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Posted by: Makko Mace
Posted by: grey101
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Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
*Shrug* The only, and strong only thing would be the pikes. However, those looked like a normal pike and not the honor guard one (would have to look it up).
Oh, definitely. If Ripa hadn't toyed with him, Forge would have died fighting alone. However, I've seen people go "Realistically, Ripa would kill Forge every time!" and I reply with "Um, not true, every time Forge would outsmart Ripa and play to his arrogance, which is why Forge won."You are correct that Ripa's arrogrance was what got him killed. However, don't you think that it's a little farfetched that Forge would be able to tackle him like that, and then be able to keep fighting after that vicious punch to the stomach? I would think that a blow like that from an Arbiter would be like getting hit by a car.
I could be overestimating Ripa's strength though, and I'd just like your opinion on it.
you are right about the punch, that could have dented a car door.
The only ways he could have surived that punch were:
A: Rippa was toying with him, pulling his punches to prolong the fight and assert his dominace.
B: Perhaps Forge's chest piece was not just loose on the body like normal clothing, instead of being like a vest maybe it was more rigid, so it conducted the punch into the ground. Example
If any thing else had happened, Forge would have been coughing up his lungs while the Arbiter casually strolled off.
As for the tackling... I have no god damn idea how that was possible. I blame the Halo Wars team and their lack of cannonical knowledge.
The Arbiter was withdrawing his energy sword so that he could slash again. (The energy is designed to use these wider, deadlier but harder to recover from swings.) This meant he had his weight was already going backwards and forge just had to apply the right amount of force to tip him over.
Its also helps that forge seems to be a large, fit male with the weight of his friends in his hands.
My friend (Very large) found himself in a similar position to the Arbiter when dueling me the other day, He over committed with his swing and had to withdraw. Instead of wasting my strength by letting my steal blade meet his body, I simply tripped him and held my sword to his throat.... (Although, since he had forgotten to bring chain mail or a plate body to that training session... Giving him a possible cracked rib would have been a good lesson :P)
[Edited on 08.12.2011 1:20 PM PDT]