: But my another quick thought off the top of my head is how at first they
: seemed pretty into the idea of cloaked Chief, which I kinda wish made it
: in somewhere. It was cool to read the idea behind that, it was more to
: symbolize Chief hiding his grief and emotions, than any practical reasons
: like armor malfunction

My theory: Alot of that stuff was pushed to Halo 6 and onwards as 343i decided to do a saga instead of restricting it to a trilogy.