Since they are releasing content every… month? It adds a possibility to have playable Sangheili. Looks like they do have time and resources, right?
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> How cool would it be to see the Ascetic Armor set Return with Playable Elites… I miss wearing that -Yoink-!
Ascetic armor would be awesome. I’d also love to see the traditional Combat armor we have in Halo 1, 2, and 3. Ranger and Spec-Ops armor would also be great.
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> Ascetic armor would be awesome. I’d also love to see the traditional Combat armor we have in Halo 1, 2, and 3. Ranger and Spec-Ops armor would also be great.
Awwwyeah! And Commando!? Assault, Flight! Oh my god… Honor Guard Armor… That would be -Yoinking!- epic! Sangheili clans would probably sprint from Reach to Halo 5 for this. That’s hundreds of people coming over.
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> Since they are releasing content every… month? It adds a possibility to have playable Sangheili. Looks like they do have time and resources, right?
Well they have resources but not the amount to add them in Halo 5.
I’ve already given up on DLC for Halo 5 regarding Elites
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> How cool would it be to see the Ascetic Armor set Return with Playable Elites… I miss wearing that -Yoink-!
I know right? I wear that on Halo 3.
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> Well they have resources but not the amount to add them in Halo 5.
> I’ve already given up on DLC for Halo 5 regarding Elites
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> I know right? I wear that on Halo 3.
I was always partial to the commando combat harness in the days of Halo 3. I also loved the spec-ops armor from Halo: Reach.
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> Well they have resources but not the amount to add them in Halo 5.
> I’ve already given up on DLC for Halo 5 regarding Elites
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> I know right? I wear that on Halo 3.
I wear that too! Crimson and White Ascetic armor! It’s badass.
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> I was always partial to the commando combat harness in the days of Halo 3. I also loved the spec-ops armor from Halo: Reach.
Commando was the other armor i would always wear! But I do wear Spec Ops Armor. Maroon and White ( When I’m off duty in the elite clan I am in).
I Really don’t see why they wont. It would appear that playable elites is exceptionally high demanded enough. But anyways, I was just thinking… If they do add them, they should have a Sanghelios Forge canvas to go along with them! It’s so beautiful there… They should make it large too. The other 3 canvases are still pretty small. I liked the custom games where we had the option to explore the entire forgeworld, climb the mountains and all that.
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> > > Since they are releasing content every… month? It adds a possibility to have playable Sangheili. Looks like they do have time and resources, right?
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> Commando was the other armor i would always wear! But I do wear Spec Ops Armor. Maroon and White ( When I’m off duty in the elite clan I am in).
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> I Really don’t see why they wont. It would appear that playable elites is exceptionally high demanded enough. But anyways, I was just thinking… If they do add them, they should have a Sanghelios Forge canvas to go along with them! It’s so beautiful there… They should make it large too. The other 3 canvases are still pretty small. I liked the custom games where we had the option to explore the entire forgeworld, climb the mountains and all that.
If they ever do add playable elites and a Sangheilios map for forge, I hope they also add ambient life as an option. Imagine a custom game where people play as elites, armed only with melee weapons, hunting a helioskrill in the mountains as described in the novels (Cole Protocol and Broken Circle I think.)
They’ve made plenty of money with req pack purchases there’s really no excuse as to why they aren’t going to be added lol
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> > I Really don’t see why they wont. It would appear that playable elites is exceptionally high demanded enough. But anyways, I was just thinking… If they do add them, they should have a Sanghelios Forge canvas to go along with them! It’s so beautiful there… They should make it large too. The other 3 canvases are still pretty small. I liked the custom games where we had the option to explore the entire forgeworld, climb the mountains and all that.
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> If they ever do add playable elites and a Sangheilios map for forge, I hope they also add ambient life as an option. Imagine a custom game where people play as elites, armed only with melee weapons, hunting a helioskrill in the mountains as described in the novels (Cole Protocol and Broken Circle I think.)
I’d like that if they added that in Halo 5 but I think Halo 6 is our best bet.
I wanna start this off by saying that I still trust 343 with Halo, and that I really enjoy Halo 5.
But I cannot stand the absurd manner in which 343 carelessly removes elites from the halo franchise. For example, looking at halo 4, and Jul Mdama. They used the campaign with the didact, and built Jul both in the novels and Spartan Ops, setting the theme for the elite terrorist with a taste for revenge and an Arsenal of forerunner weaponry.
Forward to Halo 5 they kill him off in a half-effort cutscene to push the new Spartan Locke, first mission of the game. I haven’t even finished campaign as prometheans frankly are boring, and the covenant are portrayed as stupid.
This parallels 343 removal of elites in multiplayer. They simply don’t care, and seem to been finished with elites. We’ve contacted them through all social media, we’ve all came up with great ideas to allow elites playable in warzone, we have this thread but they simply don’t listen.
That being said, Halo 5 is an amazing game, and IMO it would be the best halo ever made if they had playable elites. They might add them as dlc, and that would be a brilliant move to bring people to the game, but we need diversity. 343 needs to realize elites set halo apart from other games because they brought diversity. 200 near identical Spartan skins aren’t diverse. Spartans and elites, that’s diversity that can only be found in halo and I find myself playing warzone and warzone assault thinking just how much more amazing the game would be if we had those elites.
I don’t want them in arena, that should be strictly Spartan and serious with rank. But warzone and custom, that’s casual and fun, and there should be no issue with elites playable in there.
Not to mention the almost nonexistent machinima community due to elites, no one likes Spartan on Spartan machinima.
If 343 listens to us, this community, they will bring new life to Halo 5. The game is great. But with the addition of these new species they open up doors that have been closed since reach.
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> I wanna start this off by saying that I still trust 343 with Halo, and that I really enjoy Halo 5.
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> But I cannot stand the absurd manner in which 343 carelessly removes elites from the halo franchise. For example, looking at halo 4, and Jul Mdama. They used the campaign with the didact, and built Jul both in the novels and Spartan Ops, setting the theme for the elite terrorist with a taste for revenge and an Arsenal of forerunner weaponry.
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> Forward to Halo 5 they kill him off in a half-effort cutscene to push the new Spartan Locke, first mission of the game. I haven’t even finished campaign as prometheans frankly are boring, and the covenant are portrayed as stupid.
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> This parallels 343 removal of elites in multiplayer. They simply don’t care, and seem to been finished with elites. We’ve contacted them through all social media, we’ve all came up with great ideas to allow elites playable in warzone, we have this thread but they simply don’t listen.
>
> That being said, Halo 5 is an amazing game, and IMO it would be the best halo ever made if they had playable elites. They might add them as dlc, and that would be a brilliant move to bring people to the game, but we need diversity. 343 needs to realize elites set halo apart from other games because they brought diversity. 200 near identical Spartan skins aren’t diverse. Spartans and elites, that’s diversity that can only be found in halo and I find myself playing warzone and warzone assault thinking just how much more amazing the game would be if we had those elites.
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> I don’t want them in arena, that should be strictly Spartan and serious with rank. But warzone and custom, that’s casual and fun, and there should be no issue with elites playable in there.
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> Not to mention the almost nonexistent machinima community due to elites, no one likes Spartan on Spartan machinima.
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> If 343 listens to us, this community, they will bring new life to Halo 5. The game is great. But with the addition of these new species they open up doors that have been closed since reach.
This is one of the best things I have ever read. I applaud you, good sir.
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> I wanna start this off by saying that I still trust 343 with Halo, and that I really enjoy Halo 5.
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> But I cannot stand the absurd manner in which 343 carelessly removes elites from the halo franchise. For example, looking at halo 4, and Jul Mdama. They used the campaign with the didact, and built Jul both in the novels and Spartan Ops, setting the theme for the elite terrorist with a taste for revenge and an Arsenal of forerunner weaponry.
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> Forward to Halo 5 they kill him off in a half-effort cutscene to push the new Spartan Locke, first mission of the game. I haven’t even finished campaign as prometheans frankly are boring, and the covenant are portrayed as stupid.
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> This parallels 343 removal of elites in multiplayer. They simply don’t care, and seem to been finished with elites. We’ve contacted them through all social media, we’ve all came up with great ideas to allow elites playable in warzone, we have this thread but they simply don’t listen.
>
> That being said, Halo 5 is an amazing game, and IMO it would be the best halo ever made if they had playable elites. They might add them as dlc, and that would be a brilliant move to bring people to the game, but we need diversity. 343 needs to realize elites set halo apart from other games because they brought diversity. 200 near identical Spartan skins aren’t diverse. Spartans and elites, that’s diversity that can only be found in halo and I find myself playing warzone and warzone assault thinking just how much more amazing the game would be if we had those elites.
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> I don’t want them in arena, that should be strictly Spartan and serious with rank. But warzone and custom, that’s casual and fun, and there should be no issue with elites playable in there.
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> Not to mention the almost nonexistent machinima community due to elites, no one likes Spartan on Spartan machinima.
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> If 343 listens to us, this community, they will bring new life to Halo 5. The game is great. But with the addition of these new species they open up doors that have been closed since reach.
You sir, need to be heard… Well spoken. Very well spoken.
The thing that confuses me the most is how 343 hardly acknowledges the Elite community of the game.
Try to start another post on bringing elites back; they lock it and direct you to this one. They contain us all into one single thread on their massive forums, albeit a giant thread, and other than that we aren’t acknowledged.
I want Elites playable again, but if 343 doesn’t, why do they keep this going? They could release a statement saying no more playable elites in the halo games, say it doesn’t fit their vision, and that’d be acceptable.
But falsely giving hope every 3 years by saying “we’d love to do it in the future” is a blatant lie. There isn’t a single thing stopping them now from doing it yet they continue to say “the future.” If 343 really wants to do something then they’ll do it, and do it quickly and effectively.
In the span of one game cycle they perfected the mechanics of Halo. They created the masterpiece that is Halo 5. And if they are listening to us, and are considering elites, then show us. I understand spoilers, and the need to keep some things secretive, but at least explain that “yeah, we are interested in diversifying.”
But until they either say elites are never returning, or explain that they are bringing them back, or even just that they are listening to us, I don’t see how anyone in the elite community is expected to just be content with having this ingame content we grew fond of ripped away, with no explanation other than “we had little time.”
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> How cool would it be to see the Ascetic Armor set Return with Playable Elites… I miss wearing that -Yoink-!
Yes, Ascetic was my favorite followed by the Ultra set from Reach.
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> The thing that confuses me the most is how 343 hardly acknowledges the Elite community of the game.
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> Try to start another post on bringing elites back; they lock it and direct you to this one. They contain us all into one single thread on their massive forums, albeit a giant thread, and other than that we aren’t acknowledged.
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> I want Elites playable again, but if 343 doesn’t, why do they keep this going? They could release a statement saying no more playable elites in the halo games, say it doesn’t fit their vision, and that’d be acceptable.
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> But falsely giving hope every 3 years by saying “we’d love to do it in the future” is a blatant lie. There isn’t a single thing stopping them now from doing it yet they continue to say “the future.” If 343 really wants to do something then they’ll do it, and do it quickly and effectively.
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> In the span of one game cycle they perfected the mechanics of Halo. They created the masterpiece that is Halo 5. And if they are listening to us, and are considering elites, then show us. I understand spoilers, and the need to keep some things secretive, but at least explain that “yeah, we are interested in diversifying.”
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> But until they either say elites are never returning, or explain that they are bringing them back, or even just that they are listening to us, I don’t see how anyone in the elite community is expected to just be content with having this ingame content we grew fond of ripped away, with no explanation other than “we had little time.”
You are a master of words. 
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> I wanna start this off by saying that I still trust 343 with Halo, and that I really enjoy Halo 5.
> But I cannot stand the absurd manner in which 343 carelessly removes elites from the halo franchise. For example, looking at halo 4, and Jul Mdama. They used the campaign with the didact, and built Jul both in the novels and Spartan Ops, setting the theme for the elite terrorist with a taste for revenge and an Arsenal of forerunner weaponry.
> Forward to Halo 5 they kill him off in a half-effort cutscene to push the new Spartan Locke, first mission of the game. I haven’t even finished campaign as prometheans frankly are boring, and the covenant are portrayed as stupid.
> This parallels 343 removal of elites in multiplayer. They simply don’t care, and seem to been finished with elites. We’ve contacted them through all social media, we’ve all came up with great ideas to allow elites playable in warzone, we have this thread but they simply don’t listen.
> That being said, Halo 5 is an amazing game, and IMO it would be the best halo ever made if they had playable elites. They might add them as dlc, and that would be a brilliant move to bring people to the game, but we need diversity. 343 needs to realize elites set halo apart from other games because they brought diversity. 200 near identical Spartan skins aren’t diverse. Spartans and elites, that’s diversity that can only be found in halo and I find myself playing warzone and warzone assault thinking just how much more amazing the game would be if we had those elites.
> I don’t want them in arena, that should be strictly Spartan and serious with rank. But warzone and custom, that’s casual and fun, and there should be no issue with elites playable in there.
> Not to mention the almost nonexistent machinima community due to elites, no one likes Spartan on Spartan machinima.
> If 343 listens to us, this community, they will bring new life to Halo 5. The game is great. But with the addition of these new species they open up doors that have been closed since reach.
Speaking of Jul Mdama, he was my favorite character from the Kilo-5 books. The fact that he went beyond the simple “ugh…honor…blarg” jargon typical of the majority of elites in the games and books was a great boon to his characterization. He played mind games with some of the smartest humans, jerked around humanity’s finest warship (what happened to escalation’s story arc), and hold off the arbiter for so long, only to be killed stupidly. I was hoping he would get a chance to face the Arbiter (which was foreshadowed in Glasslands). I can’t even read the Traviss books anymore because I know what happens to poor old Jul. I don’t think Sali Nyon could ever replace him.
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> The thing that confuses me the most is how 343 hardly acknowledges the Elite community of the game.
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> Try to start another post on bringing elites back; they lock it and direct you to this one. They contain us all into one single thread on their massive forums, albeit a giant thread, and other than that we aren’t acknowledged.
>
> I want Elites playable again, but if 343 doesn’t, why do they keep this going? They could release a statement saying no more playable elites in the halo games, say it doesn’t fit their vision, and that’d be acceptable.
>
> But falsely giving hope every 3 years by saying “we’d love to do it in the future” is a blatant lie. There isn’t a single thing stopping them now from doing it yet they continue to say “the future.” If 343 really wants to do something then they’ll do it, and do it quickly and effectively.
>
> In the span of one game cycle they perfected the mechanics of Halo. They created the masterpiece that is Halo 5. And if they are listening to us, and are considering elites, then show us. I understand spoilers, and the need to keep some things secretive, but at least explain that “yeah, we are interested in diversifying.”
>
> But until they either say elites are never returning, or explain that they are bringing them back, or even just that they are listening to us, I don’t see how anyone in the elite community is expected to just be content with having this ingame content we grew fond of ripped away, with no explanation other than “we had little time.”
Agreed, some may not see it that way but at least they do know we want them in.
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> Speaking of Jul Mdama, he was my favorite character from the Kilo-5 books. The fact that he went beyond the simple “ugh…honor…blarg” jargon typical of the majority of elites in the games and books was a great boon to his characterization. He played mind games with some of the smartest humans, jerked around humanity’s finest warship (what happened to escalation’s story arc), and hold off the arbiter for so long, only to be killed stupidly. I was hoping he would get a chance to face the Arbiter (which was foreshadowed in Glasslands). I can’t even read the Traviss books anymore because I know what happens to poor old Jul. I don’t think Sali Nyon could ever replace him.
I agree 100%! He was a great character and to have him just… “removed” in such an anticlimactic way with not even a fight was just -Yoink-. Halo 5 campaign was amazing and had great cutscenes, but that one made me want to puke. I really would not have minded that as much if there was a bigger struggle when Locke fought him at the very, very least. I would have liked to see Jul keep the four of them at bay with some nasty sword skills for a bit before the combined effort of the four of them were able to take him down. Instead Locke sort of effortlessly just puts him down and moves on to the next thing. Apparently they felt that Locke needed a big take down for his record to stand out to the players as a force to be reckoned with and Jul fit the bill. Maybe they were hoping that most players didn’t read the books and would not have an attachment to Jul as a character? So that made it okay to drop him like garbage. Jul lost everything and he deserved a far more honorable death than what they gave him.
Indeed. I can definitely see the issues with the story now. Sure the originals had their flaws and the story with Halo 4-5 isn’t all bad.
Anyway back on topic. Its still ashamed that Elites are not playable in this game and I hope Halo 6 will resolve this. Besides I don’t really get that feeling as a Spartan then when I’m an Elite.