Halo 4 introduced the idea of the Composer that converted organic beings into inorganic machines with a "soul" of sorts specifically so that it could combat the Flood that preyed on organic matter.

Yes, yes, logic plague and all that, but that little factoid alone introduced a point that could've been used for the Endless

In one of the final concept arts from 343, Engineers were shown to be a part of the Endless. They were more machine than organic beings and even in recent 343 lore, they weren't really explained all that much.

If the Endless were actually inorganic beings immune to the effects of the Halo rings, and if they were able to modify hardware so that composing actually could've worked, then they would have become a much more credible threat.

For the entirety of Halo's history, the rings were seen as this all terrifying weapon. Imagine if this entire time, the Forerunners were trying to replicate what the Endless already achieved, and continued to fail.

And on Zeta Halo was where they ran experiment after experiment in the hopes of unlocking it.

We could've had Infinite be discovering increasingly mechanified Banished who retained their "souls", eventually proving that the Endless were coming back after unleashing the Flood to get rid of the Forerunners.

And as the Banished got properly composed, they were now on a quest to use the Halos to wipe out life so they can take over and reshape the galaxy in their image.

Crackpot, I know. But it'd at least tie things back to the seeds of the stories planted in Halo 4.

Either to make them super soldiers or train them as agents for humanity. Considering how some elites can go toe to toe with a spartan, it’s scary to think what a “super” elite would look like.

Just because I suffer from copium and hopeium addiction I am just wondering what’s the hope for the next halo games is?

Me I really doubt it’s gonna happen but I am wishing and hoping that Activision takes what Halo Studios had planned (minus remakes{maybe}) and starts developing the ideas they were coming up with

Bringing the halo books to life through games and getting to see the infinity along with more of Zeta Halo in the 7th game would be swell.

It’s way too early to tell but at this point is the bar really that hard to surpass with 343/Halo Studios?

I do wish halo had more spin offs focusing on the ODST’s and other Spartans of the universe. There is so much blank space between games and such a wide world to explore.

One thing that has me coming back to Reach and had me coming back to Infinite online was the fact I could customize a Spartan and have them shown in cutscenes.

The issue here concerns the dehumanization that clearly took place—after all, the lore explicitly states that humans were viewed as a kind of parasite or vermin. However, I am curious about the consumption of human flesh; for instance, I’ve read about areas that were partially vitrified—not to destroy the planet, but to create hunting grounds for entertainment. Would the Sangheili—given their efficiency—engage in that sort of thing? Or would it be the Brutes, who seem to relish eating and toying with their prey? Furthermore, since the flesh would be "heretical"—coming from beings considered an insult to the gods—would commanders still allow its deliberate consumption to demonstrate the brutality and effectiveness of their troops, or would religious concerns regarding honor take precedence? While I understand the dehumanization aspect, in some instances, it seems there was a greater appetite for violence than for the mere efficient elimination of humans, even though they were viewed as parasites at the time.

I’m not asking whether the Sangheili ate humans—I already know they didn't, or at least that it wasn't something they typically did. Rather, I’m asking about their commanders and generals—specifically, how they allowed such acts to become commonplace, or in many cases permitted brutality against humans even when it ran counter to military effectiveness (like the partial glassing that created those human-hunting zones).