Hey, i am making this as a successor to the original Playable Sangheili mega thread but reposting it in Halo Infinite scince it seems that all the old topics are gone. I hope we can have some more really good discussions on here and hopefully convince 343.
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honestly dont think this will happen. There are too many logistical things that would need to be considered. If elites are released, they would need a comparable customization system to that of spartans. This means that future BP’s would need a portion of them segmented off for the elites.
Now, we know that a majority of players do not play as elites. This means that the BP would drop in perceived value for a majority of players given the reduction of spartan unlocks for their $10 bucks.
You could make the argument that they could make a separate BP for elites, but that then means they would have to double their cosmetic output. This does not happen magically and would be a logistical risk for what is, a minor gain in the context of BP purchases.
Would it be cool? Sure.
Will they do it? Most likely not. There is a reason bungie put very low effort into elite customization in reach. The time required for it, is not worth it.
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I think it will happen eventually. Probably not in pure Arena/BTB but in some type of Invasion mode. I can wait.
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Perhaps a spin off game is a better way to do that?
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I get what you are saying but…. Do you know how cool it would be for a game dev to put great work into something for the minority… how many times does a game dev value all of their fan base liek that?
Thay would be so cool
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I would love a spin off game about the swords or the covenant.
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With halo infinites new elite design, this is more likely especially if it was an armor core type.
I can see elites coming a few seasons down the road as they are to heavily demanded of a feature to ignore.
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Not really, elites could be their own armor cores, meaning you only have elites in one or two battle passes as their own things rewards for the pass.
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Elites or bust. I don’t mind if they’re not playable in some game modes for balance reasons, but I really want to be able to play as an Elite whenever possible, like in custom games.
Also, I’d prefer them not to be downsized to have the same hitboxes as Spartans. They should be bigger and taller, as they are canonically.
Edit: Also, I wouldn’t really care if they had little or even no customization, as long as I can play as an Elite.
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Who says they need to have as much customization as Spartans? They never had that since Halo 2. Halo 3 gave them a smaller selection of armor, in Halo: Reach they did not have armor customization, but only a selection of full-body armor sets, and H2A has a few less slots as well.
Personally, I like how Elites were handled in Reach where they were only in a selection of modes like invasion. I like playing as both species and that allowed me to do so. Plus, it gives incentives for everyone to unlock cosmetics for both.
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I have a bit of faith, since Halo 3 was the last game to implement them in the best way, Reach was in a different way compared to H2 and H3.
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It would be great to have them in the game again. I miss the option.
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I dont mind playable elites not being in a halo game personally, but if I had to choose, I would want em’ in the game. Especially for people like you, who want to be able to express themselves as one. 343 did say “never say never” I believe, in regards to that. So keep those fingers crossed, I guess.
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I still think this will have to wait for the Arbiter to make his return to Campaign.
343 will then have the assets to bring across to multiplayer.
I don’t like playable Elites. But I love the Arbiter.
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I think Grim has stated before that they wouldn’t do any sort of spin-off game that wasn’t in the interest of their board of investors (aka any game that won’t make money).
I was going to make a new Elite forum, but I’m glad there are others willing to do it too. Only problem is, all our ideas have been trashed. I’ll mention them again for old times sake.
The easy way to make both Spartans and Elites have the same hitbox and make it fair is to make Elites the same height as Spartans, and to make their heads not so hunched. Then you could headshot them from the back just as easily. Then, make them as slim a Spartan, so the body isn’t as much as a bullet sponge. The Halo Infinite Elites already fit this description perfectly, so it would not be as much as a hassle as it was in Halo 3 or Reach, where Elites were HUGE.
343, we’ve been asking for almost ten years now, I’m quite literally begging you. Please put playable Elites back in!
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I love the new Elite deign of Halo Infinite, so it would be really sad if they didn’t add playable elites. Since they mentioned they woud use Halo Infinite as a platform, I think they would add playable elites later in the game, maybe a few months or half year after launch, just guessing. Honestly, this is the last thing that is keeping Halo Infinite from being just like the old OG Halo games.
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Their official statement on this back when they confirmed it wouldn’t return was “never say never”.
Infinite’s mp is canon and is centered heavily on the Spartans. While playable Elites aren’t out of the question (see: Project ANVIL), we definitely won’t see them for a few years at the very least.
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to be honest i’d love playable elites in multiplayer but i would love even more playable brutes since that’s where most of the focus of the campaign is and could even include some really fun invasion type modes like we had in reach but with brutes instead.
But obviously id be happy with elites too, i just do hope either is coming.
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If 343i is worried about balance, why not just create separate playlists for Elite Slayer and Brute slayer where everyone plays as the playlist’s species.
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