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Unfortunately it doesn't look like there's any differences between playing as Elites vs. Spartans. The only change being cosmetic, as the guy at IGN stated. Although I do wish they would at least change the Heads Up Display for the elites or some other difference (Longer jumps? Faster? Something, and obviously balance this new change with a change for the Spartans).
In response to Dill X's questions, I doubt damage will affect the way a vehicle handles (although they did say when it's about to blow up it shakes violently) but it will effect acceleration and speed from what I can gather at the IGN guys post.
How much damage for Plasma Sword? Well that's anyones guess, but I would surmise that the single, quick strikes would take awhile (like 3-5 good hits, maybe less, seeing as how the Plasma Sword is hidden in a hard to reach place, indicating it's coolness factor), while the charge attack/uppercut would most likely be an insta-kill (Or a whole whack load of damage [didn't you see that guy go flying in the video?])
Hmm EMP grenades, interesting. Again, that's anyones guess, BUT the guy at IGN did mention that the warthogs have two "breakdowns" one (the really explosive one) gives you a warning before it does blow (shakes), and the other he said something about your dashboard "shorting out" and if you have a shield you slump forward and are stunned, if no shield, you die... Sounds like EMP to me.
Chatting mouth feature for Elites? I doubt it, you can't see the Spartan's mouth so they can get away with it, so I doubt they'll implement that feature solely for the Elites. Although, it would be VERRRRYYY cool if you were an Elite, say, and you're charging into battle and you say something like "DIE SCUM!" but all the Spartan can hear is "WORT WORT!" how cool would that be?
Clans? Yea probably, I heard that they're doing things with the newest Xbox Live patch that no one has even heard of before (citing the IGN guy yet again).
What I want to know is, when they say "Custom Icons" do they mean CUSTOM, like I can desgin every aspect and make my own from scratch? OR is there just a bunch I can choose from? I'm thinking the latter, although I could be wrong.
[Edited on 5/11/2004 3:09:56 PM]