Posted by: OrderedComa
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Posted by: BlueRuby2k10
Posted by: DecepticonCobra
got the crap kicked out of him by a single Elite Minor.
Well, that's total bull crap on the author's part in terms of Master Chief's capability.
Under what circumstances was Chief in when that happened?
He and Blue Team just got off the Pillar of Autumn while Red Team flew down towards Reach. They lost James in space, but once on-board Gamma, they encountered light Covie resistance.
Seriously, Chief getting his ass handed to him isn't a concept found in The Fall of reach, it's in pretty much every Halo book.
Maybe not got his ass handed to him, but he had a good bit of difficulty.
Chief was also completely fresh, rested, and that was his... second fight of the day I believe. First close quarters fight of the day.
I'm not faulting you or anything, DaeFaron, merely making an observation. I personally wouldn't use the fight on Gamma Station against the Elite because the whole context of that fight has been changed by the Elites having been present through the war. Part of the difficulty John was having in that fight when the book first came out, and before first contact with the Elites was retconned, that was his first time fighting an Elite, he wouldn't really have any previous encounters or information to go on to formulate a good strategy to fight the Elite at maximum efficiency. So yeah, because it's not really John's first fight with an Elite anymore I'm not so sure that it should be taken completely at face value. And IIRC, didn't the Elite have a slight element of surprise? That'll also change things up a great deal.
Still, Chief knows a whole lot better than to be overpowered like that. It's like the author completely trashed John's backstory, training, and augmentations for the sake of making the Covenant seem scary.
Covenant engagements on the ground are so overrated.
[Edited on 09.07.2011 4:43 PM PDT]