- Palien90
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- Exalted Legendary Member
I hear you loud and clear OP, and I agree wholeheartedly. The main problem I see with the covenant is that they are not scary or even the slightest bit intimidating. In all the games you play as a superhuman that can easily deal with them and takes out wave after wave without even breaking a sweat. This alone makes them feel weaker than they are supposed to.
Even when Bungie put you into the role of a grunt (no pun intended) in ODST, you still feel more than confident that you can take them on with no problem, even on Legendary. Halo Wars took a step in the right direction by making the covenant species look more ferocious than normal. I feel that if Bungie wants us to actually fear the covenant than they need to MAKE us fear them. Use Halo Wars style designs for them, make their weapons look menacing, do not make them see cute or anything like that. MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO NOT HAVE THEM SPEAK ENGLISH! Not understanding the enemy makes them seem more foreign and strange than they really are. Hearing a squad of Elites speaking to each other in their own language makes the world feel more real AND gives them a little bit of a mysterious edge. Hearing them say, "WORT WORT WORT!" or "I WILL FIND YOU! LOLOLOLOL." is not scary.
TL;DR
I agree with the OP.