i honestly do not care if the UNSC or coves' come back, it just would be better.
1.fighting new and old enemies, rather than loads of flood every single level.
2.Throw in a elite every now and then, couldn't hurt. doesn't mean you gotta fight em' tho, so none of the "we been fighting elites for ages". I mean there isn't anything saying coves dont know this place what or whatnot... MC went in the direction of Earth, so UNSC and elites only need to backtrack, and the FuD better have a beacon of some-kind, or that's just unrealistic.
3. Given IF, and only IF, we spot a elite, then UNSC will follow. besides, is MC gonna camp out next to the FuD for the whole trilogy just so players can use fan favorite human weapons? i dont think so, personally. (and to anyone who go hatin on this post, if you say "weapons will be scattered everywhere in the game" then keep this in mind: for weapons to be scattered throughout the game, there needs to be a logical reason why, rather than "just are")
That said, i dont really care if old friendlies come back, i'm just pushing toward that. I'm a personal game developer, and i keep things as real as possible, and i know for a fact, that if they dont, wont be AS GOOD.
P.s. If you have a argument about this, please be mature about it and avoid throwing insults? i wont even respond to you if you jump the gun like that.
[Edited on 09.10.2011 6:01 AM PDT]