I speak on behalf of all Sangheli players. In Halo 3, you could customize your Elite's armor and mix it up, you could play as an Elite all the time. In Halo Reach, you have predetermined sets of armor, and you can choose to play as an Elite, [when possible, which is kind of pointless because the only gamemodes where you have choice is Forge or Custom Games.] But in Halo 4, multiplayer Elites are dissapearing completley. If 343 is trying to focus on creativity, why not have an Elite armor set/loadouts with "Elite points?", just like Spartans always have had. If Elites were playable, it would give more of that "hands on" feeling that I think 343 Industries is trying to go for. If multiplayer Elites is completley out of the question and unponderable, heres a suggestion, atleast inculde a playable part of campaign as an Elite, similar to Halo 2 where you play as the Arbiter, or better yet an "Elite Ops" function would be awesome. The precence of an Elite player in campaign will help reduce the stress of no Elites in multiplayer. Its drastic, I know, Im just trying to raise a point. This is by no means a hating rant.