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which is better, spartan or elite?

list ur pros n cons for each one plz...

i ask this because i used to play as a spartan but recently change a few weeks ago to an elite. since changing to an elite i have gotten better it seems n myy ranks have gone up...

is this because of being an elite or have i just got better? i have been playin H2 on XBL for awhile now...

  • 07.31.2007 6:29 PM PDT

There both the same. You just got better thats all.

  • 07.31.2007 6:51 PM PDT
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with that tag line i expected a better question...oh well

  • 07.31.2007 6:55 PM PDT
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thats what i was thinking...

i heard the headshot box is the same on both, same with the body(the elite is fatter but its still the same?).... plus its hard to get a head shot from behind on an elite... but there head sticks out more from the front so its easier from front on n from the side?...

i just wanna know what other ppl think about this subject....
which is better?
answer with one of the following(obviously) n explain why u choose that one...
spartan or elite?

  • 07.31.2007 6:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: JesuszillaCorp
with that tag line i expected a better question...oh well


ur mean jesus, coming in here n bagging out my topics lol...
i still want my cookie from the other day lol

u gonna b on in like 4hours? i'll b home from work then if u are

  • 07.31.2007 7:02 PM PDT
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Spartan's better.

Elites are easier to hit in the front. BUT spartans are easier to hit in the back.

But its still hard to get a headshot on a spartan running away so the back doesnt really matter. 2 shots. dead.

  • 07.31.2007 7:34 PM PDT

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Elites take a little longer to recover from melee's.

  • 07.31.2007 8:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dredwerkz
Elites take a little longer to recover from melee's.


really? i never knew that...
where'd u find that out from? thats interesting if its correct

  • 07.31.2007 8:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: TokenBlackGuy4U
really? i never knew that...
where'd u find that out from? thats interesting if its correct
Just start up a split screen with an elite and spartan, press melee as fast as you can on both, you should notice it takes a little longer before you can melee again with the elite.

  • 07.31.2007 8:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: TokenBlackGuy4U
really? i never knew that...
where'd u find that out from? thats interesting if its correct
Just start up a split screen with an elite and spartan, press melee as fast as you can on both, you should notice it takes a little longer before you can melee again with the elite.


No sh^t, i'll try that when i get home from work...
i wonder why its like that though coz the elite n the spartan are exactly the same bar the skin i was lead to beleive( i mean as in same head shot box, n body shot box) so y would that b different....

it will proberly b one of those questions that will never get answered, but its still interestin n i'll try it when i get home

  • 07.31.2007 9:31 PM PDT
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they are not the same, spartans have stronger shields but they take longer to recover, elites have weaker shields but they recover faster.

  • 07.31.2007 9:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: PoorVash
they are not the same, spartans have stronger shields but they take longer to recover, elites have weaker shields but they recover faster.


how come i can out BXR my trainer(in a custome not MM) when we're training and he's a spartan n a level 35 n i'm only a level 13 at team slayer?

we both stand in a corner each in the middle of lockout n run towards the centre. if we both just mellee each other n walk back to our corners we both recover at the same time n he's a spartan n i'm an elite....

many of ppl have said that elites dont have as much sheild but i still believe there wrong n that they have the same ammount

  • 07.31.2007 9:40 PM PDT
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They are conventionally the same, elites seem to be harder to hit in the back of the head only because the front of their head is so huge, the area on the back of the head is equal to the spartan's. I always thought they were easier to hit because they are fatter, their body mass is the same though only it is spread out laterally and with funky arms and whatnot. Theoretically they are the same but autoaim makes elites easier to hit.

  • 07.31.2007 9:48 PM PDT
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spartens, leets have bigger heads, harder to hit from the back tho

  • 07.31.2007 11:25 PM PDT
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Spartans. Elites have a smaller Sword hitbox.

  • 08.01.2007 12:11 AM PDT
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Elites are better. They're harder to heashot unless they're facing you and they are shorter, partly cuz of bad posture, making them better at crouching for cover.

  • 08.01.2007 1:06 AM PDT
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wow i thought i knew abit about this debat but obviously i didnt. i knew abot the crouching bit, but i didnt know about the hitbox with a sword...

also elites heads my be bigger at the front but there headshot box is the same so the bits that make it bigger dont actually count if u shoot them there, same with the body... but as every1 says there head does stick out more...

that can b fixed though f u know ur maps well enuf... all u have to do is move around the map with ur head down, it makes elites alot harded to kill than even spartans from the front i've found(helps in snipers)....

[Edited on 08.02.2007 12:20 AM PDT]

  • 08.02.2007 12:19 AM PDT

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The question of all questions? Thread title should be same questions as always. Make a title say something about what it is about.

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  • 08.02.2007 2:55 AM PDT
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Ok some of you are idiots. I cant believe you actually thought some of those.
1. Spartans and elites have the same amount of shield and health.
2. Spartans can lower their head when running away to prevent opponents to get headshots.
3. Elites dont recover from meelees any faster than a spartan.
4. The shields recover the same.

[Edited on 08.04.2007 9:44 AM PDT]

  • 08.04.2007 9:43 AM PDT
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Posted by: KrIpToKnIgHT
Spartan's better.

Elites are easier to hit in the front. BUT spartans are easier to hit in the back.

But its still hard to get a headshot on a spartan running away so the back doesnt really matter. 2 shots. dead.


The hitboxes are the same. Achronos proved it.

  • 08.04.2007 9:45 AM PDT