Posted by: anton1792
Posted by: ThePredkiller2
Posted by: anton1792
Posted by: OrderedComa
I wouldn't put much stock in Chief fight with the Minor on Gamma Station, because as I've said many, many, many times before, that was supposed to be the first time he had ever encountered an Elite and he didn't know how exactly to fight with one. That has since been retconned and it and should have been slightly rewritten other than just changing things having to do with it being the first time Elites were fought.
And again, the fight with the Elite on the Ascendant Justice is a completely different scenario. Chief has been fighting almost totally all by himself and almost completely non stop for several days, he was wounded with little to no treatment, no real rest, fought through the Flood, the Elite was higher ranking one and was wielding a sword at close quarters, and Chief had others with him he had to be careful of (IE couldn't shoot at the Elite because he was afraid of hitting someone else). IIRC Halsey even states that it's a wonder he was still standing when they meet up again.
Six on the other hand, she had been fighting for quite a while, but there were breaks of several days between a lot of the fights she took part in, was at a UNSC held world as opposed to the middle of nowhere and would have gotten any wounds received treated properly, Six had at least one other Spartan with her almost every mission she took part in on Reach, her final fight with the Elites was out in the open and most of the Elites she killed she had gunned down, and she didn't have anyone else to watch out for besides enemies during her final fight. Now I'm not trying to minimize Six's accomplishment in any way, I'm merely pointing out that the scenario leading up to and for her final fight and the scenario leading up to and for Chief's fight for the Ascendant Justice are completely different.
Also, what height was the Minor on Gamma station? Described as being a metre taller than John, which puts it in around 10ft tall. Of course he is going to struggle against something that is 10 ft tall. (Nylund does like his ridiculously tall Elites. Yes Xytan, I'm looking at you too.)
Um, I'm re-reading Fall of Reach and nowhere does it state that this Elite is ten feet tall. I don't know where you're getting this 10 ft. crap but its bull-blam!-.
Page 313
It only took an instant for the image to fully register: a black film peeled away from the darkness. It was a meter taller than John and wore blue armour similar to that on Covenant warships.
I will accept that you perhaps cannot read properly and so missed that rather obvious fact, but I think you are at least competent enough to derive 10ft from the information given in that paragraph. If you cannot add properly either, then let me take you by the hand and walk you through it slowly:
John in Mjolnir is 7 ft.
One metre is roughly 3 ft.
The Elite is taller than John by one metre, therefore its height is 7+3 = 10.
Got it? Too hard? Do you want me to illustrate with a pretty little picture?
No, I don't need a -blam!- picture you -blam!- -blam!-, I was trying to peacefully argue my point but now you've ruined that. It was a beautiful day and then some -blam!- -blam!- it up. That is you. If you're going to talk to me like a child, then I will talk to you like one, and don't for a -blam!- second think you are above anyone, for any reason. You are not.
*Ahem*
~Walks out.~