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:::::Agreed. With the both the Spartans and the Forerunners, the word that springs to mind is "saturation". Too much exposure removes that mystique that made us fall in love with the characters or concepts in the first place. -- [[User:Morhek|Qura 'Morhek]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306|The Autocrat]] [[User talk:Specops306|of Morheka]] 01:16, 4 April 2014 (EDT)

::::::The point about saturation also applies to the ''Infinity'' and its crew. I get how much 343i must love their megaship and the people onboard, but I don't think it was the right decision to basically wipe the slate clean of everything and everyone that used to come before and thrust their new cast to the center stage. I mean, we do see Halsey and Hood but so far, Blue Team and the Spartan-IIIs are virtually swept under the rug after their underwhelming reintroduction in ''Glasslands'' (would like to see Buck and co. return too). Still, it seems 343i has at least started to get the memo, given the reintroduction of the Arbiter in ''Escalation'' (despite the fact he barely does anything but tag along while the ''Infinity'' crew remain as the stars of the show) and their stated future plans for the character. What makes this worse is the fact that 343's characters are often the unfortunate victims of bad writing; the best example is none other than the ''"fan favorite"'' <s>Renegade Shepard expy</s> Palmer. She has the potential to be a decent character but it's as if the writers are trying their damnedest to outweigh her "good" traits (which are most prominently showcased in the hagiographical ''Spartan Assault'') with obnoxious ones (like her bully mindset and paranoia toward her intellectual superiors, most obviously Halsey), which are nonetheless portrayed by the narrative as if not admirable, at least acceptable. --[[User:Jugus|Jugus]] ([[User talk:Jugus|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|Contribs]]) 04:28, 4 April 2014 (EDT)

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	:::::Agreed. With the both the Spartans and the Forerunners, the word that springs to mind is "saturation". Too much exposure removes that mystique that made us fall in love with the characters or concepts in the first place. -- [[User:Morhek\|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 01:16, 4 April 2014 (EDT)		:::::Agreed. With the both the Spartans and the Forerunners, the word that springs to mind is "saturation". Too much exposure removes that mystique that made us fall in love with the characters or concepts in the first place. -- [[User:Morhek\|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 01:16, 4 April 2014 (EDT)

			::::::The point about saturation also applies to the ''Infinity'' and its crew. I get how much 343i must love their megaship and the people onboard, but I don't think it was the right decision to basically wipe the slate clean of everything and everyone that used to come before and thrust their new cast to the center stage. I mean, we do see Halsey and Hood but so far, Blue Team and the Spartan-IIIs are virtually swept under the rug after their underwhelming reintroduction in ''Glasslands'' (would like to see Buck and co. return too). Still, it seems 343i has at least started to get the memo, given the reintroduction of the Arbiter in ''Escalation'' (despite the fact he barely does anything but tag along while the ''Infinity'' crew remain as the stars of the show) and their stated future plans for the character. What makes this worse is the fact that 343's characters are often the unfortunate victims of bad writing; the best example is none other than the ''"fan favorite"'' <s>Renegade Shepard expy</s> Palmer. She has the potential to be a decent character but it's as if the writers are trying their damnedest to outweigh her "good" traits (which are most prominently showcased in the hagiographical ''Spartan Assault'') with obnoxious ones (like her bully mindset and paranoia toward her intellectual superiors, most obviously Halsey), which are nonetheless portrayed by the narrative as if not admirable, at least acceptable. --[[User:Jugus\|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus\|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jugus\|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 04:28, 4 April 2014 (EDT)