[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] halo3f3ak Personally, I think the Master Chief should have a not so heroic death, his mind has got to be totally -blam!- after all of the terrible things he's done and seen. Gravemind has picked at his mind, he has seen so many people he cares about die, he has experienced the flood, etc. I know Spartans are supposed to be mentally superior as well, but not being affected by all of the things that he has seen is just unimaginable. He sees hallucinations in Halo 3, so who's to say that he isn't still having hallucinations, and that they haven't gotten worse? I think that, in the last installment, that we should witness the Chiefs mental breakdown. We should see (through cut-scenes and in-game Occurrences) his mental state steadily going down hill (hallucinations, nightmares, things of that nature). In the very last mission there should be an event that finally triggers his breakdown. The very last scene of the game should show the Master Chief removing his helmet, thus finally seeing his face (which should have a look of finality upon it). There should be lots of radio traffic heard in the background trying the reach him. Finally the player sees him putting a magnum to his head, the screen fades to black and a shot is heard. Cue credits. TL;DR Chief goes crazy and commits suicide. [EDIT]: I just remembered Kurt adding his name to the MIA list shortly before his death, so I think that Chief should also do that before he removes his helmet. [/quote] I hate this idea.

The other day I was considering what Bungie would have done with Halo 4, how they would have continued the Master Chief's story and all that. I thought hard about it, and now I'm pretty sure [b]Bungie meant to kill off the Master Chief at the end of Halo 3[/b] or at the very least they meant to leave his fate unknown. I think that originally, Bungie wanted the Johnson/Miranda/Chief funeral to be the absolute ending of the game and they wanted to leave the Chief's fate up to the player's imagination. However, Microsoft pressured Bungie until they changed the ending of Halo 3 so that the Master Chief lived, so as to protect the franchise and ensure that the character would appear in future games. The ending with Chief in the cryotube feels like something they tacked on at the last minute to set-up a Halo 4. I've got no proof to back this up, but this is just what my gut tells me. I'm absolutely certain Microsoft meddled with Halo 3 to keep Bungie from killing off their main character. Just think about it, there's no way in hell Microsoft would have allowed it to happen. I'm pretty sure 343i won't be able to kill him off either. Master Chief will be starring in Halo games a decade from now.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] KamikazeBob730 Cortana deteriorates and becomes rampant and has to be destroyed - by John himself. After doing so he begins to realize that everything that he came from, the other Spartans, Cortana - and Even Halsey should be killed - is gone, and that he doesn't have anything to fight/live for. He finds out his biological family is all dead and that even if they weren't there would be no way to go back to them so he becomes self destructive and reckless until he gets taken out of action and turned into an intructor for Spartans in a new version of the project where one night he gets drunk and sleeps with one of his cadets, and then goes down to the armory, dumps a crate of frags onto the floor, and lays down in them, finally takes his helmet off, and fires a rocket launcher into the ceiling only to wake three days later hung over with the knew found knowledge that he is immortal. He then steals a Pelican and goes awol to wander the universe forever waiting only for the flood to rise again, morning the loss of his imaginary A.I. girlfriend. From this there are various revelations about John: 1. He is an immortal. 2. Through some accident of warfare he has been bonded to his suit. 3. He keeps his helmet on during sex. 4. Is Jesus. 5. Jesus has sex.[/quote] lol'd hard at this as well xD [Edited on 10.27.2012 2:07 AM PDT]

Personally, I think the Master Chief should have a not so heroic death, his mind has got to be totally -blam!- after all of the terrible things he's done and seen. Gravemind has picked at his mind, he has seen so many people he cares about die, he has experienced the flood, etc. I know Spartans are supposed to be mentally superior as well, but not being affected by all of the things that he has seen is just unimaginable. He sees hallucinations in Halo 3, so who's to say that he isn't still having hallucinations, and that they haven't gotten worse? I think that, in the last installment, that we should witness the Chiefs mental breakdown. We should see (through cut-scenes and in-game Occurrences) his mental state steadily going down hill (hallucinations, nightmares, things of that nature). In the very last mission there should be an event that finally triggers his breakdown. The very last scene of the game should show the Master Chief removing his helmet, thus finally seeing his face (which should have a look of finality upon it). There should be lots of radio traffic heard in the background trying the reach him. Finally the player sees him putting a magnum to his head, the screen fades to black and a shot is heard. Cue credits. TL;DR Chief goes crazy and commits suicide. [EDIT]: I just remembered Kurt adding his name to the MIA list shortly before his death, so I think that Chief should also do that before he removes his helmet. [Edited on 10.26.2012 9:17 PM PDT]

I've never even played a Halo release but have read a lot about it. I'd like to pose a related side-topic for the thread: Before his death or whatever the end brings, do we see his face?

no need for him to go out trying to save something. Hes already a hero. So i think he should live on, like you said. With other Spartans, like a elite team.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] switch 104 sv [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] HipiO7 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ajw34307 I've been saying what Downes is saying for ages. John, and by extention the Spartans themselves, has no place in the world he's fighting to protect. A quiet death of old age is not a satisfying fate for such a hero, his journey should end either with a heroic death or something symbolic like the end of Halo 3 where he goes into cryo.[/quote] When the Chief is about to die at the end of Halo 6, watch them use the Composer on him and turn him into an AI and then he can live happily ever after with Cortana if she doesn't go bat-blam!- crazy.[/quote] Then he will finally be able to insert his hard-drive into her usb port, just like they always wanted. Hopefully they use protection, wouldn't want to get a virus![/quote] This comment... so much win!

I want him to die fighting, but I want him to live really long. That is assuming he does die. I like what OP said. In the end, he could watch over humanity with the other Spartans in secret. Here are my stories Serious: A Storm assault carrier heads to Earth. It is cloaked like the super carrier in Reach. All the Spartans, 2s, 3s, and 4s undertook a mission that was more important and dangerous then they ever faced before. Many of them perished, and the survivors were never found. After many years, they finally made it back to Earth to see the carrier knits way to Earth. As the UNSC was undergoing repairs because of it's recent war with storm and the Arbiter was too far away to give immediate assistance, the Spartans had to act. They decided to drop onto the ship and hijack it like they did [I] Ascendant Justice[/I]. As they were about to drop, a super carrier jumped in out of nowhere. The Spartans dropped before they could stop though. They decided to change plans. The Spartans who dropped were successful. They hijacked the ship and all the Elites that survived were put in the brig to await trial by the arbiter. After they had the ship, they bombarded the ship with upgraded plasma from Cortana. The attack was swift and powerful, and the super carrier's sheilds in a matter of minutes, and by the time the turrets overheated, the super carrier's outer armor had been penetrated. They were about to barrage it with the frigate's MAC gun when an entire Storm fleet jumped out of slipspace. With the odds against them, they hatched a new plan. The captured assault carrier would fire on the super carrier until it overheated. By then, the shield would be down and it would let them cool down. There was only one problem. The super carrier was still too strong for a MAC blast, and they were not about to pull a Jorge. As the rest of the fleet was about to finish the Spartans off, they got something they didn't expect. An abandoned orbital defense platform. But the captured ship was overheating. Each time the shields ace back on, it took longer and longer to bring them down again. When the Spartans were about to be vaporized, the super carrier's shields finally came down again. This was the last time that the captured assault carrier had enough power to bring the shields down. As the Super MAC cannon charged, so did the super carrier's shields. The Super MAC finally finished loading and hurled it's projectile straight into the super carrier right before it's shields came back on. It tore a hole right through the large ship and because the shield came back on at the last second, the immense projectile bounced around on the inside, severely damaging the carrier and taking it's shield back down. The platform fired again and nearly split the ship in two. On the third try, the finally did it. The super carrier's explosion blew away all ten other ships while the assault carrier captured by the Spartans sped safely away. There, the Spartans reside. On the Orbital platform, watching over Earth. While they live happy lives, they are ever watchful, ready to be called upon at anytime to defend their race. Not Serious: The arbiter comes with two grunts to rescue the Chief from Reqium. John goes to shake Thel's hand and accidentally steps on his toe. The arbiter clutches his foot in pain and hops on one foot. He trips on a stick, and falls to his death. The death is considered the chief's fault. When the arbiter comes back to life, he has a plasma pistol because his sword was dropped. John wants him to have a good weapon, so he kills him and puts the sword by him. This is the second time Arby is killed so he tries to kill John. John is then forced to kill him. The grunts want revenge, but you killed their leader so they run away. They sneak into ONI's office, and kidnap Margaret Parangosky. They go to the chief and show him their hostage. The chief doesn't care about her so he leaves. But then, the grunts rip off Parangosky's shirt. The sight is so horrifying, chief gets a heart attack.

It should end with chief waking up from cryo sleep.

Personally, I think he shouldn't die, at least not physically. Maybe it should go sorta like the Halo 3 ending, but he's permanently put to 'sleep'. Like turning him into a monitor, or something.

No. I think he should be able to live a quiet life after fighting his entire life. I think he just wants to go home.

My opinion that involves the Chief dying. To continue the Halo legacy, I think there should be someone with Chief through out the new trilogy of Halo. Someone who has the [b]potential[/b] to be good as the Chief or ever better but with more current tech armor. Spartan IV armor or V whatever Halo decides to go. Then the Chief realizes his time is soon to end or something like that, then the new Hero who has been with the Chief through out the trilogy, takes his place after witnessing him dying or going through a point of no return. Then possibly take his armor with an updated version, or totally new armor but referenced with the chief. So this way, Microsoft can make some more money. Edit: But most importantly, this new hero that is with the Chief. He should be beloved by fans before making him the main character. [Edited on 10.20.2012 6:38 PM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The Gold Samuri Because of the way his character is, the Chief dying means the Chief losing. They would have to write it fantastically to keep it from feeling that way to me.[/quote] You know, when you sacrifice your own life for the greater good or for the sake of others (which could be considered greater good too) - I think that you, in a way, win. The enemy would have the lives of your loved ones but instead you gave your everything to save them. If they would like to repay him (in order to get even), they would have to sacrifice themselves for his own life. But that's retarded, as you can see. My point is that there is a deep sense of satisfaction hidden in Chief's (possible) selfless act, and he would be repaid in full already. Long story short - it's a win, but in a different way. [Edited on 10.20.2012 4:23 PM PDT]

I'd like it if the rest of the Spartans and John just melt back in to society. Then we could have a sitcom like Friends, just with Spartans.

I feel like they should stop at 4 but now everyone is saying its going to go on till Halo 6 and may be even Halo 9, its time they realize that they can't keep this up for ever. Just like every King has his fall in reign, every Empire has its destruction in power, every life meets its death, every beginning meets an end, every spartan has there ending point. It's time 343i realize that they can't keep going on with something that rightfully belongs to bungie. They need to soon kill the chief and end the Halo franchise before it becomes dull and boring like Star Wars. It was a good run for everyone, but they really need to stop.

i would love to see him die at the end of 6. Hell even the voice actor said he wants to see that. microsoft will never let it happen. I remember reading they already registered websites for 7,8 and 9

Because of the way his character is, the Chief dying means the Chief losing. They would have to write it fantastically to keep it from feeling that way to me.

Jesus. That would be sad, that'd almost be like losing family. MC has been part of my life since I was three, and if they space out Halos 4 5 and 6 like they did 1 2 and 3, then he'd have been with me for 20+ years...

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DecepticonCobra The problem is Chief has no life to go back to. [/quote] "We'll head for the Portal. And we'll all go home" He has a home?

Everyone wanted the end of the Chief when Halo 3 came out, and guess what's happening now. Microsoft will just give it time until everyone wants more Chief, and then the inevitable Halo 7 will happen.

I think the Chief should semi-retire, but train the next generation of SPARTANS (Probably VIs at this point.) And then, during an ODST drop training exercise, his pod fails. Boom.

There already thinking of making a Halo 6?

haha thats funny!!!

Actually I changed my mind, he should die and it would be in [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYnsqKlkOc]this fashion.[/url]

Spartans never die.

Speaking only from a personal point of veiw, I thought the end of Halo 3 would have been a suitable ending for the MC. It made his story kind of full circle, he was brought into our homes by a cryo-tube and thats how he should have left.