Posted by: RKOSNAKE
Posted by: Alfdog
Posted by: RKOSNAKE
Posted by: Mark V guy
Elites are equal to spartans, as shown in Halo 2 and 3 and Halo Reach shows that higher raking elites are even tougher than Spartans.
Brutes are superior to both in terms of strength, but the elites and Spartans are faster and more agile. Plus the games make out as though the brutes are weaker than Spartans when they are not
Brutes are faster than both...
Why dose everyone think that just because it was mentioned once (and I believe it wasn't even that clear it was in the shadows) by an author (books that have all types of faults in them) who only writes books for the game and isn't even part of bungie/343 that he knew that it would fit well with what we experience with Brutes in ALL the games. if we went by the books we'd be dealing with 10ft tall elites by now (reach and GoO) and other such things. Brutes are stronger: yes, but quicker they just ain't.
Spartans have night vision though, so it doesn't matter if the Brute was in the shadows or not they would still see pretty clearly so the statement still remains. Nylund also served as the main contributor for the Halo novels from day one. Also, seeing how Bungie gave him the exact info to post on the novels, like the description of the races and everything, so if he says that Brutes can take an Assault at point blank range then it must be true.
Games obviously do not follow this as it would be nigh impossible for anybody to kill them, same with Spartans. I mean, if we went by canon in games, a Magnum wouldn't be able to kill a Spartan, let alone harm him.
I see your point, but at the end of the day his perception of halo will always be an outside one (that don't mean I disregard everything he has to write) and even though he has good info on the universe not everything he writes is going to sit well in what Halo is. Plus he's an author, he needs to make his stories exciting. I just don't see any proof of this faster attributes of Brutes in ANYTHING else in Halo.