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Subject: Covenant vs. Spartans? Why are the Elites the only Cov. options? T...
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I kinda was hoping to use a Hunter or a Brute in Multi-Player. I know they don't have energy sheilds, but they would be the masters of hand to hand! I just thought I'd be fun! What do you guys think? Add for Covenant, or stick with just the Elite's?

  • 07.04.2004 10:24 AM PDT
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Elites are much more experianced now and i want a chalange so the elites are better.

  • 07.04.2004 10:27 AM PDT
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Brutes are to powerfull and hunters are only good for artillery and weak at close range.

  • 07.04.2004 10:28 AM PDT
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I suppose it's all balancing issues and the time it would take :)

would be good if they could pull it off though.

  • 07.04.2004 10:31 AM PDT
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no it would not

  • 07.04.2004 10:34 AM PDT
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Spartans and Elites are pretty much equal so it wont change the game play too much except the graphics

  • 07.04.2004 10:36 AM PDT
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hey it is because the elites are the only cov with a sheild1 and it would not be very fun fighting little stupid grunts

  • 07.04.2004 10:37 AM PDT
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I wouldnt want to see a class based system in Halo2, I do enjoy some class based games, as long as it is done right. However the thing that I love about Halo multiplayer is that to kill a person you must use skill (unless you are using a glitch to your advantage, and in that case shame on you!), instead of winning because you have an advantage in a specific area! for example a heavy weapons guy bumps into a scout/sniper player in a place like the BG bases 9 times out of 10 the heavy weapons guy will win. It is the fact that in Halo if you are fighting simillarly skilled players you never know who will win!

And to answer your question, there are only Elites because they are balanced with Spartans, simillar strength, simillar health etc! Brutes and Hunters are stronger than spartans and, in the case of the hunter, have a huge orange weak spot!

  • 07.04.2004 10:41 AM PDT
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Elites are supire toall cov. but prophet but they are the best solders [ dont ever say brute agin WORTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT WORT WORT WORT DFGHHGVJHGNJKL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 07.04.2004 11:00 AM PDT
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elites and spartans are equal in size strength and they have a shield it would make it too easy if one team was spartans ant the other were grunts

on a side not i wouldn't mind too much if you could have hunters and brutes to play as in multiplayer as long as at least one of your teamates is a sparton or an elite it wouldn't be that bad really for example

hunter-you have no shield but a lot of health and armor also you are not that fast and can't get through small doors or ride in veicles

Brute-you have no shield but you have a lot of health and you can't be hit by head shots because of your helmet you also are faster than spartans but are a bigger target and like hunters cant ride in veicles no wait you can at least drive ghosts i know

grunt-little health smaller target can still drive (this would have to be done only aginst beginers or to show off)

Flood-cant drive LOTS of health ocationally comes back from the dead can not be sniped ever

i could see this being something that could be fun like if you go in guns blazeing-brute, if you defend your base-hunter, want to show off-grunt, your just want to be cheap and annoying-flood it would certainly add a new demintion to the game it might make to too stratigic though

  • 07.04.2004 11:18 AM PDT
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Why are they the only options? How do you know that they are the only options? Bungie, to my knowledge, has not said that there are no other playable races....then again they haven't said that there are. We'll just have to wait and see.

  • 07.04.2004 11:35 AM PDT