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Subject: The Elite in Matchmaking
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Is the elite easier to kill then the spartan on live
Cause ive heard that the elites head is bigger and easier to kill
So is it true that the elite is easier to kill

[Edited on 07.24.2007 2:56 PM PDT]

  • 07.24.2007 2:55 PM PDT
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Personally I believe the elite is easier to kill. But thats probably mostly psychological coming from the fact that both Halo 1 and 2 (for the most part) have you (a spartan) killing elites. And the best way to kill something? Shoot it in the head. Its just what Im used to.

As far as the phsical part, only from the side because the head seems to jut forward.

  • 07.24.2007 3:13 PM PDT

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bungie says that the target zone on the heads are the same, so i don't know

  • 07.24.2007 3:20 PM PDT

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it depends if ur running behind them its hard to shoot them in the head but if ur sniping from the side its easy cuz their head sticks out

  • 07.24.2007 3:20 PM PDT

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i think elites are easier to kill because generally they are not as talented halo players. i tried to be one in rumble and i got first place (before reset and before i lost my internet connection)

it usually little kids or non competitve players that like being the "cooler" looking elite

  • 07.24.2007 3:20 PM PDT

No Matter the Size, Finish the Fight.

I have played as both a Covenant Elite and a Spartan and both really are about the same. There isn't too much of a difference, at least for me since I still kick bootay. However, I switched to a Spartan last night because I decided that Elites were slightly disadvantaged with their sizes. Again however, there probably isn't a difference.

  • 07.24.2007 3:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: Chipmunkool
I have played as both a Covenant Elite and a Spartan and both really are about the same. There isn't too much of a difference, at least for me since I still kick bootay. However, I switched to a Spartan last night because I decided that Elites were slightly disadvantaged with their sizes. Again however, there probably isn't a difference.

  • 07.24.2007 3:42 PM PDT
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Headshot box is the same for both. The Elite has its head more centered on the body. Besides have you noticed that you can miss a Spartan's head a bit, and it still counts as a headshot?

  • 07.24.2007 4:20 PM PDT
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Elites do have the advantage of beind harder to hit in the head from behind.

  • 07.24.2007 4:21 PM PDT
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Bungie says the hit boxes are the same size, but all you need to do is take a random fire weapon like the SMG stand the same distance and unload a clip on a spartan and barney the dinosaur to know which one takes more damage.

  • 07.24.2007 4:28 PM PDT

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I believe the elite's easier to hit head is a moot point sir.

I personally can hit a spartan or elites head from the front or side with no difficulty whatsoever.

I can hit spartans in the back of the head with no difficulty.

Elites in the back of the head however poses difficulties and I often miss from time to time.

I do not make any claims abouts elites heads being harder or easier to hit from front or side just that they are both easy to hit from these angles so one being easier makes no real difference.

But headshotting the back of an elite is definately harder.

I use a spartan model.

  • 07.24.2007 4:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: Wrecktified
Elites do have the advantage of beind harder to hit in the head from behind.


Yes.. i agree.. one time I emptied a full BR clip in the back of the Covenant Elite and it didn't kill him.... Also a tip.. I find it easier to kill Spartans from behind if you aim for the top of their head.. the very tip.

  • 07.24.2007 5:22 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

Elites are easier to kill and make you look like an idiot.

  • 07.24.2007 5:24 PM PDT
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Thats why I use a Spartan :)

  • 07.24.2007 5:28 PM PDT

It's not like Spartans are incredibly difficult to kill. The differences are so minute that once you get good at the game it doesn't matter what model you or the enemy chooses. You're going to hit them.

  • 07.24.2007 5:35 PM PDT
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this is absurd i use an elite and ive noticed a few things they have an advantage over a spartan

they can swing the bruteshot much faster then a spartan
"has saved me alot"

harder to headshot from behind "i use that to my advantage"

harder to noticed invisible

generaly to me they look alot better even the shield look better

they can jack warthogs slightly faster then spartans.

i like the elites better becuase i was stuck playing campaign for 2 years and i understand how they feel. being thrown out and all. plus they say stuff i like "i love close combat" "is that the best you have human?" "arbiter how many is that?" ive grown a liking to the black elites on the arbiter "i have no idea if thier spec ops becuase people say the white ones are spec ops" becuase they just lob grenades like mad on legendary.

oh and btw yes i use an elite.

  • 07.24.2007 10:55 PM PDT
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Elites, for me at least, are easier to snipe and 4-shot with BR. The "harder to hit from behind" tactic can be used by both Elites and Spartans. "Strongsiding" saves you life most of the time as a Spartan. (Ducking your head down as you walk away.) As far as I can see, there's no difference in melees, especially when BXB is thrown into the mix. (Sorry Bungie, MLG kid here.) Overall, most "advantages" are turned to disadvantages when you get into higher levels of play because a lot of the advantages, which I've never heard about, are taken out even if they do exist.

  • 07.24.2007 11:32 PM PDT

I'd Rather Be A Smartass Than A Dumbass

I always find it amusing when they name techniques after pros who never invented them just becuase they used them.

  • 07.24.2007 11:35 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

Haha, yeah, I did that in Halo 1 on LAN way back in the day.

  • 07.24.2007 11:39 PM PDT
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It didn't work back then. Your head popped back up if you looked all the way down. :P

By the way, Strongside was the one who made it famous. He doesn't even claim to have invented it, and he's absolutely amazing. He's no "random pro."

  • 07.25.2007 12:13 AM PDT

I'd Rather Be A Smartass Than A Dumbass

Who said he was a random pro sir. He is undeniably good.

However that technique was famous before he used it he made it well known to the MLG community he did not bring about it's fame. He merely spread it in one area.

  • 07.25.2007 12:17 AM PDT
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Its tragic, really...to see a world you love sink away in an instant that has occurred long before your time..or its own.

i play as an elite, and the only difference i see is that my team rejects me before they have even seen me play. it doesn matter how good i do, they still hate me...

  • 07.25.2007 1:36 AM PDT

Posted by: SangheiliSoldier
i play as an elite, and the only difference i see is that my team rejects me before they have even seen me play. it doesn matter how good i do, they still hate me...

it's because players that play as Elites are generally little kids or retards or really bad at the game.

The only major difference I see is the head. It's easier to hit the head from the sides but harder to hit from behind. They, in my eyes, balance it out. I play as a Spartan because I play MLG customs and I don't want to haste my time changing it every time I want to switch between matchmaking and custom games.

[Edited on 07.25.2007 1:51 AM PDT]

  • 07.25.2007 1:50 AM PDT

i play as a spartan and i find it easy to kill elites. what do is scare them into "refuge" using the BR(works best on lock out) and since their heads stick out so far i pull out my sniper and finish the job. or if i took their shields all the way down i use the BR to finish 'em

  • 07.25.2007 2:28 AM PDT
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oh and i noticed on splitscreen the elites can take 1 more br shot then spartans.


idk about live but this is what i noticed on split screen

  • 07.25.2007 4:17 AM PDT

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