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"Find where the liar hides, so that I may place my boot between his gums!" - Rtas 'Vadum
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
The Predator is the primary antagonists--the Elites in Halo Wars were the faceless grunts of a battle that were placed there for the sake of a cool action sequence that otherwise didn't further the plot. The battles in Predators all had the same reccuring messege: that the humans are ultimately the better killers (by a thin margin). The divergance is that one had no real point other then for the sake of action, the other was specifically about humans being better killers and outsmarting the Predators.
Plus I think it's safe to say Halo Wars isn't the most reliable source of information regarding Halo canon.
I am not restricting things to Halo Wars alone. It is a theme in Halo overall it appears.
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Plus I think you're underestimating the Elites. They've been said by the Forerunners in the besterium to be quite intelligent, but arrogant-minded. Arrogance doesn't detract of inate intelligence, just how it's used. If the Elites recognize their foe as a worthy adversary before it's too late, they will flip the brains on.
So wait..how does this not apply to the Predators?
In either case though, it appears that what we have here is yet another case of "They are much better than what we have seen in all media so far, it is just that they never really tried". There is really no indication that this is true, (They regarded Humans as a worthy foe, yet they seemed to still rely on their technology or experience) and you can justify almost anything using that sort of reasoning.
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
They've been said by the Forerunners in the besterium to be quite intelligent, but arrogant-minded.
By 343GS, not "the Forerunners", as nebulous as that is now. We don't know what that is in relation to, and I find it more likely that it was put there to emphasize the fact that despite focusing solely on warfare and having the facade of a barbarian race under that shiny, stolen power armour of theirs, that they are actually more sophisticated than that.
I am not saying they are stupid, but they ain't no race of Einstein's, contrary to the "Sangheiliphilia" that this place has grown lately.
[Edited on 02.21.2012 9:39 AM PST]