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Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Posted by: Foop46
The Prophets should have known better than to mess with the Elites...
But still, MC faced about the same thing Noble Team did, and came out alive. I know he didn't have to remain behind and fight to the end, but I still like him more as a character than Noble 6/rest of team
Not even. Chief didn't have as much of a threat on Alpha Halo Covenant-wise. The hardest thing he did was survive the Flood, but considering a sergeant made it almost as far as him in the Library, I'm not impressed.
It kind of seems to me that Noble Team and Chief were fighting entirely different battles. Noble Team were much more on the defensive with Reach, battling back the enemy trying to essentially buy time for the planet and the people; whereas with Chief, even though Earth was invaded and there was a somewhat defensiveness about the fight, he was mainly on the offensive.
I think this is why many people think that the Chief out-performed Noble Team; it's all context. Noble Team were on the back foot for the entirety of the game, only manning offensive strategies when they were seeking defensive outcomes, with Chief, he defended certain key points on Earth and then moves into the offensive, killing regret on Delta Halo etc.
I think because, due to help from outside sources, Chief had the opportunity to fight offensively against the Covenant, and move more freely against them, he is seen as fighting harder/doing more damage than Noble Team; the latter I believe to be true.
On topic though, Chief versus an entire team of 6 highly trained Spartan IIIs and a Spartan II? He would lose, unless he had Cortana with him, then he may stand a outside chance. Chief versus 6? It's hard to judge, we don't really know anything of 6's previous engagements/combat skills, so it comes down to what we know...which isn't much.
I'd be rooting for Chief and I think he would have the upper hand, simply due to years in combat (especially if this was in some parallel dimention and after his encounters during the 3 games). That being said, it would probably be close and since we don't know enough about 6, I think it's somewhat pointless to speculate.
Also, can we give this idea of Jorge being HUGE a rest? He is probably only a few inches taller than Chief (citation needed here...) and is generally a little above average size for a Spartan. Just because he is presented as being a large, heavyweight character within the context of Reach and comparitively with Noble Team doesn't mean he is the size of Tartarus.
Just because a director uses a low camera angle on a character, doesn't mean they are 60 feet tall.
[Edited on 09.02.2011 7:32 AM PDT]