Posted by: Arbiter8282
Exactly humans are very intelligent and elites are smart but not as smart as us. Our tactics are far superior in almost every way
Elites are very intelligent, their pride, honor, and arrogance gets in the way of their logic and reasoning, and THAT's what makes the Covenant lose on the ground. Their basic and standard issue plasma weaponry (PP, PR) isn't really much to brag about either since that versus UNSC weaponry is pretty evenly matched. I say this because of the way the Covenant weapons work. With a Magnum and Assault Rifle with near-instantaneous impact, and armor-piercing capability versus a Plasma Pistol with sort of weak, relatively slow bolts, and a Plasma Rifle with a bit faster, and stronger bolts, the UNSC weapons triumph.
That, coupled with the UNSC's smarts, anyway. On barren ground, it'd be 40(UNSC)/60(Covie).
From seeing Thel, I always got the feeling that he was a more gentle and rational Elite on the inside, allowing him to perform so successfully, more than any other Elite, in combat.
I really got the feeling that Thel was different from the other Sangheili.
[Edited on 10.09.2011 3:14 PM PDT]