This is because they’re highly intelligent Elites in the field often turn on the aggression and rush your cover when they see you with low shielding, and will often fall into cover and break line of sight with the player as you assault their position or heavily weaken their shielding. Throughout their iterations, the Elites have always remained Halo‘ s PvE bread-and-butter. However, as anyone who’s played a Halo game before will tell you, the Elites are no easy foe. The Elites, alongside the Jackals and the Grunts, are the most common enemy we face in the Halo games. In many ways, they are considered and designed to be the Covenant equivalent to Spartans (and the player, by association) Analysis: Spartans of the Covenant The Elites are arguably Halo’s most iconic enemy in the field. And who better to start with then the enemies that meet our Spartan heroes with formidable, equivalent strength at almost every opportunity? Now that I’ve done an overview on what I’ll be focusing on with each enemy type, as well as the goal I’m working towards, let’s dive into this. You may have experienced something different then I did I can’t help that. Lastly, keep in mind that the analysis of each enemy is based on my own experiences with them in-game.

Feel fresh and “new” (in other words, mix the enemy up a little) yet fitting and faithful to their past designs.In going over these things and brainstorming on what can be added to each enemy, the overall objective of this post is to determine how we can make each Covenant species:

Special Abilities (Grunts going suicide, Brutes berserking).

Weak Points (Headshots, back of Hunter armor).

Health (How much damage can this enemy take?).

Audio/Visual Cues (Elite shield “popping” with a flash, Brutes roaring prior to berserking).

Accuracy/Firing Patterns (How accurate should this enemy be? In what way do they fire their weapon? For example, a Jackal minor firing slower than a major).

Behavior (aggression/retreating, taking cover, adapting to player tactics, etc.).

Something to keep in mind is that I will be discussing every aspect of an enemy’s design (both in Halo’s history and what I specifically would add/remove) including: The idea intrigued and interested me, and over the last few weeks (between hellish study sessions) I’ve thought quite a bit about how every Covenant enemy we’ve encountered (current or past) can be tuned and refined into high quality adversaries on the battlefield. This is something I hadn’t thought much about until my good friend LateNightGaming suggested I should write on it. Good to finally get back around to writing some more, now that my finals are done! I think this article will hopefully spawn some good discussion around the community about how the Covenant as enemies can be improved upon the future of Halo.

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