[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ROBERTO jh [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] anton1792 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ROBERTO jh [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] anton1792 I don't care much for MP. Maybe these changes would have interested me, maybe not. I pretty much lost interest though when they pulled another war with the Elites and Covenant right out their asses though.[/quote] Fighting a few Elites now = full scale war with Elites.[/quote] Well where else are they getting a fleet from? That and the fact that they just wrote a 300 page book about how peace is impossible. And their art direction is more in line with video game monster to shoot rather than an actual character that you would want to understand.[/quote] How big is the fleet? Why are they there? What purpose does the fleet's existence serve--are the rogues, rebels, scavengers, pirates or government? Is the Arbiter actually leading the enemy Elite forces? Will the ally Elites be in Halo 4? What has been going on in the past 5 years? Is Arbiter dead? Is Parangosky dead? Is Hood dead? Did ONI fail? What has this Ancient Evil been doing over these past 5 years? Could it have influenced galactic events? If ONI knows of the Didact within that five year time (Primordium) what role has he played? Who attacked Telcam and why? Until these questions can be answered--especially the size and nature of the Elite fleet, because as we already know, they are not equipped like government military--conclusions can not be jumped too.[/quote] Most of that is actually pretty irrelevant. Only the end point is important - I.E. The presence of Elites as antagonists. Therefore only questions relating to that point are important. That would be questions regarding the fleet, its motivations and its identity. All that other stuff is a means to an end and pretty pointless. The Arbiter being dead or alive isn't going to make me feel any less contemptuous of 343i when they pull another war out of thin air, because to me that's just an ass pull. They are not equipped like standard military because supplies are running low. I thought that was obvious... It will be a universal thing among the Covenant and not necessarily related to any one group. If they have a fleet, then they must have a pretty decent supply chain for food, fuel, weapons, soldiers etc. Far easier for that to come from the former Covenant Empire than pirating. I'm pretty sure that this wasn't the only thing I pointed out either. Something about art direction, and how it looks like a general throwaway shoot-n-kill enemy. The recent novel also had its entire theme based upon how the two should remain enemies, and should not and can not reconcile ever. They even made up new reasons for prejudice and war. I find it hard to believe that they would do all of that and then not make them enemies again. In the A-Z video Frank O'Connor basically implies antagonism when assessing the Elites as the most likely group to rise back up to their former might. Put it all together. I doubt 343i are half as interested in detailed universe building as they are in just creating more games. Recent work smacks of too much laziness for it not to be.