Halo Wars 2 - New Leaders Revealed

[@OnyxConflict]

I really like the classic Elite look in this game! The armour seems to be loosely based on that in Halo Wars 1, while the Elite anatomy and face structure are from Halo 2 Anniversary, rather than Halo 5!

[@xDinomanx]

The elite design in the cutscenes of Halo Wars 1 was quite bulky. It looks a lot better now. I've always been a fan of the classic Elite design from the old trilogy which the original Halo Wars got their design from (with their own version of it) over what their design is in the Reclaimer trilogy. These Elites as well look more slick with that "Finesse" to them. And yes, by god yes they retain a very striking resemblance to the original Elites with their base combat harnesses. Something I have missed for so long. Even the new Brute designs look great on another note. The Brute Warlords especially are like a fusion of the Halo 3 Brute Chieftain (maybe a bit of the Halo Reach Chieftain too) but more grittier rather than ornate.

[@RoboticTable]

I'm hoping Isabel at the very least mentions the Chief when explaining what the Spirit of Fire crew missed during their absence. It's a minor thing but I kind of want to see how Red Team would react to finding out some of their S-II family is still alive and kicking. Still just a minor thing but it would be something a lot of lore focused fans would love.

[@jennifer4881]

I agree

[@TB-us2ix]

If she arrived at the Ark in 2555/56, she will be under the impression he died in 2553. When she left Earth he was still in cryo, adrift on the Dawn. The rest of Blue Team were MIA/AWOL at Onyx/Shield World Trevelyan. For any other Spartan II's, her knowledge would honestly be pretty limited. She wasn't a Cortana with full access to the UNSC High ommand database. She's a logistics AI. Not as much security clearance.

[@BeeRandoo]

Why wouldn't they think there's still spartan 2s? They've been isolated from the rest of humanity for along time, and then went into cyro sleep for 20+ years. They have no idea what's happened to other spartan 2s. Also Chief is not the last spartan 2. The entire blue team for example are all S2s. Bungie just always made it sound like he's the last one.

[@jetx2599]

+BeeRando During the events of Halo 2-3 he was the last Spartan 2 in active duty.

[@gigamesh780]

Oh hell yes! thIS WOULD BE THE GREATEST CONNECTION BETWEEN HALO WARS SAGA AND THE MAIN STORY!

[@TenthSgtSnipes]

The elite leaders helmet very much reminds me of that of an elite ultra from reach, without the facial covering.

[@Rebelian189]

As a guy who loves sangheili, the covenant, and playing as an antagonist, I shall declare let (dont know if the name is right) to be my main leader.

[@Firex00]

He looks cool as fuck

[@tostie3110]

I know for sure it's not gonna happen, but my dream is a covie campaign.

[@liamhanzal4828]

True, and someone did find something inside the development of HW2, which is truly but did confirmed that it's for only MP is that the Prometheans are going to be a 3rd Playable Faction, still hoping for Flood return so that we all will play as the Flood along with Prometheans.

[@Rebelian189]

+AverageGuard Lucas Yours and mine too, would live to have more awesome in game elite characters to play with or as.

[@Rebelian189]

+Rebelian189 *love

[@343bungie]

Cutter's and that elites story are very similar, it would be cool if they make an agreement and defeat the brutes together

[@xDinomanx]

That is sort of the theory going around of how they'll be able to beat Atriox. Forge an alliance with the Banished Elites leader and fight back against Atriox.

[@liamhanzal4828]

Or..Banished and the Humans have to work together against the Created if they arrived to the Ark.

[@artkishi]

+Liam Hanzal I like that idea better

[@boredguy4975]

The created means the return of the flood!

[@undeadstormblade9337]

Hound Solo That's what i was thinking! lol

[@NinoNak]

Halo Wars 2: In Memory of Ensemble Studios

[@HaloCanon]

Graeme Devine, writer for HW1, was apparently attending the Halo Wars 2 panel today.

[@NinoNak]

+Halo Canon oh interesting

[@NinoNak]

+Halo Canon but Ensemble is still dead

[@tostie3110]

Steven Rippy is still the composer too!

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

+AverageGuard Lucas FUCK YES!!!

[@GunlessSnake]

Let 'Volir is definitely a contender for some much needed character drama and tension on the Banished side of things. I don't see how the outdated equipment and logistics of the Spirit of Fire's crew could stand up to an increasingly powerful Banished, and I, like many others, subscribe to the theory that he'll betray the Banished to aid the Humans, thus reigniting feelings of Human-Sangheili relations.

[@LIONtib]

Mendicant Bias better play a role in all this.

[@poly_g6068]

god... I know right

[@EvanRado]

I doubt we'll ever see it but I would scream like a child if it did.

[@vincentellenrieder]

I think he will be present in Halo 6

[@wearsjorge55]

+TwitchingFool0 nah, if the lore takes more than 3 hours to explain, 343 ain't gonna put it in a game :D

[@EvanRado]

wearsjorge55 If hes not in Halo 6, maybe they could sneak in some terminals or something. They kinda did that for the Didact but it wasn't exactly the same. I'll believe it when I see it though.

[@Trojan_]

WORT WORT WORT!

[@bushbunyip9037]

you talking shit about humans?

[@fattybirch5143]

Go! Go! Go!

[@Knalxz]

Well it means go go go so unless he's wiping slaves or telling people to get off his space lawn, I don't think so.

[@bushbunyip9037]

+SuperKnalxz Grey ssshhh im trying to incite anti elite propaganda

[@Trojan_]

bush bunyip WORT?

[@KillerOrca]

I wanna see Exuberant and Isabel meet each other. Meeting of the cute AI caretakers.

[@HaloCanon]

YEEEEES!

[@RoboticTable]

Oh shit that reminds me that the Mendicant Bias fragment is still on the Ark, assuming he survived the 04B blast. Hopefully he'll have a role in the game.

[@HaloCanon]

ScreamingMidgit Not just a fragment, but the proper MB. The fragment reunited with it's whole self when Truth arrived at the Ark.

[@KillerOrca]

Halo Canon Were there only those two fragments or were there more? I thought he was in multiple pieces.

[@HaloCanon]

Killer Orca He was at one point, but he was put back together by the Flood. Post Array-activation, there were only two known fragments (the one on the Keyship and the one at the Ark). Maybe there were more, but I don't recall hearing of them.

[@theeternalchronicler3072]

Damn that was fast

[@thoranzalarvhazen4250]

If there's one thing I hope for, it's that each commander has a unique architectural type. In the original, each leader had a few unique units that replaced the roles of others - for example the brute leader replacing ghosts with those...things that had a name I can't remember. Other than that though, the actual buildings were all the same. I hope in the new game, the Elite leader's buildings look a little bit more like classical covenant (considering his forces are broken remnants of them) to counter Attriox's badass Brute-covenant rebel style. More on that - with DLC heroes, wouldn't it just be completely badass if we got to see the actual classic covenant style in someone, or even the Halo 2 Heretics somehow? How about older variations of the UNSC Spartan project where we get to fight in different eras? If this game really does well I hope they can go full force like that. I'd love halo-history battles. And let's not forget about the flood either :U

[@Friedhumperdink]

Thoranzalar Vhazen wow at first I was reading this like "this dudes just gunna go on and on" but that'd be FUCKING AWESOME

[@NotARangerBoy]

I really like how they blend both art styles because I may be a old halo player but I like both art styles.

[@GHOST11656]

I am so happy they are using the old art style for elites and UNSC it looks so good and I am loving the new brute art style it fits them

[@teharbitur7377]

I love the Sangheili design on that ship master. It's like a mix between Halo Reach and H2A.

[@bernardoblanchetramirez6032]

Is that the old Elite design?

[@HaloCanon]

Yep

[@bernardoblanchetramirez6032]

+Halo Canon but the curved spine is still missing, do you think this is a mix between the old style and the new one?

[@HaloCanon]

Bernardo BR It's there. You can see it more in Halo 2 Anniversary.

[@bernardoblanchetramirez6032]

+Halo Canon so this is more because of the angle and the armor then

[@HaloCanon]

Bernardo BR Most likely. Let's model is the same as the H2A Elites.

[@1975steelersfan]

What happened to the AI in halo wars 1?

[@HaloCanon]

It will be explained in Tales from Slipspace, the upcoming Halo Anthology comic.

[@tavianarmstrong974]

she basically terminated herself.... cant let rampancy interfere with the ships crew which it might have.

[@Exilon0193]

Halo Canon in a comic, really? its getting really annoying how 343 just skips important stuff.

[@HaloCanon]

***** I'm sure it will come up in the game, but, come on, it's been 28 years. I'd be more surprised if she were alive.

[@Exilon0193]

I know that but they could atleast tell it on the game. And its not the first time they continued on with comic. The Spartan Ops story had some interesting things going on with the archives. I thought it was going to be a major subject in Halo 5, but nope. Nothing was ever mentioned about it. Kinda annoying.

[@JoshEastham]

the elite should have gone to either Jul or arbiter

[@tostie3110]

More groups is more interesting.

[@Connor8609]

The right mixture of circumstance and desperation makes strange bed fellows. Its a very big universe after all . Having the banished makes it a bit bigger.

[@Friedhumperdink]

Joshua Eastham nah cuz they ain't showing as much of a force as the banished if u watch the trailer you hear them say the covenant hasn't even got close to them (or something like that)

[@britnerdy4662]

I can't wait to see Isabel's first reaction to and interactions with the Spirit of Fire crew and Red Team...

[@masterchief4796]

I wonder if Isabelle is going to tell the spirit of fire crew that there was Spartan(MC) here that blew this whole thing up with his ally(Arby)

[@gilbertjmarquez]

The thought of an honor guard as a hero sounds pretty cool.

[@easucks1776]

decimus' bio seemed to confirm that the banished were started during the Human-Covenant war, which could potentially mean the "and leaving us defenseless?" thing from Halo Wars means nothing. Unless of course they left the covenant after the start of the war, but very soon after

[@NoobPTFO]

At first I thought you said shitmaster.

[@strickencross88]

I just finished your SDCC video and right before I shut off my computer I see this new video. Let me sleep!

[@strickencross88]

I'm on a train as well, so that doesn't help.

[@HaloCanon]

lol. Funny story, I wrote both videos (well, parts of them) while on the train earlier :)

[@miket7869]

+Max Kline choo-choo!!

[@RZIisRaw]

Enough room for one more? Had to grab some Moa Nuggets, I was hungry

[@crisperstorm]

Didn't notice the date and nearly commented on how we know all the leaders now.

[@left4newbz]

I really want to see the relationship of the Brutes and Elites. I'd imagine the Elites to be oppressed after Let 'Volir pledged his allegiance. They got no choice and more specifically, Let himself. According to the article, Let 'Volir is only fighting to keep his crew safe. I could totally see him turning against Atriox if he feels the Brutes are threatening his crew. Decimus's description of sending Elites on suicide/deadly missions could cause some major friction between them. Really, I could only see the Spirit of Fire surviving Atriox's onslaught if the Infinity arrives from slipspace, the Created butt in, or if internal conflicts occur within Atriox's forces. Anyway, great video :)

[@ReachStudioPro]

I hope to see that too. We have had 17 years of almost only Humans. Almost everything we have seen about all other Alien races and their events is through the eyes of Humans. I'm really sick of it. I hope we get a good amount of Brute and Elite point of views in Halo Wars 2.

[@tostie3110]

I really hope the covenant get a good spotlight, like the cutscenes in Halo 2. My dream would be a covie campaign

[@artkishi]

The infinity would decimate Atriox's ship in an instant, I doubt Infinity will end up there.

[@isaachonzel9486]

+Iderus Naimmee Yep spartan ops just maginify it.

[@tostie3110]

Iderus Naimmee They have their moments. Brutes aren't the best either, although Atriox definately is the smartest, coolest Brute I've seen so far.

[@Bastion70]

I say Let Volir will betray Atriox by the end. Let and Cutter are both described as valuing their crews lives over their own. Decius enjoys the the death of Sangheili. Know your enemy.

[@HaloCanon]

Interesting theory, I must say.

[@RZIisRaw]

Exactly what I was thinking, hoping to see Let 'Volir team up with the Swords of Sanghelios in Halo 6.

[@LIONtib]

Wouldn't be the first time that would happen.

[@Bastion70]

Tiberiu Marian Exactly basically Great Schism Part Deux.

[@RZIisRaw]

+Halo very reminiscent of Halo 2 now that you bring that up. I love it! Plus it would give Atriox a reason to join Cortana (if he hopefully survives). He would want revenge against 'Volir and the SOF so he would join her, possibly even become sort of the right-hand man like Tartarus was to Truth (sort of, because he probably doesn't care about Cortana), thus the Banished could be the Covenant we see in Halo 6

[@Effflower]

i recon one of the Spartans become one of the leaders, because i think i remember reading you can only have 2 on the map because one of them was injured by Atriox.

[@rushipatel1938]

2 videos one day? I gotta sleep Toa!!

[@MajoraZ]

My question is why is a non military, logistics AI a smart AI? That seems like a position that would be filled by a dumb AI,

[@KillerOrca]

Running something like the Ark's facility probably requires a lot more power than a normal "dumb" AI. Remember Mac and Sif on Harvest.

[@HaloCanon]

What Killer Orca said. Besides, logistics is no small task, believe me.

[@maestrojeffay6993]

Anyone else just love that the elite is the classic design with the original mandibles and not the weird ones 343 use?

[@Reyma777]

Anyone else notice how Atriox's teeth are very different from those of Halo 2 Anniversary's Tartarus (and other brutes)?

[@HaloCanon]

Indeed, and Decimus also is lacking visible teeth in his image. Must be part of a different skein/sub-species.

[@miket7869]

+Halo Canon or maybe he's got a sense of hiygene

[@Reyma777]

Halo Canon I have noticed since Halo Reach, the more Gorilla-Human hybrid Brute design has been consistently shown. However, the design of their teeth has been all over the place. Perhaps their teeth just vary heavily from individual (like Sangheili mandibles). Also did you (or will you) ever do a video on the canceled Halo MMO? There is some concept art for it that shows unused species and even a female Jiralhanae design. www.halopedia.org/Titan#/media/File%3AMMO_-_Species.jpg

[@HaloCanon]

MrReyno Tanks I've never really thought about it, but if there's demand, then yeah.

[@Reyma777]

Youra kid Youra squid Maybe Brute teeth grow constantly like tusk.

[@mrhappysadass]

Ooh, I'm very excited to hear that Isabel will be a leader! The campaign and lore elements of this game are what has me most excited! I can't wait :D

[@stefl3431]

Please no Created in this game. It's looking really good so far.

[@Thelitletrainthtcud]

what is "Created"?

[@tostie3110]

Yeah, I'm not into the sci-fi magic parts either.

[@MandalorYaj117]

lol I don't know if you didn't play HALO 5:Guardians or if you did but you were just confused with its storyline. Either way,The "Created" are basically just the A.I's who wanted to assume the Mantle of Responsibility,at least that's what I understand.

[@Thelitletrainthtcud]

+AlEz TairIo didn't

[@MandalorYaj117]

Jeremy Waites It's okay if you didn't play HALO 5:Guardians. The campaign is not good.

[@GimmieTheJimmie]

I was slightly hoping that Atriox would be such a smart and brilliant leader, that he united both brutes and elites through his tactical and physical prowess.

[@xDinomanx]

Interesting leaders indeed. Here is what I want to see in terms of Halo Wars 2's story is that I want to see interaction and some development from the three Banished leaders. One small gripe I had with Halo Wars 1's story is that we only ever saw the Arbiter and the Prophet of Regret interacting with each other, but there was also a Brute Chieftain who had his own brutes in that game that never appeared in the story. I want to see some dynamic between the leaders. Not sure how I feel about Decimus yet but with the way these characters are described, I would love to see some conflict between him and Let, maybe escalate to the point where the two will try to kill each other. From the looks of things, I have another theory: All of the leaders will have drastically different playstyles. Atriox is the most balanced but not the STRONGEST of the three Banished leaders whereas Decimus will be all about overpowering his enemies so his playstyle will be focused on armour and weaponry (like SGT. Forge in Halo Wars 1). Let will be the direct opposite of that with attributes that will perhaps allow you to research faster (the way I see it, the Honor Guard also appears to be a unit only Let will have). Atriox is the balance between the two as I said because if you look at his personality, he is cunning like an Elite (Let in this case) but at the same time he is well, "Brutish" like what Decimus which then goes to my next point as to why people are a bit on the fence of the fact that both Atriox and Cutter play very, very similiar. That's because they are meant to. Then you have the other leaders that play as I say drastically different which is what people will want, another reason why they bring out the beta.

[@Knalxz]

Eh, a little bummed out that there are two brute commanders but atleast we got some great info on hopeful villains who'll show up in the main story. By the sounds of it Let (Spelling?) might be up for ditching the brutes at first sight and likely will be how the SoF deals with his carrier. I honestly don't see any other way they can manage deal with it without the local monitor/sentinels getting involved or a massive raid on the vessel but even the engaging Covenant in CQC has been said to be suicide. (Unless you're MC of course.) Speaking of, not sure if this was a joke but did anyone else laugh a bit when Romeo in ODST said "what the hell am I supposed to do with this inside a Covenant ship?" when talking about his sniper rifle despite MC using one in CE/The Flood?

[@HaloCanon]

"Speaking of, not sure if this was a joke but did anyone else laugh a bit when Romeo in ODST said "what the hell am I supposed to do with this inside a Covenant ship?" when talking about his sniper rifle despite MC using one in CE/The Flood?" I always figured that was direct reference to CE XD

[@AnAverageMexican]

+Halo Canon That took me just now to notice

[@ScarTheUndisputed]

when you said "worth the wait" at 4:20, I imagined Gabe Newell saying it over and over

[@undeadbrutus]

really Love to see Flood or Forefunner leaders.it will be sooo fun

[@Aheadmoth8]

If you look close enough Let's armor looks just like the elites in the E3 trailer excluding the helmet.

[@XvShadowsvX]

I think the sangheili are awesome and i think the whole human vs sangheili thing is getting old, after so long and so many times they helped each other after the splintering of the covenant you think they would start working together. I was hoping that you could play a UNSC leader that was a sangheili rebel which changed some of their units but kept the overall UNSC feel so it felt like they were working together.

[@alexanderacosta1711]

I wish the leaders were very unique and different like captain cutter for the UNSC,Atriox for the brutes,a flood faction, and maybe a Promethean faction.

[@vantave9946]

2 videos in an hour? dayum

[@SwiftGundam]

I'm glad we finally learned why sangheili are taking orders from brutes.

[@Adde-jp7eb]

Why are the covenant ship glowing red instead of blue or green as it Always do?

[@elijahwatson3474]

it probably because atroix want the ship to glow that to show he not party of the covenant.

[@Friedhumperdink]

Sweden 1997 atriox was all like "THOSE COLOURS LOOK REAL TACKY WITH YO SHIPS COLOURS" Then the shipmaster was like "WORT 0-0" Then atriox was like "ILL CHANGE IT TO RED TO MAKE IT LOOK SEXY"

[@Adde-jp7eb]

Really funny! Sexy.

[@juliogonzalez896]

That elite looks SICK

[@tavianarmstrong974]

For all who want to know *why* the unsc were on the ark, it was because the moniter of the ark, tragic solitude, was going to fire the halo array as revenge for the actions done in halo 3. that decision mightve been influenced by rampancy but yeah thats the gist of it.

[@bullkill11]

when is the next beta? also your previous video, if we get to use the prometheons how many new vheicles would we see or even ground units?

[@HaloCanon]

No date has yet been given for the next Beta. No details have been given on whether Prometheans actually will be in the game, or what units they'd have.

[@TheElviz86]

I just found ur channel, love your videos

[@bb-6359]

I'm wondering if maybe that crashed CAS class carrier in the HW2 E3 trailer is the one we see in this one... maybe somehow they brought it down? Just a far fetched thought. Red team could've done a boarding action like the chief did with the Ascendant Justice. Either that, or the Spirit of Fire could've put a MAC round through it. Which is pretty unlikely.

[@TheObserver1221]

I'd imagine that Isabel would know of the whole Created fiasco considering Cortana was contacting all the AI's through the Mantle which is essentially an all reaching network. That is, unless the Mantle doesn't extend to the Ark's location outside the galaxy

[@elijahwatson3474]

the AI on the ark are blocked passage to the created. so if half and half.

[@penate18able]

Great video today man though no matter how excited I am for the game I do hope the increase the unit count for the game.

[@taitaizozo]

Isabelle isn't the first non-military AI exactly. The Superintendant from ODST was in charge of managing a city, making it th first non-military AI seen in the franchise.

[@HaloCanon]

I meant smart AI only. The Superintendent was a dumb AI.

[@cthulhutarts3166]

I'm glad they used the halo 2 anniv elite design over the halo 4+5 one

[@Noble61313]

In halo 6 do u think we will face Sali Nyon and his covenant or the banished? Or both could be there? Also would Sali Nyon hate these guys or work with them?

[@eliaskrieger142]

So clearly the Banished are an overwhelming force, but then the heroes somehow turn Let against Atriox. Let will kill Decimus but Atroix will fuck Let's shit back up his alien bunghole. The elites will side with the Spirit of Fire, and considering Let has a massive number of them, they will wipe out most of the remaining banished, leaving a small amount of jiralhanae that killed the remaining the elites. That sets up the end game in a free for all. Atriox gets extremely angry that his firces are now losing, his flagship probs disabled, the actual Ark itself now fighting him through Bias, etc. etc. He personally attacks the Fire and kills nearly everyone, including a spartan that is NOT Jerome, so one of the other two. And it's just fucking brutal. He then forces them to retreat, chases them down, kills Cutter who sacrifices himself so the others have more time; this fits in with his care for teh crew, and by this point he has seen so many die. Jerome, Anders, the AI, and the female spartan will be the survivors alongside other standard character and some crew, as well as a few possible surviving elites. Atriox finds them and begins to kick their shit in; this is where the AI gets revenge and Jerome, with the help of everyone else, gets to redeem himself one on one after Atriox murders/disables the female spartan.Blah blahblah bittersweet yay for UNSC

[@freealexlee]

Back in one of the first issues of Halo Escalation, at the ending we saw the Spirit of Fire. There was a flood spore sneaking around the cryo chambers so is the flood in Halo Wars 2..?

[@HaloCanon]

That story is being "resolved" in Halo: Tales from Slipspace

[@freealexlee]

thanks

[@sighyawn6378]

Hey so this is going to be really dumb because I'm a total noob at this game but... Who are the default leaders in the game and how do I change which leader in using. I've only played one game vs AI.

[@MrFlamegator]

I'm getting the feeling the elites will rebel against the brutes in the campaign, given their situation and history.

[@joeyzanuka866]

Let, or however you type his name, looks more like a Elite Ultra from Halo Reach tbh.

[@el_de_enmedio]

thanks for answering long time fan

[@Zelda3018]

Is there a release date yet?

[@revvelez8731]

heres a question, could the elite shipmaster be the same one we saw in halo evolutions? Or has that elite shipmaster been explained elsewere?

[@HaloCanon]

I've heard Grim said it's not the Shipmaster from The Return. Sad, as me and some others had been thinking that, too.

[@RZIisRaw]

+Halo Canon that's kind of a shame, when will we see him again? :(

[@HaloCanon]

The RZI Guy Good question.

[@frankwest3514]

ANOTHER BETA? im so glad i preordered this!

[@vinysan8464]

So... when is a Flood Gravemind gonna be a selectable hero and faction?! ;~;

[@randomguy3849]

when they fully balance the flood with infecting life forms

[@HaloCanon]

I feel your pain :(

[@jennifer4881]

They could still make it a DLC

[@HaloCanon]

***** That they could

[@gloomykasumi8580]

Season pass owners get DLC leaders.

[@sprouts5535]

Love your vids man! Also do you think that the sanghelli anatomy question will be answered it's been bothering me since the change in 4 and with the new shipmaster who has the older halo ce/2/3 look it's even more confusing as to why.I'm assuming it's due to subspecies and thier colonies.

[@HaloCanon]

As for why they look different in Halo 4 and 5? Yeah, different sub-species.

[@RZIisRaw]

The sudden change to the Arbiter from the Halo 1-3 phenotype of Elites to the Halo 4-5 phenotype of Elites was one of the biggest slaps to the face Halo 5 gave me. If Blur does Halo 6's cutscenes, he maybe dipicted correctly, aka his dipiction in H2A's prologue and epilogue

[@HaloCanon]

The RZI Guy Unlikely. 343 is likely going to stick to in-game cinematics by-and-large. Even if they didn't and use Blur, it would be up to 343 to change the Arbiter's look, not Blur. By the time Halo 6 comes out, the H2A/HW2 models will be outdated.

[@RZIisRaw]

+Halo Canon not outdated actually, some of the Swords of Sanghelios still use the H2A armor (like Rtas). The Storm armor was just more prominently shown in Halo 5, but in the lore, they do have H2A armor. Plus whose to say that if Let 'Volir does betray Atriox and help the SOF he won't return to Sanghelios and become an ally to the Swords of Sanghelios? Thus, us using those assets.

[@HaloCanon]

The RZI Guy I mean out dated in that they would be as high fidelity as new assets being created for Halo 6, thus Blur would have to create another new set of assets, even if it's the same look.

[@DesertEagle093]

It's about time we had a promising Halo game.

[@geoffgeofferson293]

when is the second beta

[@ProjectUnsoundDineen]

will we have unique units again ??

[@kaf696]

+Halo Canon Do you think Let could be the ship master from the halo evolution short story and animation "The Return"? At the end of that we meet an unknown ship master who is looking for purpose for him and his crew after the Schism and he saved the human to torture him after some he found "interesting" information. Said Shipmaster also had a carrier and if at a stretch you could say the name would be something a prophet would name a ship. Also if the Created story arc isn't in game right away I think if Serena is still around, her and Isabella interactions will be interesting. Isabelle being youthful, energetic if not slightly cowardly new A.I, who never knew the ferocity of the Covenant War first hand. While you have Serena the tested, cynical one who is now fully aware of her "mortality" as she fights off rampancy and envies Isabelle for her "youth" and hates her naivety....as far as it goes with being a smart AI. I would see it playing out as Serena constantly raising the fact she isn't a military AI to combat the fact Isabelle would point of contact for the most in game universe information. Lastly after watching the vidoc and knowing halo overall love for martyrdom I can see at least one of the Spartan IIs dying while either fighting Atriox or this new general. Also it would be great if 343i work in some emotion into this. While Red team know over all defeat due to the war, they never actually experienced personal defeat like what happened with their first brush with Atriox. I would love to see Douglas develop an obsession in facing him again with Alice or Jerome sometimes having to talk him down from being irrational. Or even if it has shaken him/ them as they felt like "normal" humans fighting him and one of the team battles a form of depression. Soo much potential feels haha. I think it would be very cool to say the least. What do you think? +Halo Canon

[@HaloCanon]

Grim confirmed it's not the shipmaster from the Return. Sorry :(

[@angelfernandez1532]

I would love it if they had a Gravemind as a leader If I'm not mistaken wasn't there a floor spore still on Spirit of Fire

[@genrole]

Plot twist: Isabel turns against the UNSC after learning about Cortana's offer. That's why they put on the trailer "Know Your Enemy".

[@Coeaxe]

Honestly I was hoping for a Spartan commander, and since there was only 6 spots in the beta it looks like we aren't getting it. But I can hope still in dlc or the full game. (Anders is probably the 3rd.) Looks good though.

[@thegamingsnake7198]

Yep but ilisabel is not a confirmed leader yet

[@spartko247]

You mentioned in your ViDoc breakdown that someone tweeted that the Prometheans might be a playable faction. Now we already have 3 leaders on the Banished side, and 2 confirmed for the UNSC side. I'm 95% certain that if Anders was a leader, it would have been confirmed by now. So, what if Mendicant does make a comeback- as the leader of some Promethean forces left on the Ark? Maybe he'll put up a fight against the SoF at first, then team up with them (to atone for his sins) or something along those lines. That'd be a neat little way to put Mendicant back into the story..He could even be the one to somehow transfer the SoF to the Ark....So much potential

[@spartko247]

***** Can we really be certain of that? Even if they weren't, who's stopping them from going there now?

[@spartko247]

***** Funny, I know the lore. I also know that plenty of life-forms survived after the ark was (almost) destroyed. As you can see here, it's still standing, looking as good as new. If a bunch of wild animals didn't die in the explosion then I think a bunch of highly advanced Forerunner constructs could have also survived. Just because you don't like them, doesn't mean they won't bring them back. Again, if we look at the lore, they're here for a reason and they're here to stay. If we take Cortana's words on the Warden, that dude alone has millions of bodies, so I'm pretty sure that he might still be around, and other Prometheans with him. Mendicant IS on the Ark, the terminals from Halo 3 confirm as much. The question is- what state is he in? Is he active? If so, what is his plan to achieve atonement? The Ark is dangerous, true, but she never defined the danger. Could be Flood, could be the Banished, the wild-life, the Prometheans...Need I go on? Yeah, they did get a face change. It's hard to keep them the same when (I'm pretty sure) they used CG to make the characters in 2009, now they're using real people, actors. The actors tend to have faces, so it kind of makes sense to use them. In the end, who cares? It doesn't affect the story in any way.

[@nathanmckinney1190]

+The Fattest Johnson Read Hunters in the dark bro. There were promethians on the arc.

[@spartan-2478]

+Nate McKinney I can't remember if they were actually there, I do know there were Sentinels and the Ark Monitor though.

[@HaloCanon]

+shlomo shekelstein Not necessarily soldiers, but Armigers. Soldiers are a type of Armiger.

[@calebauger2129]

Quick recap Isabel- non military AI, all friends killed by the banished. Made in around 2555. Desimus- mean, basically just a brute. Likes hand to hand combat. Doesn't like elites. Ship master let' vulier- wanted to keep his crew together and alive. Allied with banished because atriox gives him fuel and stuff. Doesn't like the banished.

[@teddybear1829]

Was hoping for a little bit more..like a jackal leader, seeming as jackals are pirates it makes sense

[@HaloCanon]

We've yet to see Jackals in the Banished. They weren't in the beta and haven't been in any other promotional materials so far. For all we know, Jackals may not be part of the Banished.

[@Shad0wFL4ME]

could you spell the Sanghieli Shipmasters name it kind of hard when there isnt a subtitle option

[@HaloCanon]

Let 'Volir

[@Shad0wFL4ME]

+Halo Canon thanks was bugging me i like to know the Sanghieli by name

[@kornbread4819]

When does the next halo wars beta come out? And for what platform

[@HaloCanon]

No date has been given, but it will be for both PC and Xbox

[@VeridianNetworking]

The release was delayed to February 2017

[@thefromans8081]

notice how all this new elites no longer share the ee at the end of there name, i find it odd seeing how as of before the end of the war it was a very popular and common thing

[@HaloCanon]

The "-ee" was an honorific to denote Covenant military service. The Sangheili dropped it from their names when they split from the Covenant.

[@thefromans8081]

Halo Canon that explains a lot to my stupid mind, thanks for the clear up on that

[@imperialknight3286]

Is there a reason why the elite character resembles Mordin from mass effect?

[@TheAccursedHunter01]

The helmet of the Elite Let looks like a Mass Effect Reaper. I'm curious if Laskey will somehow show up in HW2 and be a leader? The menu for the HW2 Beta showed a Spartan in Mark VI Armor, how else could that be present unless the S-IV's or somehow John is involved. It might have been some artistic thing and I'm over thinking this, but a Mark VI Spartan had to be put there for a reason... right?

[@TheAccursedHunter01]

***** How could they possibly get Mark VI armor? It looked nothing like the Mark IV that they have.

[@nathanmckinney1190]

Douglas makes sense. He lost his helmet and his armor was damaged after the fight with Atriox.

[@arnold6782]

It is red team and that is Jerome 092 in Mark IV

[@Burrmao196]

would have been cool if a spartan was a leader and allow extra spartans to be deployed and whatever extra stuff

[@Nugnugnug]

Isabel is pretty.

[@MegaCODDERS]

im so ffing hyped for this game

[@adventurethroughtime]

I feel as though Let is going to join the UNSC as many of his kind have already done; it would make for a much more enjoyable game. Also, The Flood could make an appearance (Hopefully as a playable faction/enemy) considering many Forerunner installations housed Flood spores and Specimens.

[@jeffreyepstein9556]

We wont be flood wouldve been announced by now

[@tavianarmstrong974]

the flood absolutely *Cant* return in this game. id be pretty damn surprised if they did it and had a reason to justify it. the flood was effectively purged from the ark in halo 3. the ring was destroyed, the ark damaged, lifeforms exterminated, the moniter of the ark became salty (which led to Hunters in the dark) etc. im gonna assume you get the point.

[@DouglasYT]

www.halopedia.org/2558 Take a look at this, and the CTRL + T and then search the word "Spirit Of Fire" look at the months and what happens. It gives just a little inside about when this game will take placed.

[@caca222melapelas]

What's the title of the song at the beginning

[@HaloCanon]

Finish the Fight from the Halo 3 OST

[@talanmortensen3534]

Does anyone think that it's possible that the flood will be a playable faction?

[@sumerian88]

Why didn't the leader of the Elites in Halo Wars 2 join the Swords of Sanghelios?

[@TB-us2ix]

Here's a line of inquiry for possibly another video down the road. How do the Elites lose track of Enduring Conviction, given this would have drastically altered the geopolitical landscape of Thursday War and Halo: Escalation (a third Assault Carrier would have tipped the balance in Jul's naval battle with Infinity). FURTHERMORE, how does it arrive at the Ark? It wasn't apart of The Fleet Of Retribution, but maybe that it was one of the Brute Carriers in Truth's fleet. Unlikely that it suffered a mutiny during the battle but before Half Jaw had a chance to destroy it? Perhaps the slim chance of a boarding action I suppose. Unless it's Elite Shipmaster had defected to the Brutes/Truth BEFORE the race through the portal as seen in Halo 3. Unless of course we are given the same Deus Ex Machina of how Spirit Of Fire arrived...

[@miket7869]

Because....uhhhhhhh....Nightfall! and uh..um...The Didacts Hand! where Tanaka was...wait no... New Blood!!!

[@HaloCanon]

The Carrier may have been on an away mission during the Great Schism and not returned for some time. As for getting to the Ark, it likely went with the rest of the Banished. As for finding the Ark, that's something we'll have to find out during the game.

[@fiirkan1305]

343, if anders is a commander, you better put sparrowhawks.

[@disarmedbeatle7198]

Fun fact, sangheili have two hearts

[@derse1292]

They kind of missed a golden opportunity with the Banished leaders: Err, one in particular. Instead of doing a generic brute chieftain, it would have been cool if they had slipped Ilsa Zane in as a commander. I don't know what the lore implications of that would have been, all things considered, but it would have been pretty badass to see the lovely Ms. Zane swinging around the Fist of Rukt, clad head-to-toe in scavenged power armor.

[@derse1292]

Patrick O'Sullivan Go watch Hunt the Truth

[@fruitgushersbanana5853]

+Patrick O'Sullivan she survived. in the end of the comic someone saved her

[@adventurethroughtime]

Wasn't she a Brute?

[@tavianarmstrong974]

a spartan IV who was kicked out for psychiatric issues.

[@wombat1019]

I want to see Serina one more time

[@SoldiersDoingThings]

when does the second beta come?

[@HaloCanon]

They haven't yet said.

[@MrLegendaryKaoz]

I like the new AI but i have a question? The ark was destoryed at the end of halo 3 and this game is post war after that event. So what happen?

[@HaloCanon]

The Ark wasn't destroyed, just severely damaged. In 2555, the UNSC returned to the Ark and set up shop, hoping to study and repair the Ark.

[@jennyliu8126]

I hope that the ship master team up with the UNSC on the last mission to take down the brute

[@danielcowboy3992]

Do we know if the story DLC will have the sexy Blur cutscenes? Or if it will just be new leaders and missions?

[@HaloCanon]

We do not. Here's hoping, though!

[@danielcowboy3992]

Yeah, I really hope the DLCs take place outside of Halo Wars 2's story. Would love to see a playable Gravemind and missions taking place during the human-forerunner war or even a flashback to the original Halo Wars where we control the flood units the SoF encountered. I know the flood there didn't have a gravemind controlling them, it would be fun though.

[@HaloCanon]

***** And DLC would very likely take place around or after Halo Wars 2.

[@RZIisRaw]

+Halo Canon Arbiter DLC I hope...

[@kyle-mf3bm]

there's a leek showing the fight between red teem and aitriox