I’m almost 100% positive this discussion has already discussed very many times on here but I’m simply just too lazy to look and wanna bring up my own points. We all remember launching halo 2 for the first time playing through the campaign and boom! Out of nowhere we are put in the shoes of the Arbiter, or whatever sangheilis wear. It was different and awesome! Then we moved on two halo 3 to see that your coop buddy was none other than the Arbiter. Thus creating the popular Arby and Chief memes. To get to the point I miss the ability to be able to play as the elites. I already know they will never be payable in the upcoming halo 5. I also understand why 343 decided not to add them due to the fact that they would look really weird preforming all the new Spartan abilities. I can see how 343 will never add them as an alternative option to being a Spartan if they continue to make halo games like how they are making halo 5. But I think it would be awesome if they brought it back much like halo reach. To be more specific I think they should give elites there own set of abilities to match elites and since they wouldn’t be the same as spartan abilities and could obviously make situations unfair depending the situation they would allow them only in certain game modes like reach did. For example, we could bring back the beloved invasion. I know we will have the insanely awesome looking war zone now but why not both game modes? or have an elite slayer game mode like from reach. Or even a no restriction slayer for the players who don’t care over the certain advantages. And custom games obviously would let you do whatever you want. Just Spartans, just elites, or both. as for abilities I have a few ideas. I’d say both Spartans and Elites would both have clamber, smart scope, sprint, slide, and charge. pretty much all the same but two abilities. Thruster pack and ground pound. Elites instead of thrusters would have an evade like roll pretty much being exactly like thrusters but a roll to match the elites better. Now for ground pound which obviously looks like a spartan only move could be replaced with a simple active camo for the elites. So to be honest the only difference between the two would be ground pound turning into camo and the size difference between the Spartans and elites. I don’t think all this sound unreasonable. Now as a bonus I want to add how dumb it is we cant dual wield weapons! We should be at least able to dual small weapons like pistols and smgs. I mean it was cool as crap and looked cool as crap! well that’s all I gotta say! Again, sorry if this topic has already been touched!
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It would be really easy to give elites the exact same abilities as spartans. We’ve seen elites with jet packs before & we know elites are training along spartans so there’s no real reason they can’t do all the same things.
The issue is because of the size of the elites, the hit boxes have to be different in MP.
343 doesnt seem to understand that they dont have to make elites playable in every gamemode and playlist in order to make them playable. They need to do like bungie did in reach, make elites playable in customs and certain MM playlists like invasion, give them larger hit boxes and greater movement speed, differenent abilities such as evade instead of thruster pack, perhaps a roundhouse kick to replace spartan charge, etc etc. It really isnt hard, but then again they dont seem to be very big on giving us stuff we ask for.
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> It would be really easy to give elites the exact same abilities as spartans. We’ve seen elites with jet packs before & we know elites are training along spartans so there’s no real reason they can’t do all the same things.
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> The issue is because of the size of the elites, the hit boxes have to be different in MP.
True, Hit box may be different but we’ve dealt with it in previous halos just fine. Also like I stated above they don’t need to be in every game mode. but yes I totally agree. they could easily have the same abilities or just change up the animations for them to match them better.
Elites are very important to the Halo and should be in multiplayer. I’m sorta tired after Halo 4 that multiplayer is basically training for new Spartans. Multiplayer doesn’t need a background story add Elites and make it even more fun.
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> Elites are very important to the Halo and should be in multiplayer. I’m sorta tired after Halo 4 that multiplayer is basically training for new Spartans. Multiplayer doesn’t need a background story add Elites and make it even more fun.
I Agree with that. they really don’t need the back story for multiplayer but it is pretty cool. They could actually still use the back story tbh. just say some of the good elites stick with the spartans and train with them. or say the elites are just simulations that are being controlled by your spartan to better understand there movements or something. they could easily think of something. I mean I just thought of that right then in the heat of the moment lol
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> I’m almost 100% positive this discussion has already discussed very many times on here but I’m simply just too lazy to look and wanna bring up my own points. We all remember launching halo 2 for the first time playing through the campaign and boom! Out of nowhere we are put in the shoes of the Arbiter, or whatever sangheilis wear. It was different and awesome! Then we moved on two halo 3 to see that your coop buddy was none other than the Arbiter. Thus creating the popular Arby and Chief memes. To get to the point I miss the ability to be able to play as the elites. I already know they will never be payable in the upcoming halo 5. I also understand why 343 decided not to add them due to the fact that they would look really weird preforming all the new Spartan abilities. I can see how 343 will never add them as an alternative option to being a Spartan if they continue to make halo games like how they are making halo 5. But I think it would be awesome if they brought it back much like halo reach. To be more specific I think they should give elites there own set of abilities to match elites and since they wouldn’t be the same as spartan abilities and could obviously make situations unfair depending the situation they would allow them only in certain game modes like reach did. For example, we could bring back the beloved invasion. I know we will have the insanely awesome looking war zone now but why not both game modes? or have an elite slayer game mode like from reach. Or even a no restriction slayer for the players who don’t care over the certain advantages. And custom games obviously would let you do whatever you want. Just Spartans, just elites, or both. as for abilities I have a few ideas. I’d say both Spartans and Elites would both have clamber, smart scope, sprint, slide, and charge. pretty much all the same but two abilities. Thruster pack and ground pound. Elites instead of thrusters would have an evade like roll pretty much being exactly like thrusters but a roll to match the elites better. Now for ground pound which obviously looks like a spartan only move could be replaced with a simple active camo for the elites. So to be honest the only difference between the two would be ground pound turning into camo and the size difference between the Spartans and elites. I don’t think all this sound unreasonable. Now as a bonus I want to add how dumb it is we cant dual wield weapons! We should be at least able to dual small weapons like pistols and smgs. I mean it was cool as crap and looked cool as crap! well that’s all I gotta say! Again, sorry if this topic has already been touched!
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> EPiC aWESome XD
> leader of Fireteam Unicorn.
There is a huge topic in this forum. Sangheili (elites) in the new trilogy matchmaking. You should post your opinion there before a mod close this one 
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How ever: I’m a huge fan of invasion back in reach days and i’m still here waiting for playable elites/dinos in H5 (which seems that we’re not going to see in). At this point the only hope is H6. 343 should give them dedicated playlist (elite slayer), custom games and invasion like mode.
I think playing as elites is awesome. I mean, when i saw the helioskrill armour I went crazy. Who doesn’t love being an elite! I think bringing in elites with abilities like cloaking would be awesome for H5, but I see what 343 has done to make gameplay as fair as possible.
How cool would it be if in a future halo game there was an elite vs spartans warzone (just an idea)
i would like a completely new type of foes