[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jump Into Hell 2 for the Reclaimer Trilogy. There'll definitely be spinoffs though, so if the Flood are coming back(and from Primordium I'm pretty sure they are) humanity will probably fight them back/get wiped out by the end of Halo 6.[/quote] It would be very interesting if the flood won.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] I Judge Bread I [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jump Into Hell 2 for the Reclaimer Trilogy. There'll definitely be spinoffs though, so if the Flood are coming back(and from Primordium I'm pretty sure they are) humanity will probably fight them back/get wiped out by the end of Halo 6.[/quote] It would be very interesting if the flood won.[/quote] It would be interesting but also destroying the whole Halo universe at that point.

If after everything we have done throughout the games and books the flood wins Ill be royally pissed off. That will be grounds to overthrow 343. Maybe sue Microsoft for wasted time?

But you know, after the Flood cometh the reboot... Seriously though, I don't think it'll be that blunt and simple. There'll probably be some unnecessary twist, and it'll probably follow trends. [i]Will 343i allow everything to simply fall into place, or do they feel that an obvious ending is weak?[/i] Flood. At this point we know what the Flood is. It's the next step of [i]galactic evolution[/i] according to a (or more) Precursor, and the current inhabitants of the galaxy do not share that sentiment (they hardly agree with each other either). What more is there to the Flood, is there more? If I may reiterate what I wrote in one of my previous posts on this thread: [b]where can that part of the story go?[/b] Has one of the Forerunner characters turned [i]evil[/i], will the Precursors simply return with no twist, will it be a simple build-up for an epic war climax? Will it be a battle between synthetics and organics? One of the top two-three mysteries still left in the dark is what happened during the final moments of the Forerunner-Flood war, and its aftermath/what led to its aftermath. [b]The story is still [i]living in the past[/i][/b] so to say. Therefore, one of the most important questions must be whether that will be a primery mystery to build up for and reveal, in the current state of the franchise, and if the Flood is involved in more ways than we know? My guess is that it will be solved and done with in Silentium, thus removing all--near anywey--[i]ancient mysteries[/i]. With that done, focus will shift to the present, and what threat will emerge ou of what we've learnt. The Flood is a likely candidate, but at this point, so are three-four more... /reiteration

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] wcd45 Never, hopefully.[/quote] This. Seriously, they got stale after Halo 2.

While I doubt the Flood were completely eliminated at the End of Halo 3, I don't think they're coming back. A defeat of that magnitude would send them spiraling back to the feral stages where ever they might be. But I don't want to see the Flood come back with the nightmares they gave me after Cortana on Legendary... *Shivers*

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dragonzzilla While I doubt the Flood were completely eliminated at the End of Halo 3, I don't think they're coming back. A defeat of that magnitude would send them spiraling back to the feral stages where ever they might be. But I don't want to see the Flood come back with the nightmares they gave me after Cortana on Legendary... *Shivers*[/quote] Precursors are returning from outside the galaxy. Precursors are synonymous with the Flood. What we fought in Halo 2/3 is positively [i]tame[/i] compared to a full-scale Precursor invasion. [Edited on 12.29.2012 4:12 AM PST]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dragonzzilla While I doubt the Flood were completely eliminated at the End of Halo 3, I don't think they're coming back. A defeat of that magnitude would send them spiraling back to the feral stages where ever they might be. But I don't want to see the Flood come back with the nightmares they gave me after Cortana on Legendary... *Shivers*[/quote] I don't really see that as a defeat at all to be honest, the Gravemind may have been destroyed but that doesn't mean much because another one can be formed and numbers make no difference since one Flood spore can make an army if placed correctly. The Flood will be back, it's just a question of when.

I think that the current Halo trilogy is headed off in a different direction this time. Even though it is said that the precursors created the Flood as a weapon, I don't think we'll be seeing them again. I think 343 would realize that would be franchise suicide to re-hash an already used element. [Edited on 12.29.2012 8:15 AM PST]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] abDawg64 I think that the current Halo trilogy is headed off in a different direction this time. Even though it is said that the precursors created the Flood as a weapon, I don't think we'll be seeing them again. I think 343 would realize that would be franchise suicide to re-hash an already used element.[/quote] Er... the Precursors were comprised of many races which gives 343 a great deal of freedom to completely revamp the Flood AI in the future. Primordium practically screams at the reader that the Flood is coming back.

I hope not. They can't even pull off good game play with the elites forget about the Flood

My heart says never, but my brain says soon. They're rather instrumental to the plot, but 343i knows we're not big on them anymore, so I have a hunch they won't be around much, or not at all during gameplay.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] abDawg64 I think that the current Halo trilogy is headed off in a different direction this time. Even though it is said that the precursors created the Flood as a weapon, I don't think we'll be seeing them again. I think 343 would realize that would be franchise suicide to re-hash an already used element.[/quote] When in the F**k was it said or even implied the precursors created the flood as a weapon? The flood holds a relation to the Mantle it isn't some weapon. This is almost as bad as when john calls the composer a "weapon". The flood are coming back seeing as they are the reason for everything the covenant is the suicide content you are talking about.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] grey101 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] abDawg64 I think that the current Halo trilogy is headed off in a different direction this time. Even though it is said that the precursors created the Flood as a weapon, I don't think we'll be seeing them again. I think 343 would realize that would be franchise suicide to re-hash an already used element.[/quote] When in the F**k was it said or even implied the precursors created the flood as a weapon? The flood holds a relation to the Mantle it isn't some weapon. This is almost as bad as when john calls the composer a "weapon". The flood are coming back seeing as they are the reason for everything the covenant is the suicide content you are talking about.[/quote] I thought that's what Primordium was implying? The Flood being some kind of biological weapon used by the Precursors.

The primordial implies that the flood [b]is[/b] the mantle and even says that is the truth of it. nothing about biological weapons ever came up. Are you guys confusing Halo with Aliens???

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] I Judge Bread I [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] grey101 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] abDawg64 I think that the current Halo trilogy is headed off in a different direction this time. Even though it is said that the precursors created the Flood as a weapon, I don't think we'll be seeing them again. I think 343 would realize that would be franchise suicide to re-hash an already used element.[/quote] When in the F**k was it said or even implied the precursors created the flood as a weapon? The flood holds a relation to the Mantle it isn't some weapon. This is almost as bad as when john calls the composer a "weapon". The flood are coming back seeing as they are the reason for everything the covenant is the suicide content you are talking about.[/quote] I thought that's what Primordium was implying? The Flood being some kind of biological weapon used by the Precursors. [/quote] As far as my understanding goes, the reason for the creation of the Flood has not been fully detailed yet. In Silentium's official description, it states: [quote]...the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before...[/quote] What this act is, we do not yet know. What happened beyond our galaxy ten million years ago, we also do not know. All we [i]do[/i] know is that the Flood were the product of this event, so without knowing the circumstances surrounding their supposed creation we cannot accurately say exactly what their ultimate purpose is. What has been revealed is that the Precursors (or, at least, the Timeless One) view the Flood as the ultimate form of life, free of conflict and imperfection that we possess. It's also a "test" to see what races are worthy of upholding the Mantle (yet even this is a pretty shady area because we do not have an exact definition of what the true Mantle is yet), so even though the Flood are seen as perfect they are still a tool to be used for something "greater", as Silentium states: [quote]Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms.[/quote] [Edited on 01.02.2013 11:31 AM PST]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] I Judge Bread I [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] grey101 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] abDawg64 I think that the current Halo trilogy is headed off in a different direction this time. Even though it is said that the precursors created the Flood as a weapon, I don't think we'll be seeing them again. I think 343 would realize that would be franchise suicide to re-hash an already used element.[/quote] When in the F**k was it said or even implied the precursors created the flood as a weapon? The flood holds a relation to the Mantle it isn't some weapon. This is almost as bad as when john calls the composer a "weapon". The flood are coming back seeing as they are the reason for everything the covenant is the suicide content you are talking about.[/quote] I thought that's what Primordium was implying? The Flood being some kind of biological weapon used by the Precursors. [/quote] The Precursors view the Flood as the ultimate form of life. They're only a weapon in the sense that the Precursors [i]do[/i] tend to attack the galaxy and it's people with it like you would a bio-weapon, but they view it more as a test rather than a weapon. It serves a higher purpose.