With every new update I see… Nothing confirms elites being playable and it saddens me. Shaders are cool and all but to really add more amazing customization options, they gotta bring something out of the wishlist from the community. Im tired of playing as human filth. Anyone agree that humans are inferior and want to have a strong superior race to play as in infinite?
I’ve enjoyed playing both over the years, and I personally am not too miffed about their absence.
That said, given the fan out cry and megathread this will probably get locked and linked to…it astonishes me that 343 doesn’t even comment on this. This seems like a simple thing to do if you’re trying to win over some fans.
Patience. They are probably reserving it to surprise later.
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> Patience. They are probably reserving it to surprise later.
My thoughts exactly. I’ll keep holding out hope until the very last month before Infinite’s release lol
Playable Elites? Get with the program. Playable Brutes are the future!
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If Invasion ever makes a return, I’d love to see one team be playable Elites with a single player as a playable Brute Chieftain.
I dont know if i’d count out the playable elites just yet…to me thats a tasty treat that they may save until closer to launch or even around this summer. I could see them going as far as making playable brutes as well. Someone in another thread had a great idea of having a Big mode where there are ‘classes’ of playables that you earn throughout the match (IE: marine->ODST-> Spartan and then of course Grunt->Jackal->Elite/Brute). That concept sounded pretty appealing as well.
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> Patience. They are probably reserving it to surprise later.
Do agree, 343, specifically Chris Bloomberg did mentioned that they did wanted to save some some surprises for later.
Source: “To dial it in a little, the geo that could be changed or added to in Reach was: Helmet, Helmet Attachment, Chest Gear, Shoulder Pads (left and right), Knee Guards, Wrist Gear, and Utility as well as Visor Color. These will all be back, and we will go further. Personally, I have always loved visors and we have a surprise to show soon.
I understand that there is a level of being vague that is unconscionable, and I am riding that line hard, but we do want to save some surprises for later.”
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> I dont know if i’d count out the playable elites just yet…to me thats a tasty treat that they may save until closer to launch or even around this summer. I could see them going as far as making playable brutes as well. Someone in another thread had a great idea of having a Big mode where there are ‘classes’ of playables that you earn throughout the match (IE: marine->ODST-> Spartan and then of course Grunt->Jackal->Elite/Brute). That concept sounded pretty appealing as well.
Not sure about the Banished chain as the different enemies have roles, so going from cheap cannon fodder grunts to mobile shields with bad firepower might not work as well as Marine to ODST would
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> > I dont know if i’d count out the playable elites just yet…to me thats a tasty treat that they may save until closer to launch or even around this summer. I could see them going as far as making playable brutes as well. Someone in another thread had a great idea of having a Big mode where there are ‘classes’ of playables that you earn throughout the match (IE: marine->ODST-> Spartan and then of course Grunt->Jackal->Elite/Brute). That concept sounded pretty appealing as well.
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> Not sure about the Banished chain as the different enemies have roles, so going from cheap cannon fodder grunts to mobile shields with bad firepower might not work as well as Marine to ODST would
im sure there could be a way to balance it efficiently…a little imagination and thinking outside of the box.
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> > > I dont know if i’d count out the playable elites just yet…to me thats a tasty treat that they may save until closer to launch or even around this summer. I could see them going as far as making playable brutes as well. Someone in another thread had a great idea of having a Big mode where there are ‘classes’ of playables that you earn throughout the match (IE: marine->ODST-> Spartan and then of course Grunt->Jackal->Elite/Brute). That concept sounded pretty appealing as well.
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How about an invasion style gamemode where teams consist of marines and elites.
If UNSC is attacking the humans drop in as ODST’s against enemy Elite minors.
If Banished is attacking the Elites attack bases occupied by marine players.
It could work if Marines and ODST’s get an “armor” system which just functions as a one time “shield” ( non-recharging ) and the defending side gets a better position and some ranged weapons
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> > > > I dont know if i’d count out the playable elites just yet…to me thats a tasty treat that they may save until closer to launch or even around this summer. I could see them going as far as making playable brutes as well. Someone in another thread had a great idea of having a Big mode where there are ‘classes’ of playables that you earn throughout the match (IE: marine->ODST-> Spartan and then of course Grunt->Jackal->Elite/Brute). That concept sounded pretty appealing as well.
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> How about an invasion style gamemode where teams consist of marines and elites.
> If UNSC is attacking the humans drop in as ODST’s against enemy Elite minors.
> If Banished is attacking the Elites attack bases occupied by marine players.
> It could work if Marines and ODST’s get an “armor” system which just functions as a one time “shield” ( non-recharging ) and the defending side gets a better position and some ranged weapons
I like that idea as well. Invasion should return to Halo in all of its glory along with the traditional FF. That Warzone FF is fun to an extent but didn’t offer the typical ‘survival’ feeling that traditional FF offered in every experience.
I’m still hopeful, and the Elites we’ve seen in the gameplay reveal look fantastic. Their model seems appropriately sized and shaped to balance with Spartans as well.
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> With every new update I see… Nothing confirms elites being playable and it saddens me. Shaders are cool and all but to really add more amazing customization options, they gotta bring something out of the wishlist from the community. Im tired of playing as human filth. Anyone agree that humans are inferior and want to have a strong superior race to play as in infinite?
We should hold a petition to bring back playable elites and make them further customizable.
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> > With every new update I see… Nothing confirms elites being playable and it saddens me. Shaders are cool and all but to really add more amazing customization options, they gotta bring something out of the wishlist from the community. Im tired of playing as human filth. Anyone agree that humans are inferior and want to have a strong superior race to play as in infinite?
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> We should hold a petition to bring back playable elites and make them further customizable.
i honestly think there is going to be some form of playable enemy types in Infinite. I also believe that is a card that 343i will keep very ‘close to the chest’ until closer to launch. something like that is like throwing those custom logs on the ‘hype’ train from back to the future LOL
It all depends on the game modes that are in the game. Since Arena is supposed to be a mode where everybody starts equal, I believe all players will be Spartans, unless no one cares about lore at 343i and they’re okay with Elites and Brutes playing the same and having the exact same armor abilities as Spartans do.
However, if in addition to Arena they are planning some sort of Invasion mode with Human x Banished factions, it’s very likely that there will be playable Elites and Brutes. If they want to cash in that sweet sweet MTX money, not having them would be a huge missed opportunity.
We’ve seen so little of Halo Infinite… I imagine pretty much everything is still on the table.
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> I believe all players will be Spartans, unless no one cares about lore at 343i and they’re okay with Elites and Brutes playing the same and having the exact same armor abilities as Spartans do.
MP doesn’t have to be canon, it’s entirely possible to have playable races in MP without a lore explanation.
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> Patience. They are probably reserving it to surprise later.
I don’t think that 343 will ever let us play as elites again, sadly, I hope that I’m proven wrong though.