[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] roraj 196 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] the real Janaka [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] roraj 196 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] lime013 The Storm didn't seem to have much of a purpose in this game.[/quote] It added necessary variety; I certainly didn't want to be fighting just 3 enemy archetypes the whole game.[/quote]Who said that there would only be three enemy types if the Storm weren't there?[/quote] No one, I'm assuming. If there were more than 3 Promethean archetypes, why not include them in the game?[/quote]Because there were Storm aliens. :P[quote]Besides, the Covenant operate/play differently to the Prometheans, so whichever way you look at it, they added variety.[/quote]Before Reach we only fought Elites for one and a half out of four games. The trilogy's organic storyline defined what one could expect as an enemy e.i more than just Elites as the main enemy. During and after Halo 3, one of the main complaints people had about the campaign/story was that the Elites--the most exciting enemy to fight--no longer was the main enemy. Bungie had in many ways shot themselves in the foot by aiming the story towards a setting where they no longer were interested in wiping out humanity. (If anything, Bungie should have postponed the Great Schism towards the end of the trilogy). By this time the Elites had become synonymous with the main enemy in Halo as a franchise. That's one of the main reasons Reach was chosen as a setting for a new Halo game. But you already know that. What I'm trying to say is that many aren't convinced that including the Storm was relevant. One could just as well say that one missed the Flood or the Brutes too, only that such a statement wouldn't resonate with popular demand; which is the primery reason for why the Storm was introduced. Outside of their super simple premis of being on Requiem, they have no purpose. They could just as well be allies (which is what many thought they would be), and they could just as well have been left alone to stabilise their empire (or whatever it is they would have). I'm playing a bit of a devil's advocate here, but you get what I mean. There could just as well have been Sangheili Prometheans (I suggested Forerunner cloned Elites on this very forum half jokingly, years ago), or Promatheans that moved like them just for gameplay purposes. What do you think will happen once the Storm has been forced to settle? How would one be able to fight Elites then? [Edited on 11.18.2012 12:07 PM PST]