> Did anyone read the little tid-bit in one of the pictures in the GI about this? It said: “Competitive multiplayer focuses on the Spartan VI’s. Elites will not be playable.”
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> Note that is says competitive multiplayer. Not all of multiplayer.
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> So… who’s to say that they wont be in custom games and casual playlists as usable characters? They just cant take elites out to begin with and it would seem logical to take them out of action that should be Spartan v Spartan to make things fair and level.
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> tl;dr: Just don’t count the dinos out yet, there may be hope until we hear otherwise.
Saw that as well, and though it does give me some hope…
I still think it’s ridiculous that they were completely removed from Competitive playlists.
Hopefully the Sangheili characters will be as customizable as our S-IVs. (Like the S-IIIs were in Reach)
10 to 1 that “competitive multiplayer” is defined as “all of multiplayer.” Gears 3 considers “Versus multiplayer” as everything that isn’t a private match.
> So… who’s to say that they wont be in custom games and casual playlists as usable characters? They just cant take elites out to begin with and it would seem logical to take them out of action that should be Spartan v Spartan to make things fair and level.
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> tl;dr: Just don’t count the dinos out yet, there may be hope until we hear otherwise.
Who’s to say?
If you read between the lines of the GI article the lack of Elites in Competitive Multiplayer is more than likely to mean they won’t be anywhere other than NPCs in campaign.
The priorities of creating and shipping a game, that already states that competitive is Spartan v Spartan, indicates to me that your dreams are nothing more and the reality will have nothing to do with them. Programming time has to be invested to make this happen - if they’re not in Comp MP then the writing is on the wall.
Hm, I’m scared that if Elites won’t be playable at all, I wonder what that is gonna do to Halo 4 machinimas. I don’t see action machinimas that revolve around Elites vs. Spartans doing very well if Elites cannot be used.
Plus, I’m a big fan of Elites. I do play as an Elite in Halo: Reach Custom Games and in Halo 3.
I think they just meant online multiplayer. Though if they don’t have Elites in any parts of the multiplayer, it may be because there is a NEW species to play as.
AMEN TO THAT BROTHERS!!! Elites are a great part of halo. And we were giving the chance to play as them for 3 games straight. WHY END IT NOW??? Please 343, bring back elites. I LOVE INVASION!!!
If elites are not in halo 4 I will not touch that matchmaking. I will continue to play Halo 3 and Halo:reach until they are shut down. I will play the Campaign but nothing more unless the Sangheili are put in Social Slayer or CG.
> Does it really matter that much? No doubt they’ll keep the covenant weapons and vehicles, just look at the plasma grenade!
It wouldnt make sense to keep those weapons. It would throw their canonical sense of multiplayer out the window. Why? Becasue then they might as well be practicing on the people who would actually use them and know how to use them.
> I think they just meant online multiplayer. Though if they don’t have Elites in any parts of the multiplayer, it may be because there is a NEW species to play as.
If it makes no canonical sense to play as the elites in multiplayer due to the fact that it is a human ship, and the elites are the species that make the most canonical sense, how do you expect another specis to make sense? Like what would a forruner, or a precursor be doing on the ship hmmm?
> Why does this thread even exist still? It’s been confirmed, they’re not in multiplayer at all. Get over it.
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> Now that doesn’t mean that some new species won’t take the reigns as a second playable character…
And how would they make any more sense then Elites? This is the UNSC Infinity stationed with Spartan IVs and if they don’t have Elites I doubt they have an undiscovered group of aliens.
> AMEN TO THAT BROTHERS!!! Elites are a great part of halo. And we were giving the chance to play as them for 3 games straight. WHY END IT NOW??? Please 343, bring back elites. I LOVE INVASION!!!
Now that I think about it…
Most of the Halo games had playable Elites. Why regress back all the way to Halo CE in this matter?
> Why does this thread even exist still? It’s been confirmed, they’re not in multiplayer at all. Get over it.
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> Now that doesn’t mean that some new species won’t take the reigns as a second playable character…
This thread exists becasue there are alot of unpleased elite fans out there and we are smart enough to work toghether to achieve something.
The elites arent in due to canonical reasons. Those reasons being that they shouldnt be on the infinity. If the elites dont maek sense canonically, why would the forruners?
Wow really? Do you really have to come here and tell us to get over it? Okay, well here you go. The multiplayer will have perks, get over it. The multiplayer will have armor abilities, get over it. The multiplayer will have instant spawns, get over it. The multiplayer will have sprint and jetpack, get over it.
See how easy it is to do? Look, if we want to get anywhere. we as a community must work toghether to achive this. Bickering amongst ourselves gets us no where.
The whole concept of the Mutliplayer aboard the Infinity is that it’s a artificially constructed environment. What if the appearance of your enemy/ allies could be artificially constructed as well. For example, for cannon reasons: The enemy/ ally is projected as an Elite but is actually a fellow Spartan IV just with a alternative appearance. For the player reasons: The enemy/ ally still gets to play or see the Elite figure in Multiplayer.
You can do a lot based around the idea of artificially generated aesthetics.
I know Elites have been confirmed not to feature in Multiplayer but I am just suggesting what ‘could of’.