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Subject: Please Bring Back Elites. I'm Begging You

"Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest."
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One of the biggest problems with Halo 3 was the lack of enemy diversity and character. Brutes suck. Their power armor is lousy, their maneuvering is shoddy, their combat dialogue is weak, and their ranks are too few and too obvious.

One of the brightest spots (for me at least) in the Halo 3 campaign were the few times I was allied with the Elites (separatists, for you Halo Bible toting people).

Not only because they're fun allies, but because they're just fun overall. I'm sure it's been pointed out elsewhere, but the overall decrease in campaign quality from 1 and 2 to 3 is at least partly due to the switch in enemies. With the power of the 360, Elites could have been made smarter, stronger, and tactically superior to their previous incarnations. In their place, we find a poor A.I. in the form of the brute, an engaging enemy for brief sections in Halo 2 (mostly because you were fighting with...yup you guessed it: Elites, on your side).

tl;dr

The presence of Elites is one of the main reasons campaign was fun in Halo 1 and 2, and the lack of Elites is why Halo 3's campaign was not.



[Edited on 06.06.2009 8:04 PM PDT]

  • 06.06.2009 8:03 PM PDT

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Trust me dude, Bungie is going to put Elites in Halo:Reach i'm 98% sure. If not a lot of people are going to be ticked off.

  • 06.06.2009 8:28 PM PDT

Elites were so awesome to fight it really made the game better.

  • 06.06.2009 8:32 PM PDT

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Elites will most likely be a foe, due to their faith in the Covenant back then....

This is a prequal, you know.

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To be completely honest, I don't mind fighting the Brutes in Halo 3. Who doesn't want to kill big hairy apes trying to take over your planet?

But, Elites would be nice to fight again; they were worthy opponents which made Halo: CE and Halo 2 on Legendary that much more fun.

  • 06.06.2009 8:38 PM PDT

Do you think there will be brutes and elites or just elites...

  • 06.06.2009 8:40 PM PDT

Posted by: Cookerly91
Do you think there will be brutes and elites or just elites...

Probably very few, if any brutes. They were mostly transport/spaceship pilots before they kicked the elites out.

  • 06.06.2009 8:42 PM PDT

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How would this game even be possible without Elites?

  • 06.06.2009 8:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: gun123456
Elites will most likely be a foe, due to their faith in the Covenant back then....

This is a prequal, you know.


That's what I'm asking for chief.

  • 06.06.2009 10:48 PM PDT

110% sure there will be elites. brutes dont come in til halo 2, so yeah. without elites, the game would be dull

  • 06.06.2009 10:49 PM PDT

Why So Serious?

Well if you look at the story, the Elites were the iorn heart of the Covenant military in those days. Yeah i agree with everybody on this. The Elites would definately have to be included.

  • 06.06.2009 11:17 PM PDT

Posted by: donquixote123
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I totally agree... except I wouldn't say that Halo 3's campaign wasn't fun. I think it was still really good... but I do agree that fighting elites was amazing.

  • 06.06.2009 11:22 PM PDT

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I really hope they have Elites they were really cool

Brutes fighting alongside Elites might be interesting too

  • 06.06.2009 11:25 PM PDT