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Subject: Sword vs shotty.

sword... longer range than the shotgun and a lot quicker for the kill

  • 06.15.2007 10:34 AM PDT
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if i have host shotty but whenever i get the sword i lunge over everyone and off the cliff

  • 06.15.2007 10:39 AM PDT
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I would choose the Shotgun. Do you know why? Because on large maps, if they are already weakened (IE you shoot em a couple of times with your Battle Rifle, throw a couple of grenades under their feet), the Shotgun will do well for cleaning them up. The Sword isn't very useful for killing a guy with his shields down.... a guy with his shields down vs the sword can do just as much damage as a guy with full shields can. So in team battles, where you work with your buddies, I always go for Shotgun. This is because the shotgun is faster at killing people, if they are weakened.

  • 06.15.2007 10:40 AM PDT
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Finally I have found someone with the similar shotgun talent. The sword is too unreliable especially on lockout, there is nothing funnier than seeing sword hurtle himself to his own death on lockout lol. If you can miss point blank with a shotty I don't really know what to say to you, host is not even an excuse especially with an instant melee

  • 06.15.2007 6:38 PM PDT
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Depends on if I'm host or not. If I'm host I'll take shotty and tell my teammates where the sword is. If I'm not host I'll take sword and tell my teammates where shotty is.

  • 06.15.2007 6:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Pequeno C
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LOL, you guys choose the sword because it doesn't take as much skill, plus shotty beats sword 1v1, as long as the shotty personisn't a nub. I personally am good with the shotty and if I had to choose between a shotty with ONLY six bullets in it and a sword, I would still choose the shotty becase I would get 4-6 kills with the shotty, where as the sword is a weapon of, "Oh yeah, I just got a kill because I grabed it and lunge at a guy who just saw me."


Haha ur avatar is a guy with a sword. I dont beleive that ur actually that good with the shotty, personally i wouldnt choose either i would run and get the sniper...
Actually I am that good with the shotty, I"m not going to lie, with sword I find i get bad hits and only take down the shield and fly uncontrollably to places I don't want to be, with a shotty I rarely need the melee and I can take down the sword 19 out of 20 with the shotty, I play alot of zombies and non-standard gametypes....bringing down sword's shield with smg and meleeing at the proper moment is not all that hard but in comparison killing sword dead on with the shotty is a walk in the park....for me anyways

  • 06.15.2007 6:48 PM PDT
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Shotgun is too unreliable on XBL, so I go with the sword.

  • 06.15.2007 7:20 PM PDT

Posted by: Appellantaxe
I also believe that inlight of my skill and gaming experiences that



If you were skilled, you wouldnt have the problem of lunging off the map like you mention on lockout.

  • 06.15.2007 7:41 PM PDT
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Sword for a few reasons:

1) Shotty is more host reliant.
2) Sword kills quicker.
3) No realoading/running out of ammo (not like you'd every run out of ammo with that thing anyway.)
4) To be brutally honest, the sword is fricken cool!!! :-D

  • 06.15.2007 7:47 PM PDT
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Nope, with br you can kill from a pretty far range, and its really good for BXRs.
My tag is forgotton one if any one want to team or play me...

  • 06.15.2007 8:44 PM PDT
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the sword, because you can kill someone instantly from a greater distance than the shotgun can. the shotgun beats the sword, but you can just use your br on anyone with a shotgun.

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  • 06.15.2007 8:45 PM PDT
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The thing about the sword that I don't like: It takes just as much effort to kill them if they have their shields weakened. So you have no tactical advantage in throwing a couple of grenades, and shooting them a couple of times. If they sneak up on you, then yes, the sword is more powerful. But what about in real combat in 4 vs 4 combat? The sword forces you into the enemy position, if you use it offensively. Which ussually means the sword guy swoops out of nowhere, and kills one guy. But that one guy was probably standing outside..... and he was probably taking the Brunt of the assault, and was about to die. And he did just as much damage to you as if he had full shields.

Some people might like the sword. But the thing, is, I've never gone a kill tac with my sword. I can get it with a shotgun. Another thing with the sword: Having a sword out is like waving a big fat "Shoot Me!!! Just Shoot Me God Damn It Sign" on top of your head. It exposes you in the dark. In Tombstone, in Team Slayer, I had a shotgun, and the enemy guy had a sword. I crouch walked up, saw that the whole team was camping down here. If I had the sword, and the other guy had the shotgun, I know I would've killed one, maybe two of them, and died. But because I had my trusty shotgun this is what I did: I chucked a grenade into the center, teaching them to not clump together like morons. If I had a sword, this would do diddley squat. Why? Because it still takes the same time to kill. So instead, I whip out my BR, shoot the sword a couple of times, and then charge up close, shoot him (which kills him and weakens his already weakned buddy). He goes down next. I shotgun melee the next guy, and the last guy charges. He's dead.

Oh yeah thats one helluva kill tac right there. I'll go find the game.

  • 06.15.2007 8:58 PM PDT
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Host = Shotgun

Non-Host = Sword

:)

  • 06.15.2007 10:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: a_number
The people that said neither would choose the plasma pistol i bet lol.



haha

  • 06.15.2007 10:04 PM PDT
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Always sword, shotgun doesn't even come close to the sword UNLESS your host of course...

  • 06.15.2007 10:15 PM PDT

In a LAN game definitely the Shotgun, otherwise the Sword wins for that.

  • 06.15.2007 10:28 PM PDT
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Too much lag on live for the shotty to be affective. the sword kills in one hit every time even with lag.

  • 06.17.2007 12:03 AM PDT
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Shotgun. For some reason (Most probably Latency) I keep missing my Sword lunges, which is pretty embarrassing, lets be honest.

  • 06.17.2007 3:31 AM PDT
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I picked shotty because whenever I have the sword I feel like I'm getting cheap kills.

  • 06.17.2007 7:46 AM PDT
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Honestly, I don't care, I would take either one.

  • 06.17.2007 8:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: Sphincter218
Posted by: Appellantaxe
I also believe that inlight of my skill and gaming experiences that



If you were skilled, you wouldnt have the problem of lunging off the map like you mention on lockout.

If you were skilled at reading you wouldn't have posted this, because I said I am skilled with the shotgun and not the sword and I play with many level 35+ who will demolish you with the shotty because it is a superior weapon in the hands of someone who knows how to use it, just as the sword is. The sword can be an equally powerful weapon but because of it's lunging abilities it does on occasion throw you,if you deny this then you obviously don't even use the sword. I use the sword alot but I know how to time the shotty in the sword lunge, just as many players do. Fact remains:shotty=projectile sword=melee and therein is the fault of the sword because it is a non-projectile weapon the shotty ALWAYS has a chance to kill the sword before it hits dependant on the skill of the shotgun user. And lastly don't tell me that I am unskilled, I rarely fly off the edge with the sword, I merely used it as an example, it rarely happens to me, I've seen it happen to a million people in customs and MM and if you're telling me you never get swung randomly by the lunge,then you're a liar.

[Edited on 06.17.2007 10:50 AM PDT]

  • 06.17.2007 10:38 AM PDT
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Pff, probably the sword if anything. Don't even get me started on the Halo 2 Shottie... may as well be trying to kill enemies with rainbows and pixie dust for how effective it can be :(

  • 06.17.2007 11:49 AM PDT

BXR?

  • 06.17.2007 12:33 PM PDT
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id pick up shotty.. sword is horrible and i get the worst luck with it... theres a guy in front of me walking in a direct straight line i press the trigger about 4 times when its red.. 2 of them i dont lunge and the other two i completely miss i hate sword..

plus close range like point blank shotgun has advantage sword needs two lunges, shotgun takes on blast to the face to kill em all u needa do is time it right

  • 06.17.2007 12:41 PM PDT

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