Figured I may as well follow through. This list will continually grow and change. Sliding Ghost and nesteggfailure are free to add as they will and I'll add them to the OP.
[quote]Characters[/quote]
[b]Elites[/b]
CE:
-consistently competent enemies
-clear roles & colour progression for each rank
-each rank had predictable behaviours and fighting styles
-competence and abilities increased with rank
-increased difficulty results in increased aggression and numbers; slightly increased ROF, damage, and punishment capacity
-melees avoidable and damage/speed progressed with rank
-only Spec Ops Elites threw grenades
-Active Camoflouge Elites had no shields as compensation for stealth
Reach:
-Competence highly variable
-ranks difficult to discern from one another
-simplicity of colour progression replaces with random colour scheme
-no clear indicator or role between several ranks (General v Zealot v Bob)
-increased difficulty results in damage sponge and massive ROF/damage increase in addition to
-movement unpredictable at all times, no pattern to movement
-melees unavoidable, always massive damage (one-hit kill with difficulty)
-all Elites throw instant grenades
-all Elites have shields
more later
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Waste of pistol ammo; use cover and grenades.