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Subject: Who hates snipers in Multiplayer?
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Poll: Do you hate snipers in multiplayer?  [closed]
Yes I F#cking do!:  26%
(20 Votes)
No I love them:  74%
(56 Votes)
Total Votes: 76

Who here hates snipers in multiplayer. I mean its alright doing it yourslef but I absaloutly hate it when your having an exellent battle with someone that lasts for ages and suddenly...BANG. A huge sniper trail hits you dead in the face.
F#cking snipers!

  • 05.31.2004 8:32 AM PDT
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It's a challenge! You have to counter snipe the guy or go guns blazing at him up close. I'e dealt with n these kind of camper snipers all the time and your pistol is your best friend, why? The pistol makes them lose their zoom, it's hard to tell where a pistol shot is coming from, and it only takes three shots to kill. What you want to do to a sniper is either make him waste ammo or go and kill him some way he isn't expeting (meaning go around him or something, come up to him in a vehicle). I like making them waste their ammo on me because they ge more focused on me if I keep dodging their shots. Then after they have no ammo I go I for the kill. Don't go through a teleporter if you know there's a guy waiting for you though, you will be slaughtered. Just add some strategy to your plan to make sure there aren't snipers though.

  • 05.31.2004 8:45 AM PDT
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Yeah one of my mates said sniping is a challenge for him, but its so bloody easy now i hardly do it.
Besides its well hard to doge thier fire. Most people jump which makes them easy to judge!

  • 05.31.2004 8:52 AM PDT
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iguess that means you hate me then *sniff* everyone hates me :(

  • 05.31.2004 8:55 AM PDT
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For me I go right, left some, go right again; I just play with their aim and it makes them more angry, lol.

  • 05.31.2004 8:55 AM PDT

I like being a Sniper.It's fun to watch other people in battles then when one dies you shoot the other one.When snipers shoot and kill me,I don't get pissrd about it.When I respawn I pick up a Sniper and then kill the person who killed me,and besides it's just a game.

  • 05.31.2004 8:57 AM PDT
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Sniping is easily counterable. I mean yeesh so easy i almost like it more when dey have it cuz so vunrable to the snaeky sneaky WHACK method.

  • 05.31.2004 8:59 AM PDT
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not when youve got radars on, i hate them too, makes the game too easy, no sneaking!

  • 05.31.2004 9:04 AM PDT
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im a big fan of pistol sniping myself, though having a sniper on blood gluch backing you up is pretty handy.

  • 05.31.2004 9:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: thawack
Sniping is easily counterable. I mean yeesh so easy i almost like it more when dey have it cuz so vunrable to the snaeky sneaky WHACK method.


[color=red]CHEESY JOKE ALERT[/color]

dont you mean "sneaky sneaky THAWACK method" lol

  • 05.31.2004 9:11 AM PDT
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If you guys ever meet a GOOD player who snipes, it's not as easy to take him out as you think.

If they are good at all at sniping, they will know to get into a good vantage point before they start shooting (back of red base, at blood glutch), because then they can see the whole field, and have the upper hand. It is VERY difficult to counter-snipe a sniper in that position.

They also have the shade, and if you try ram a Warthog up that hill at them, you're not really aiming for them, because they have probably ducked behind a rock. So as soon as you pass up that hill, or stall, or turn, or something that gives enough time, you'll get naded, then shot up with secondary (pistol, AR, shotgun, ect).

Sneaking is hard, because on 3v3 or more maps, you have the other two people to sneak past on the middle of the field as well! And if there are motion trackers on... don't even bother...

  • 05.31.2004 11:21 AM PDT
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I consider myself to be a good sniper, I'm the best in my group of 8 LAN players (but im sure a load of you can school me), the best way to deal with a sniper is to counter snipe, a SR is good at the extreme ranges but if they are medium to short ranges use the pistol. I know there is nothing worse as a sniper than losing your zoom to a damn pistol! Also in Blood Gulch use the hills etc to your advantage. Croutching behind one then trying to flank or even get behind the sniper! Then he's easy pickings!
Also to avoid sniper fire you have to be really erratic, people who zigzag can still be easy targets. I usually just run around, ducking (makes your head move which is a great help), zigzagging till i get into cover!
But being on the recieving end of a head shot is fine by me. Its like complaining that I was turning a corner and a guy with a shotgun blew me away. Its just another part of warfare!

  • 05.31.2004 12:16 PM PDT
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Its like complaining that I was turning a corner and a guy with a shotgun blew me away. Its just another part of warfare!

Very true, you can't really complain about snipers, because if you KNEW there weren't any (taking sniper rifles off the map) then you wouldn't be as cautious, and you wouldn't be as good at dodging enemy fire (practice makes perfect). The 'taking fire' part on large maps (like Sidewinder and Blood Gulch) is the parts that fill in the areas between close combat wars. Without them would mean that you're travelling round a huge map just for a little scrap at the other end (which makes you question why you picked a large map in the first place).

Sniping is just another way to help you keep on your toes and to remind you that someone is ALWAYS watching.

  • 05.31.2004 12:45 PM PDT
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it depends on which level.

  • 05.31.2004 12:45 PM PDT
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I've never been a fan of campers, and they often use snipers, but you can't say you hate snipers just because they kill you.

  • 05.31.2004 1:13 PM PDT
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Snipers also leave trails vwhich means shoot here, lol.

  • 05.31.2004 2:21 PM PDT
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i only hate people who overuse it. Although my name might suggest otherwise i do not overuse it.

  • 05.31.2004 2:35 PM PDT
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I love them, If youre good with nades all you have to do is dodge and keep firing at them with a pistol (the best sniping weapon in blood gulch because they don't know where it's coming from), once you get close enough toss a few grenade at em, first one at where the are hiding, then at where the might run.

  • 05.31.2004 6:54 PM PDT
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No, I actually love them, especially when playing CTF with a bunch of friends at a LAN party. It's great when the enemy is just about to get your flag to their base and you get that one head shot that drops them right before they score. I love to hear them scream and yell in anger.

  • 05.31.2004 7:05 PM PDT
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Snipers? Easy. But only if you're dealing someone whose brother wasn't an actual sniper in the military. Call me Socrates, 'cause I'm about to get all dialectic on y'alls!

The most obvious drawback to the sniper rifle (in Halo, but not elsewhere) seems to be the trail it leaves, but there are many ways to get around this, or even use it to your advantage. First, distractions and smokescreens (usually plasma grenades thrown over or away from your target) may draw the enemies' attention long enough for the trail to dissappear. Second, a good sniper is never camps longer than two shots--one to kill the target, and another to kill any of his (or her) buddies that may have seen you; after two shots, if you're not gone, you're toast. The best utilization of the trail is as a decoy, however. Let your enemy see it, let them go right to your little corner, and have your team prepare a tasty grenade surprise for them...with any luck he'll bring his friends too.

As for sneeky folk who have a tendancy to give campers a friendly pat on the back, the easies way around them is to use the buddy system. But, if you find yourself flying solo, stand with your back next to a wall (NOT a corner!), change your zoom often, and always check your flanks. There should never be a time when your scope isn't changing zoom and your view is not moving...and I mean never!

As for taking out a good sniper? Well, the usuall 15 ppl at my LAN parties still haven't figured out how yet, so the world may never know...

  • 05.31.2004 7:39 PM PDT
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Hating snipers? haha you just met your worst nightmare. You must have been against rily crap snipers if you use the tactics that you mentioned in this forum. It is impossible to dodge more than one shot from a member of the Vanguard Sniper clan.. one to see how you dodge, the next to hit you in the face

  • 06.01.2004 3:37 AM PDT
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Who here hates snipers in multiplayer.
Stupid question - actually, statement - you forgot a QUESTION MARK. I have a better one:

Who here has no skill, and whines and cries in order to shift his own weaknesses onto others?

Sniping is nothing short of an Art form. It takes a LOT of skill and talent -- whether with a rifle in your hand, or a Controller S - to snipe effectively. Snipers don't just waltz around Blood Gulch trying to pick off some random guy from afar, wasting 2 clips before finally scoring a frag; Snipers don't toady about (totally stole from Cortana's rant @ beginning of Two Betrayals) Sidewinder, hiding behind rocks and trees until they get a rocket up the ass - Snipers must be constantly mobile, constantly alert and aware of what's not only going on a mile away, but behind their backs and in front of their faces, too.

An effective sniper is one who can expend all his ammo, wasting 2, maybe 3 shots to one frag, and live to gather another bundle of ammo off the dumbass he just capped. An effective sniper is one who can reach out and pluck you out of a moving Warthog or Ghost. An effective sniper is one who doesn't -blam!- when he, in turn, gets a nice 14.5mm Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot round through the forehead. As a matter of fact, an HONORABLE sniper WELCOMES this - it means he's got some competition.

One more thing:

I absaloutly hate it when your having an exellent battle with someone that lasts for ages and suddenly...BANG. A huge sniper trail hits you dead in the face.

"absaloutly?" WTF was THAT? and you got one in the head because you took [color=white]too damn long[/color] playing with yourself instead of slamming your foe's ass into the ground!

(and they're Contrails, btw. "Bettah watch doze CONTRAILS!")

  • 06.01.2004 6:04 AM PDT
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My friends know i am infamous with a Sniper rifle, they always try to get the weapon to make sure i dont get a chance at using it.
I always follow the target and hit them like they dont know it (inless they look at the tv and cheat of course lol).
Also i dont think all Snipers camp, i know i dont, to me it gives away to where i am.
Anyway dont hate us Snipers because we are better than you rifle men :).

  • 06.01.2004 8:01 AM PDT
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I have yet to see more than two people that play Halo to actually snipe out a person. One of those two is me. Campers are a pain, to some, but snipers are a well recieved opponent on the battlefield. I wish I could face some real snipers. Ya know, the ones that stalk people, careful;ly aim, and make one hit kills as compared to camper that is sitting still, shooting four rounds and maybe killing one person, and saying, "I pwned you! " when they show no skill what so ever.

  • 06.01.2004 8:34 AM PDT
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how do you get a costum avalon?

  • 06.01.2004 11:00 AM PDT

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