I'd like to see Elites return to general matchmaking. I don't care if they get hunched over to do it. I thought the Halo 3 elites look better anyway from a design standpoint, they look more like the honorable vikings they come across as in 2 and 3. In Reach they look like bugs. Highly detailed bugs, but still.
I don't know if it was due to the handoff or what, but I thought Elites would be more..
present in matchmaking than they were. Not only that, but later gametypes had forced-spartans on them all the time, so you can't even play as them in customs. At least one playlist where your preference for Elite or Spartan would be recognized (Action Sack?) in Reach would be nice.
But I guess it'd probably also help if they made the stuff that determines the player model more stable so we could have a UI option to choose forced Elite, forced Spartan, or player choice for each team ourselves. Leave player model forcing in for the hardcore playlists or whatever.
Yes, I do love reach's iteration of the wraith, I also think the ghost in reach is perfect, handles beautifully.
Inb4 Hydra calls me a wraith whore.
I'd take the Wraith over the Scorpion. The Wraith is the balanced tank, the Scorpion is the spartan laser of vehicles. Overpowered and needs maps with high horizons to even balance it, ala Containment.