{"id":1334,"date":"2012-04-22T06:25:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T11:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2012-04-22T06:25:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T11:25:39","slug":"will-elites-be-playable-in-halo-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"Will Elites be playable in Halo 4?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fan (Andrew<\/strong><\/em>) of the site sent me this question:
\n“Im a really big elite fan and I have been wondering will the elites be
\nplayable in customs and forge. P.S the reason I ask this is because I’m
\nsecond in command of a really good {elite clan}”<\/p>\n

My answer is not official, however I’ve gleaned some of the info from official sources, those being podcast, magazine articles, tweets and so on so take it with a grain of salt…<\/p>\n

As best as I can tell from the source, Elites will not be playable in any form.<\/p>\n

Now my educated guess to this is that 343 wants people to focus on Spartans. Likewise since the Covenant will not be the largest threat\/enemy, Elites have taken a lesser role in Halo.<\/p>\n

From a programming point of view, it’s also easier to not have to develop a larger sized playable character and skin it. Yes, 343 could have used the elites from Reach and reprogrammed\/reskinned them. However again, it really looks like they want the focus of multiplayer (be that competitive or custom) to be that of Spartans.<\/p>\n

While I rarely played as an Elite myself, I totally understand your position. Elites have been a huge part of Halo from the beginning and as playable characters in Halo 3 and Reach they’ve grown on fans that much more.<\/p>\n

It will be sad to see that not an option any more. Though I do have hopes that 343 will have enough other features in the game to keep Elite fans coming back, even if it means the end of playing them (Elites) in Halo.<\/p>\n

Thanks for the question, Andrew.<\/p>\n

If you have a burning question regarding Halo, please feel free to ask me and I’ll answer it as best as possible. You can send the question to sal@halofanforlife.com or register and post it in the forums.<\/p>\n

-HFFL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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