one XD! There is a lot of social game modes that aren’t just simply living dead or some arcade theme mode. Typical TDM can be casual as well. Which is why I firmly believe that there should be a hardcore and core version of most games modes including an FFA. There is no exception or reason to not go through with this. It would allow more flexibility like H3 but also allow a sort of preference. What is the harm in atleast trying it? For FS. Also, quick side not— We ever gonna get bots finally? One thing that would help Halo a lot is if 343i stops focusing on crap that is experimental if you will and start focusing on what we need. This includes playable elites and other features. Guys just look at the game as you play. Look at Halo infinite. It looks like Halo infinite will actually be really amazing. But I ask you, how much you want to bet the one thing that will screw so many people over and nobody will see it coming… is no playable elites… if that is the case, then I quit Halo entirely. You might think that’s stupid but I think moaning about split screen as hard as people did is worse than moaning about something that actually adds to Halo’s identity… how many times do I gotta say it, Split screen isn’t limited to Halo.
Now TBH. I was going to write a massive informative article or be more professional about this but honestly… I got 1/4 of the way through and I thought “What are the odds people will even care…” let alone respond to my post in a negative manner because people take what I’m saying a little to much to the heart if they disagree. Whatever… Halo Infinite… o god I pray 343i you know what your doing…