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Subject: Elites--less shield, more health
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For creatures that are supposedly many times more resiliant than a human, the H2 Elites certainly have extremely little health. Once their shields are down a single blast from the BR will take them out--even a grunt takes more punishment than that.

In Halo 3, I'm hoping for elites to have around half the physical health of a brute, but with a reduced amount of shielding compared to H2 elites.


[Edited on 5/21/2006]

  • 05.21.2006 12:44 PM PDT
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i agree the halo 2 elites were too easy to kill
they r supposed to be around as strong as the master chief

  • 05.21.2006 12:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Zamamee36
i agree the halo 2 elites were too easy to kill
they r supposed to be around as strong as the master chief


agreed, a Major (red) is the physical equivilent of the Chief BTW

  • 05.21.2006 12:52 PM PDT
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Carrots.

Funny, in the books it said Elites we're physicaly alot stronger than Master Chief... oh well, hope they get upgraded so that they won't get picked on, and we could all have a fun, fair fight.

  • 05.21.2006 12:53 PM PDT
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Well, they are as strong as Master Chief b/c when both Master Chief and Elites both take 1 head shot to die once thier shields have been drained.


Although I dont think that they are too weak, I wouldnt mind them having more health, as long as head shots kill.

  • 05.21.2006 12:56 PM PDT
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good point

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Did you mean "BR" instead or "AR" as the latter was not in H2. And really, anything (minus Flood. They don't count.) can die if you shoot them once in the face with the BR. It's called a headshot.

  • 05.21.2006 12:57 PM PDT
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Yeah, Battle rifle is the gun I mean.

BTW mate, don't be sarcastic. I think we all know what a headshot is.

  • 05.21.2006 12:58 PM PDT

Posted by: Zamamee36
i agree the halo 2 elites were too easy to kill
they r supposed to be around as strong as the master chief

No. Chief was modified to be stronger than the Elites. However, that doesn't explain how Chief can kill hundreds of an entire civilization's best fighters, and not have a chunk of his armor missing, be dead, or while in space, have his oxygen tank blown up...

  • 05.21.2006 1:01 PM PDT
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I assume none of you have attempted to beat elites on legendary without a noob combo if you say they are weak.

  • 05.21.2006 1:02 PM PDT
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that's not a lack of health that makes elite weak, it's their body - WAY too big, if you empty a smg clip on them, even if you stand at 3 meters of them, every bullet will hit it, instead only 2/4 of the bullets would hit MC

  • 05.21.2006 1:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: TheDeadGuy
Did you mean "BR" instead or "AR" as the latter was not in H2. And really, anything (minus Flood. They don't count.) can die if you shoot them once in the face with the BR. It's called a headshot.

And Flood just take a chestshot...

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Posted by: Zamamee36
i agree the halo 2 elites were too easy to kill
they r supposed to be around as strong as the master chief

No. Chief was modified to be stronger than the Elites. However, that doesn't explain how Chief can kill hundreds of an entire civilization's best fighters, and not have a chunk of his armor missing, be dead, or while in space, have his oxygen tank blown up...

He does have scrapes and other marks and mabye its because he was selected as a superior at the age of six,brought up to be a tactical battle machine and then was given a battle armour that in the books is described to be elites armour just drasticaly improved and he dosent have a air tank its some sort of re-breather?

  • 05.21.2006 1:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: PACKman912
I assume none of you have attempted to beat elites on legendary without a noob combo if you say they are weak.


I have beat them on legendary, once the shield is down they take a single BR blast and they are out of the picture.

Both Elites and Brutes should be rarer and tougher.

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  • 05.21.2006 1:09 PM PDT