: They jumbled everything up from Reach, and I find little distinction between
: the ranks now. In Reach, I could see the guy with the gold armor and know
: he's got something heavy and will be hard to take town, compared to the
: blue guy next to him. And I'd need to watch the guy in maroon, as he
: probably has a sword and is going to rush me.

: In Halo 4, the only one that I remember being consistently armed is the guy
: in Spec Ops armor (I refuse to call it a zealot), who had a sword most of
: the time. Everyone else could have had anything out of the Covie arsenal,
: and shield strength was interchangeable.

: The Prometheans should have more specialized roles, I think, at least among
: the Knights. Have the Battlewagon be a troop transport, armed with a
: Suppressor or something, for example. I had a big plan for all of these
: guys I can't remember at the moment. I do remember that a low level Knight
: would have a smaller silhouette than the Battlewagon or Commander, in
: order to make the threat more distinct at a glance.

: You know, Halo 4 suffers for their lack of enemy difference, really. The
: Covie ranks are interchangeable anymore, as I've said, and the Prometheans
: were more or less indistinguishable from one another. All I knew was that
: the one that looks like he's on fire has an Incinerator Cannon.

All I keep thinking when I hear all these comments about recognizing enemies and their capabilities by their bright colours and silhouettes is that the Covenant would be stupid for not realizing that their visible armour and uniform designs are complete giveaways for their enemies, announcing their strategies and becoming enormous weaknesses, practically guaranteeing them failure at every skirmish.

Then my head asplodes trying to reconcile the fact that we want believable content, and yet also a fun, enjoyable gameplay experience :P gah.