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Subject: Vote: Do you like the Arbiter and do you want to see him In H3
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i think if your a true halo fan, yoiu would like the arbitar part because of the story.

  • 05.31.2006 9:56 PM PDT

As the veil of lunacy descends, as past and future blend and shuffle, one image appears and flickers through the landscape, wraithlike. It is the Hatchling, the Newborn, walking the path of corruption, a lone figure shining in the toxic shadows. She comes dressed for war, and her wrath is terrible.

It'd be awful strange if the Arbiter wasn't in Halo 3 considering that he is the leader of the Covenant Rebellion and he is teamed up with two other major characters (Miranda and Johnson). I hope he's back and there are some missions where both MC and Arbiter fight together where if you were Master Chief instead of a flock of useless marines you'd have the Arbiter fighting alongside you (and let the second player control him in co-op).

  • 05.31.2006 10:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: davidk75
It'd be awful strange if the Arbiter wasn't in Halo 3 considering that he is the leader of the Covenant Rebellion and he is teamed up with two other major characters (Miranda and Johnson). I hope he's back and there are some missions where both MC and Arbiter fight together where if you were Master Chief instead of a flock of useless marines you'd have the Arbiter fighting alongside you (and let the second player control him in co-op).


Ok, the arbitar was not a rebellion leader of the heretics, he was againsed it if you recall in the game. But i do agree with you in the other parts.

  • 05.31.2006 10:17 PM PDT
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no....the arbiter can lick my balls....

  • 05.31.2006 10:44 PM PDT
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I would like to see the Arbiter in Halo 3, but if I'm gonna play as him, theres gonna have to be a lot of changes. I don't know, maybe change the part where he's exactly like Master Chief in every way but the active camo that lasts about point five seconds. Other than that, it would probably be nice.

I'm gonna have to eat someones soul if I keep spawning next to a guy with a sniper rifle, a guy with the sword, and a guy with a rocket launcher. Oh and screw that whore with that newb combos.

  • 05.31.2006 10:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: WH1TEL1GHT
no....the arbiter can lick my balls....


Theres something wrong with your quote there. None of the Spartans ever saw combat (besides 117) before they were killed by the Covenant while they were in stasis. PWND!!

  • 05.31.2006 10:49 PM PDT

I intend to live forever, or die trying,

so far, so good.

I actully enjoyed being the Arbiter more than master cheif. fightinh with elites and hunters at your side, does not get much better than that.

  • 05.31.2006 11:06 PM PDT

I intend to live forever, or die trying,

so far, so good.

The Arbiter will be in Halo 3 and be a playable character just like in Halo 2. His a part of the story now, and that can not be changed. I liked playing as him, and gave a new feel to the game and the halo universe. You got to see the callapse of the conavent, and see the start of a civil war as the Arbiter. Remember in halo 3 there is now a civil war going on betwwen the elites and brutes. Ant the Arbiter slained there Leader. This will quite a impact on halo 3.

  • 05.31.2006 11:22 PM PDT
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The Arbiter is awesome. He adds a lot to the storyline of Halo. Learning the Covenant's point of view was very interesting. If he is not in Halo 3 as a playable character, I am going to be pissed.

  • 06.01.2006 12:06 AM PDT
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He needs to be in the game but not playable. this is the MASTER CHIEF'S game. not some silly rebel elite! I don't want to have to play with it ever again

  • 06.01.2006 5:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: Th3l1t3k1ll3r415
Yes, I like elites

elites are ok but i hate the character the Arbiter if we were a normal elite and not some Covenant failure it might have been cool. Killing marines is kind of fun but you dont shoot one marine and your covenant WTF!

[Edited on 6/1/2006]

  • 06.01.2006 6:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: Qwick Sizzand
Posted by: WH1TEL1GHT
no....the arbiter can lick my balls....


Theres something wrong with your quote there. None of the Spartans ever saw combat (besides 117) before they were killed by the Covenant while they were in stasis. PWND!!

What are you talking about almost all the spartans were killed fighting to the death on reach and on route to earth if you would read the books you would know what your talking about and the Arbiter wasn't even in the book, and there are still five living spartans.

  • 06.01.2006 6:12 AM PDT

What an original thread...

  • 06.01.2006 6:15 AM PDT

He's an ok character and I imagine he'll have a part in the story. There is no need to play as him though. Swapping playable main characters is bad; it fragments the campaign experience and ruins the immersiveness. If you put another main character in, and another, all with different perspectives, all because of 'story', what you end up with is a mess.

When you swap perspectives, yes you can learn more about events elsewhere. However it makes you closer into just being a spectator, nothing more.

  • 06.01.2006 6:15 AM PDT
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Posted by: OpsY 31337
He needs to be in the game but not playable. this is the MASTER CHIEF'S game. not some silly rebel elite! I don't want to have to play with it ever again

sorry for adding three messages in a row but i'm tending to my forum for lost time. I dont care if the Arbiter is in halo 3 but just as long as We dont play as him
this is definatly Chiefs game he will finish this fight.

  • 06.01.2006 6:16 AM PDT
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Posted by: coolbomber
i miss just being the master cheif.....than the arbiter came around and RUINED HALO2 FOR ME!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


I like the Arbiter, but it was not pleasant to switch all the time from one to the other, i'd rather play only one, finish the game and then play the other and finish the game again.

I definitely prefer playing MC, he is the best and he is Earth ultimate representant. I have a hard identifying myself to an alien.
I know Spartan 117 story, i have red the books, it is not funny and to some point he is more machine then man, but still i prefer playing a fearless emotion less (almost) man rather than an alien.
The Arbiter is fine, that's for sure, but Master Chief rules!

Have fun!

  • 06.01.2006 8:15 PM PDT
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yes, because it was good insight into the covenant world, so there is a better understanding of them

  • 06.01.2006 8:17 PM PDT
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I didn't like playing as him but he is a major part of the plot now so we don't have a choice.

  • 06.01.2006 8:17 PM PDT
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I liked the Arbiter. The only thing i didnt like about his levels was the fact that no meaningless, moronic marines were around to be riddled with my plasma fire.

  • 06.01.2006 8:26 PM PDT
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Yes, I think that the Arbiter should be in Halo 3, loved playing as him lots of fun. :)


I also think that there should be at least 1 more playable race, (the more races the better.).

  • 06.01.2006 8:31 PM PDT
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Personally I detest the Arbiter-- not his levels so much. He personally did nothing for the story, it's just that you played as the Arbiter to see certain events, which added depth to the overall story and showed the Covenant's perspective. Just my humble opinion though--i'm not trying to start an arguement... or rather add to the arguement. I think he should be in Halo 3, but not as a playable character-- in cutscenes showing the Covenant perspective, but leave the gameplay to the Chief please!

[Edited on 6/1/2006]

  • 06.01.2006 8:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: UNSCsilver 1
active camo is the best thing going for him but it last ten secounds. oh your suit isn't as good as ours oh well right. what a bunch of crap cheif for halo 3 lets pull this one outta the fire and into the frying pan.


i say: Arbiter stays, but he gets new armor! or maybe jsut an upgrade to his shields. Then his camo would be ininite! Hell yes! u could totally stand infront of brutes and beat them to death with a plasma pistol! MWAHAHAHA! (sorry). then he could b like a high-tech arbiter instead of some old-fashioned piece o' crap arbiter.

  • 06.01.2006 8:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: Rainsey
Personally I detest the Arbiter-- not his levels so much. He personally did nothing for the story, it's just that you played as the Arbiter to see certain events, which added depth to the overall story and showed the Covenant's perspective. Just my humble opinion though--i'm not trying to start an arguement... or rather add to the arguement. I think he should be in Halo 3, but not as a playable character-- in cutscenes showing the Covenant perspective, but leave the gameplay to the Chief please!


LOOK someone actually providing a reason to why he doesnt like the Arby. You sir deserve a medal.

  • 06.01.2006 8:58 PM PDT

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