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Subject: MP, Spartan and Elite balancing issues
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This topic is for posting about spartan/elite balancing issues in multiplayer, as most of you know the elites were easier targets and became MUCH less used onced this fact spread.
PLEASE! No flaming ideas here, nobody likes it and its just stupid.
(There is a differance between flamming and just saying "Thats a horrible idea")

My Ideas: I say keep the spartans and elites sizes the way they are, BUT, allow the elites to have SLIGHTLY faster run speed and SLIGHTLY higher jumps. Not too much of a differance between the spartans, just enough to be noticeable. Atleast this way, some people will use elites for online play.

  • 07.12.2006 9:46 AM PDT

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Good idea. Stronger melees as well perhaps? They have stronger melees than you in the single player (at least the better elites do...).

  • 07.12.2006 9:50 AM PDT

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The Eliets are faster they do jump higher and they have more accuracy than a spartan does already so I think its balanced in some ways.

  • 07.12.2006 9:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: Armedsavage01
The Eliets are faster they do jump higher and they have more accuracy than a spartan does already so I think its balanced in some ways.


No, it's been tested they are the same. (are you thinking of campaign?)

Good ideas guys, i like the one about stronger melles. I hope someone from bungie reads some of these topics, they could get some good ideas from some people.

  • 07.12.2006 9:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: flamedude
Good idea. Stronger melees as well perhaps? They have stronger melees than you in the single player (at least the better elites do...).


Melees are already two-hit kills. Anything stronger wouldn't be noticable at all unless elites had one hit melee kills, and that's just silly.

  • 07.12.2006 9:59 AM PDT
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yeah, they should weaken the melles to four for spartans and 3 for elites maybe?

  • 07.12.2006 10:02 AM PDT
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And if they include the brutes as playable MP characters, they should make it so they give the most melle damage of all 3.

  • 07.12.2006 10:19 AM PDT
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How about just make the elites neck shorter and head slightly smaller?

  • 07.12.2006 10:25 AM PDT
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Posted by: GodsGunman
How about just make the elites neck shorter and head slightly smaller?


Nah, that'd be too simple and it'd make too much sense.

  • 07.12.2006 10:26 AM PDT
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Posted by: EvilKitty
Posted by: GodsGunman
How about just make the elites neck shorter and head slightly smaller?


Nah, that'd be too simple and it'd make too much sense.


No, it would be dumb because the elites have looked the same in Halo 1 and 2, why change it?

  • 07.12.2006 10:30 AM PDT
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Make the Elite have a one hit melee, if someones shield is anything but full, but have a delay time in the melee, but not dodgeable like it is in campaign. Also make them run fastre like Halo 1, oh and a lower jump hight because they run faster.

  • 07.12.2006 10:33 AM PDT

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Horrible idea.

  • 07.12.2006 10:35 AM PDT
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Or....they chould just make them equal? If there is only one difference between Halo 2 and Halo 3 it needs to be this. It was ridiculous that they were different in the first place.

  • 07.12.2006 10:37 AM PDT
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Posted by: AnimeArchfiend
And if they include the brutes as playable MP characters, they should make it so they give the most melle damage of all 3.


They should not put the Brutes in MP.

  • 07.12.2006 10:38 AM PDT
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How about just reduce the damage done by a bullet in % like reduce the damage by 25% by a 3 burst round, We all know elites die on the first bullet on the 4th burst thats why it feels like you die in 3 shots instead of 4. and spartens die on the 3rd bullet on the 4th burst so why not reduce the bullet damage % ?

  • 07.12.2006 10:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: sporefrog
If Master Chief was holding a banana in Halo 1, as long as the gameplay is good, I could care less.

Lol I'm sorry but that is total bullsh** and you know it. You would be pissed if the Master Chief used only fruit as weapons.

Because it would be too noticable. You cant just willy-nilly throw out percents, it would need to be tested the accutal % more bullets that hit because of the size difference to work it that way.


The most obvious solution is to put the elites on a diet. Seriously, they are super fat. I would be fine if they downsized them to make them slimmer, as it would allow people to be an elite if they wished, and not have to take a disadvantage to use the charater model

  • 07.12.2006 10:48 AM PDT