I feel sorry for you guys… I liked playing as Elites in Reach.
Nothing against Elites personally, but at the minimum they shouldn’t really play with/against Spartans. Just kind of breaks the canon for me a little.
I don’t know what all-Elite clans (e.g. SAF) are going to do, either. Maybe they’ll just disband when Halo 4 comes out.
> I feel sorry for you guys… I liked playing as Elites in Reach.
>
> Nothing against Elites personally, but at the minimum they shouldn’t really play with/against Spartans. Just kind of breaks the canon for me a little.
>
> I don’t know what all-Elite clans (e.g. SAF) are going to do, either. Maybe they’ll just disband when Halo 4 comes out.
I bet a lot of them will either cling to false hope or flat-out collapse, if not just stop giving a -Yoink-.
> Elites don’t fit in at all. It is a SPARTAN IV Training program, it has most likely been going on for years and they are probably un-aware of the war ending OR the war ended sorecently that elites were not incorporated into the training system.
>
> ALSO- The Arbiter took his remaining conformed elites back to Sanghelios(Sangheli/Elite home planet)
>
> So no Elites can’t be on the inifnity
Us Elite fans don’t care if it makes sense… We just want to play Elites. Just scale up SPARTAN IV’s and add Elites!
> I bet a lot of them will either cling to false hope or flat-out collapse, if not just stop giving a Yoink!.
I don’t care either way. SAF talk -Yoink- to us when we destroy them 4 vs 12 on their raid map, and when we’re the only clan to ever beat them on their “Hunter” variant…
I think one of the prerequisites to being in an Elite clan is that you have to be bad at the game lol
> > I bet a lot of them will either cling to false hope or flat-out collapse, if not just stop giving a Yoink!.
>
> I don’t care either way. SAF talk Yoink! to us when we destroy them 4 vs 12 on their raid map, and when we’re the only clan to ever beat them on their “Hunter” variant…
>
> I think one of the prerequisites to being in an Elite clan is that you have to be bad at the game lol
lol I know one that would take great offense to that.
> CALM DOWN EVERYONE! You really think that 343 are gonna scrap elites as playable characters all together!?
>
> They clearly said this “Competitive multiplayer focuses on the Spartan IVs. Elites will not be playable”.
>
> What they clearly meant that we will still have the strict option of forcing everyone to Spartans ONLY in competitive 4v4 multiplayer! Big-team battle, firefight (possible Spartan Ops), invasion and elite slayer will still use Elites!
> DO NOT WORRY EVERYONE!
But we want to play Elites 24/7! 343 needs to actually take time and do something the community wants and stop making a new features! Bring back the old ones first!
I don’t think that we will be seeing the sangheili in Halo 4’s multiplayer.
> > CALM DOWN EVERYONE! You really think that 343 are gonna scrap elites as playable characters all together!?
> >
> > They clearly said this “Competitive multiplayer focuses on the Spartan IVs. Elites will not be playable”.
> >
> > What they clearly meant that we will still have the strict option of forcing everyone to Spartans ONLY in competitive 4v4 multiplayer! Big-team battle, firefight (possible Spartan Ops), invasion and elite slayer will still use Elites!
> > DO NOT WORRY EVERYONE!
>
> But we want to play Elites 24/7! 343 needs to actually take time and do something the community wants and stop making a new features! Bring back the old ones first!
Don’t worry as long as we get to play as them in something where there playable not toto worry about 
I admit I wasn’thappy abou tthem beign restricted when reach was in development, but now I realised that its not realey a bad thing. so I wouldn’t mind if they limited elties in MM again, at least theres still the mix up in custom games.
In one of the pictures from the Magazine, Master Chief and the Elite looks the same size. The Elite seem to be in the same posture as in Halo 3. I dont think scaling is any problem at all, especially where both models seem virtually the same height.
Seeing how the Elite is hunched over there is still hope for some Cross-Species Multi-Player. We need to see if 343 isnt allowing them on Arena/Rank playlist or getting rid of them at all.
> Elites don’t fit in at all. It is a SPARTAN IV Training program, it has most likely been going on for years and they are probably un-aware of the war ending OR the war ended so recently that elites were not incorporated into the training system.
>
> ALSO- The Arbiter took his remaining conformed elites back to Sanghelios(Sangheli/Elite home planet)
>
> So no Elites can’t be on the inifnity
Ok first off your entire statement contradicts itself. <.<
If the war hadn’t ended yet, wouldn’t they be training to fight the Covenant? (i.e. Sangheili included)
It’s been 5 years since the events of Halo 3, I doubt it’d be that hard to swap representatives and training officers.
> Us Elite fans don’t care if it makes sense… We just want to play Elites. Just scale up SPARTAN IV’s and add Elites!
Please don’t try to speak for the entire Sangheili fan base.
And if they are going to do something canon wise for MM, then yes I’d like it to make sense.
Still there are plenty of ways the Sangheili can be added in w/o making a mess of the story plot.
Frankie walks into the 343 officer
Frankie: Hey guys, I saw the funniest picture of a spartan tea bagging an elite on Neogaf haha.
343 employee: Yeah…?
Frankie: So I’ve decided to cut them out of MM.
343 employee: But sir, you do realize that the Sangheili community and a lot of the halo population will be outraged at that right?
Frankie: Yeah so… come up with some canon that prevents them from being in multiplayer…
Meanwhile at microsoft
The five-yearold son of a microsoft employee is crying because he got killed by an elite.
Thats why we got cut 
> In one of the pictures from the Magazine, Master Chief and the Elite looks the same size. The Elite seem to be in the same posture as in Halo 3. I dont think scaling is any problem at all, especially where both models seem virtually the same height.
>
> Seeing how the Elite is hunched over there is still hope for some Cross-Species Multi-Player. We need to see if 343 isnt allowing them on Arena/Rank playlist or getting rid of them at all.
That is a possibility,
Having been in the best Sangheili clan since 2005, obviously a large part of me is dismayed at the news.
But if this is what 343i thinks had to be done for multiplayer, whether to focus more on the Spartans as a story element or just for balance, I’m cool with it.
If you other Sangheili clans out there collapse just because you can’t play as your favorite skin, you didn’t have the fortitude to last long anyway.
Weep.
Well if we’re still in social then I’ll be fine with that, but I’m not entirely convinced that we will be…
> Well if we’re still in social then I’ll be fine with that, but I’m not entirely convinced that we will be…
Well just have to wait in see. remember they said that everything will be made clear soon.
Personaley I play as both spartans and Elites are all equals to me.
> Having been in the best Sangheili clan since 2005, obviously a large part of me is dismayed at the news.
>
> But if this is what 343i thinks had to be done for multiplayer, whether to focus more on the Spartans as a story element or just for balance, I’m cool with it.
>
> If you other Sangheili clans out there collapse just because you can’t play as your favorite skin, you didn’t have the fortitude to last long anyway.
>
> Weep.
Actually we won’t really collapse, we either decided to end our clan or go back to h3, although it would be more enjoyable to play the newest iteration of the franchise.
> Wow… dude I was agreeing with you, I just want elites back.
I know you were agreeing with me, I just didn’t want to make a response without substance. It’s pretty much a habit I’ve picked up to make overly long and detailed posts in attempt to fully explain my opinion in as clear a manner as possible.
> Having been in the best Sangheili clan since 2005, obviously a large part of me is dismayed at the news.
>
> But if this is what 343i thinks had to be done for multiplayer, whether to focus more on the Spartans as a story element or just for balance, I’m cool with it.
>
> If you other Sangheili clans out there collapse just because you can’t play as your favorite skin, you didn’t have the fortitude to last long anyway.
>
> Weep.
The whole purpose of being in a Sangheili clan is to be around other people or friends who play as Elites. If you can’t play as an Elite, and these clans collapse, it isn’t a question of fortitude; it is a question of purpose.
Brothers, burden thy hearts not with grief; for we are still here and very much alive!
Whether or not we win this battle is insignificant, in the face of our next victory.
We humbly await to hear the wisdom of the Oracles at Installation 343 to guide us.
I am Yakup 'Krcal - Formerly 'Krcalee - and I am a proud Sangheili. Have Faith, brothers.
May the Arbiter, Thel ‘Vadam, remain in favor with the Divine, and their plan for our species’ future.
> I don’t think that we will be seeing the sangheili in Halo 4’s multiplayer.
This is my largest concern for the game.