Posted by:ScubaToaster
Posted by: HipiO7
This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect
:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.
Posted by: egore11
Posted by: HipiO7
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Anyway, Fall of Reach, gamma station. Chief is rested, uninjured, and absolutely fine. I think it was a blue armored elite (Minor or ranger, both which aren't the strongest Elites around) was an equal match to him.
But they were fighting in Zero-G, and the Chief, just like any other Spartan, hated fighting in vacumm, it was pretty much his weak spot.
Anyways, just because the Elite was a minor, it dosent mean it was weak (if we go gameplay wise). Look at Clarence in Mona Lisa, he was a private, but he was extremely sharp. Yes, it was later shown he was ONI, but nonetheless, dont underestimate by rank.
Just because he was a low rank, you shouldint underestimate him. Something the Spartan's never did with their enemies, even with Grunts.
Yea, case in canon, elites have the same shields, as SPARTANs have better shields as stated in...can't remember. I think shields is gameplay purely, gets stronger just to show he's a higher rank and more badass.
But there are many contradictions to that theroy.
There are alot of contradictions in Halo as to shield streght. I might make a thread later about this to try and clear it up.
Yes, it is stated numerous times during the books that MJLONIR shield tech is better than Covenant Shield tech, for example, in The Flood. And I'm pretty sure shield strenght on higher ranking Elite's is common. It would make sense for spec ops or Ultras to have higher shield strenght.
After all, in Reach, when Noble is talking to Halsey, Six states the shield strenght was a match to the current known Field Marshal.