The arbiter would never allow that to happen. He is way too smart of a general to allow for that kind of mistake. Remember in the Halo 2A terminals that The UNSC fully believed that if Thel was not taken out soon, humanity would have no chance for survival. He alone could have destroyed humanity. He is a tactical genius
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Just like how the master brought the covenant down and held his own more than anyone in the UNSC. Theres no doubt that the arbiter is the Elite counter part to Cheif in some way, But thats likely me over thinking it.
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He is the chief but alien pretty much.
He orchestrated the fall if reach dudeā¦
And the inly reason the ring was lost was because a minro Prophet was messing with all his plans because he wantwd personal gain.
Arbiter is better than chief i think, he can lead entire armies and fleets AND hold his own on the battlefield at least as well as chief. Arby is criminally under appreciated by the fanbaseā¦.
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Aso, is it just meā¦. Or is Arbiter hot 
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If anything there could be female voice variants for them too since they canāt even create that distinctive body types for Spartans in multiplayer as of rn (and I mean you barely tell the difference between the 3 body types amd the armor doesnāt even change visibly)
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The arbiter is my favorite character in the Halo series. On the day before we got Halo 3 my brother mentioned him as a chaarcter. This was the first Halo game I played and I loved the character eversense I even had him as a 4th main in Killer Instinct when they released him. Yet, he is still not shown much.
Still if he or another Elite is followed for a possible Campaign then Iāll be looking forward to it.
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Yeahā¦ you would be a shorter version of a sangheili tbh but the female voices would be cool IMO
Yes, imagine a Campaign about a Kig-yar thoughā¦.
I would be a happy boi
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The armour core system is a natural fit for playable Elites and other species. Restrict it in comp so the BR kids donāt have conniptions over having to learn a new muscle memory.
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Imagien kig-yar spartans and unggoy spartans and playable brutesā¦.
So much cool
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Ah feels good to finally jump on board this wagon!
Iāve been watching this movement ever since the sangheili were removed from multiplayer in halo 4 and it hurts to see that almost 10 years have passed that they have not returned in the mainline games
Especially since Iāve seen halo grow since combat evolved when it came out it was a great feature and frankly it was a great way for one to express themselves in gaming as well
It is my hope that 343 will reintroduce them in the future
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It really is something 343 needs to bring back theyāre already bringing back split screen to Halo they took it out in Halo 5 but now theyāre bringing it back so maybe theyāll bring back playable elites as well my only concern about playable elites is are they going to do the same thing that theyāve done to the Spartans where every single item is locked behind a paywall
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I was also upset when they didnāt have it in Halo 4 and Halo 5 but Iām also glad that they didnāt because Halo 2 anniversaryās multiplayer the elite is designed off of the Halo 4 and 5 elite rather than the one from Halo 2 anniversary which is what it should have been designed off of and now with Halo infinite being back in the classic art style we finally have a chance to see the elites playable in even better detail than Halo reach
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I personally never had a problem with the chunkier hesduros elites they looked pretty cool with j my opinion now when they carried that design to ole Arby thatās what kinda bothered me lol
But hey least we got them playable in some form better to have something than nothing right?
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Well they were already playable in Halo 2 itās just when the anniversary for Halo 2 came out it was the Halo 4 design rather than the Halo 2 anniversary design is what I was meaning
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I think one feasible solution is to allow players to control AI characters and then have it be an option for custom games & forge.
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Ah! I see what your saying it would indeed make more sense to have anniversary multiplayer elite design rather than 4s design
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https://forums.halowaypoint.com/t/covenant-species-as-armor-cores/2885
The sister topic is just for that.
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Welp weāve seen elites and brutes using unsc weapons in the campaign so time to make 1st person animations and for equipment cmon 343
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Iāve made so many great replies to these. All playable races would truly make this Halo Infinite. Match that with the ability to drop and control AI in forge and customs then boom. You have the ability to create some of the most diverse game modes. Imagine 2 teams. (Since multi teams have been removed???)
8 banished players. (Mix of brute, grunt, kig-yar.)
And FireTeam Odyssey: 8 player mix of Spartan and Elites.
Each team backed by fire squads of ODST/Marines/ Banished Inf.
Each team fighting to get to a point for domination. Or even generator defence/ strong hold of some kind.
The path full of obstacles and terrain.
Or imagine my favorite personal game type. Hereās the settings for yourself. Itās called SlashNSmash Momentum
Movement 130
Sprint180
Slide400
Weaponpickup off. WPN pads Off.
INF. ammo on
Grenades same.
Primary Sword
Secondary hammer.
Full lobby bots for extra fun!
Now imagine ElitesVBrutes. BOOM thereās a battle. Griffball would be even more fun/funny.
Gender based elites are cool, but lore wise thereās not many physical differences. Save for fairer slimmer features but these vary as much as humans do. So, much like the Spartan debate Iād suggest a few more slider options but add a tag name. I.e. slender, stalky, curvy, slim. Etc ā¦
And honestly the only elite armor Iād buy is one that made me look like Godzilla. Thatās it.
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