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Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Arsenal, you have yet, and cannot ever prove that S3's didn't get a similar reaction time boost. Why? Because we have no damn numbers on them post-augmentations, besides a brief mention of speed during Torpedo.
Also, you conveniently cut out Grace's death, which I'm pretty dang sure she was standing in the open. And you cut out the fact Chief, using FULL force to pin the brute, was losing. It started pushing him up with a single arm, and if he didn't use the grenade he wouldn't have been in a pretty picture.
You never did understand that if the augmentation gives a base boost of 300% to reaction speed, but let's see ends up giving an even larger one, they won't go "Let's change the damn label to 1400%." Why? Because that's on a person by person basis. 300% boost is guaranteed, stuff beyond isn't for everybody. Seeing as the augmentations came straight from the S2's, and it's the exact same ones, bar application methods... The fact the label says 300% based on your theory = interesting. Cause shouldn't they go "This'll give a 1400% increase in reaction speed?"
Also, those numbers are simply the labels, NOT given from post augmentation training exercises like S2s. Tell me, if drug A is used in something, then used again, are they going to mass recall and swap out the labels because the effects were greater? Not at all. They might go "You might get better effects from it." but they aren't going to change the label.
1)We have the stated 300%, and we have the known S-II reaction time boost. YOU are the one using an unknown here. YOU should be the one being the one proving that S-IIIs do indeed have the same reaction time.
2)Except your point that Master Chief saw the contact, then walked into the open. He, after covering for his teammates to advance like you said he should, proceeded with caution. When he saw the contact, he ordered his team to stop, then he was going to throw a grenade to snuff out the Brute, but it charged. Grace's death has NOTHING to do with his situational awareness. And actually, they had no choice but to enter that area. Enemies were coming en masse from where they just were, I have the quote if you want it. Actually it was the Brute struggling, John saying "oh no you don't" then pulling out the grenade. But that is not the point, AGAIN. the point is that Master Chief's weakness is not H2H. Master Chief easily out-classed that CEREMONIAL GUARD Brute in Martial art technique, his only disadvantage was being physically weaker than the Brute.
3)Yes, that person by person basis goes by genes, which is the EXACT reason that S-IIs and NOBLEs got the greater effect.
4) I never said they should change the label. The label is WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO. For S-II quality genes the effects are amplified. I also wouldn't doubt that they are slightly amplified for S-IIIs aswell, but not nearly as much as for the IIs. Also, what do you mean post-augmentation training. For reaction times? You can't improve it all that much, so the effect is tiny, short of getting used to the augs, but Mendez also said that they were STILL getting used to their new-found physical attributes.