Halo 5 must revive the Scarab. It was an awesome enemy in Halo 3, but I have missed being able to fight them. What’s worse is the steady decline in their use… Only fighting ONE in ODST, to only seeing them in Reach, and then not at all in Halo 4.
My one thing is that 343 should make them a bit more of a challenge to kill. In The Storm, it was good because the map was set up to make several ways to kill it. But in The Ark, it was too easy being able to kill it from the Scorpion. My favorite, though, was the fight in The Covenant, which was very difficult on a Legendary.
Perhaps 343 can beat this by making you find more creative and Chief-y ways to kill them, like having to dodge it’s fire to reach a mini-Mac once, or hijacking a Wraith to take out it’s legs. I dunno, but it really needs to make a return.
Agreed!
Especially with the more challenging part. After a while Scarabs become like Hunters: one trick pony’s you can just take out far too easily. Something needs to happen.
For all I care introduce a bigger one, with a second segment attached to it and a whole platoon on Covies being transported in it. Being able to drop a Wraith into combat, and having some cannons on the side.
Call it the Centipede or whatever. And introduce it in a more fixed way like the H2 Scarab was. Have us attack it from a Falcon first before jumping on top and having to do far more than just shoot 1 core to have it killed.
That should be an improvement for Scarabs in general I think: a more complex interior. Not just a few ramps to walk on and a single core to shoot.
Amen to this. I remember the first moment I played Halo 2 and saw the Scarab and was a little disappointed I could only board it and not manually take it down. It was still epic gunning my way through all the elites with rockets after sniping off the deck crew though.
And what I liked about Halo 3 is that although the first few Scarab instances weren’t terribly difficult (providing I could actually physically board it in The Storm, always had trouble with getting a good place to jump on it), it served as enhancing the scale of the game.
And then they dropped in two Scarabs at the end, that I had to take out on legendary with annoying checkpoints? Yeah, I cussed out my television multiple times.
But yes. I’d also like to see like a brute variation of the Scarab. Like one they reclaimed and repurposed with lots of pointy things on it.
Imagine getting forced into a death funnel where you have to square off against an improved Scarab and two Locust. Certainly a high intimidation factor, right?
Yes, but I feel like they should be buffed immensely thanks to the Storm Covenant coming into direct contact with Forerunner tech that actually works. For example if the Scarab is supposed to be this walking death machine why are they so easy to get rid of? Most likely for gameplay reasons of course but imagine if the Scarab had lasers on it’s underbelly to stop you from sitting under it while shooting it’s legs.
Just doing something like that seems like it could be an interesting spin on things. Maybe even have an Uber Scarab or something. 
So much yes. I will say, fighting the Lich reminded me of the scarab and that was actually pretty fun. But I do agree, Scarabs should return, they were always awesome to battle. Halo 3 had a ton of them…
I love Scarabs. The fight against two of them in The Covenant was one of the highlights of Halo 3.
I would like to see a moment like the Scarabs at the end of Reach but ya know, ones you can actually fight.
Agreed. But i think they are adding a new type of excavator, way bigger, and is in fact a tripod, from the looks of the e3 trailer. It would appear each appendage is about the size of a scarab’s torso, and it appears multiple times or there are more than one.
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> Agreed. But i think they are adding a new type of excavator, way bigger, and is in fact a tripod, from the looks of the e3 trailer. It would appear each appendage is about the size of a scarab’s torso, and it appears multiple times or there are more than one.
Please don’t revive old threads, thanks.