[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] FTW 1997 I totally agree with you, they ruined a great chance for the halo cannon, the flood lost most of its mystery.[/quote] The Flood were never mysterious until the Gravemind came into the picture, even then they simply filled the role of generic alien parasite acting as a third party foe to unify the current foes (humanity and the Sangheili). The only real substance they were given was the fact that they were the catalyst for the creation of the Halo Rings. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Gamma617g What a horrifyingly idiotic eventuality this will be.[/quote] Do provide some exposition on how it's "horrifyingly idiotic", otherwise you're just making sweeping statements based solely off your own prejudice... [quote]I liked it better when Halo canon [b]couldn't blame everything on yet another ancient Alien race[/b].[/quote] Please illustrate when this was [i]ever[/i] the case. Forerunners created the Halos because of the Flood, Halos are maintained by the Monitors, Covenant want to kill humanity because of their belief in the Great Journey enacted by the Forerunners, Covenant release the Flood, Flood have a central intelligence known as the Gravemind, the Portal on Earth was constructe by a Forerunner, the portal led to the Ark which was also created by the Forerunners, the Ark created the Halos... and so it goes on. Just about [i]every[/i] major plot point or twist is ingrained with the actions of an ancient alien race and has been since the very start of the series. [quote]The Flood was more disturbing as a biological, evolutionary certainty instead of a manufactured weapon.[/quote] I think some people here don't actually understand the way the Flood have progressed... The Flood are not simply a manufactured weapon, in fact if anything 343i have consolidated the Flood as biological, evolutionary certainty through the exposition granted by the Timeless one. The Flood are the perfect form of life, you accept them as evolution's final step and submit to them to attain the Mantle or else you get wiped out. Refer back to the top of my post.