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Subject: Are Hunters too weak?

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Poll: Are Hunters too weak?  [closed]
Hell yes:  52%
(36 Votes)
Hell no:  12%
(8 Votes)
Yes:  19%
(13 Votes)
No:  17%
(12 Votes)
Total Votes: 69

I say hell yes because it only takes one shot from a pistol, rocket launcher, or sniper rifle to take them down.

  • 05.31.2004 6:01 PM PDT
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You should be posting on The Library if you're talking about the original Hunters. Undoubtedly if they return in Halo 2 they will be beefed up (considering most things have been as far as what Bungie has released).

  • 05.31.2004 6:04 PM PDT
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have u played the game on legendary, or even heroic? im guessin not. Im gonna say hell no

  • 05.31.2004 6:04 PM PDT
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i hope in halo 2 they make a hunters weak spot as strong as an elites body.lol they'd be awesome

  • 05.31.2004 6:05 PM PDT
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Well that is if you are taking them on in the weaklings difficulty (anything below legendary is a weaklings category)

Here is how tough a Hunter is on Legendary. (Numbers mean how much to kill them)

MA5B = 95
M6D = 1 or 99
S2 AM = 1 or 12
M19 SSM = 1-2
Main Human Tank Shell = 1-2
Main Warith Tank Shell = 1

I lost my book with all the miscellanous info, but these are the Hunter numbers I remember.

  • 05.31.2004 6:06 PM PDT
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well making this more halo 2 related if bungie removes the weak orange spots then in halo 2 they will be much better and in halo 1 they were quite pathetic unless you got stuck in a hallway and couldnt get a clear shot

  • 05.31.2004 6:06 PM PDT
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just imagine the first time you incounterd a hunter in halo 1, priror to the first hunter you were facing aleins your hight maby a little taller but once you got to a hunter it was like a huge tank with a explosive heavy weapon. just think back to that time :)

  • 05.31.2004 6:28 PM PDT
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no hunters in halo 2 they left the covenant

  • 05.31.2004 6:30 PM PDT
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is that a fact or a rumor?

  • 05.31.2004 6:34 PM PDT
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I think that they were really weak, as long as you know what the hell you're doing. And on Legendary, it takes like 3 rockets to kill them if you don't directly hit that orange spot. I think that they should just make the Hunters smarter in Halo 2. The only reason you can kill them so easily is because you can just charge them and dodge their swing very easily. They shoudl just have them do something where they swing faster or do something differently so they aren't just going to open themselves up. Once, facing 2 hunters at the same time on Legendary in AotCR, I killed both of them with nothing but melees. They just come swing at me and I go around and smack them in the back once or twice before they had a chance to turn around.

  • 05.31.2004 6:38 PM PDT
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hunters are horrble unless they have backup to keep you from getting close...like 3 elites and a few jackals (grunts dont matter)

  • 05.31.2004 6:39 PM PDT
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Rumor, and to the one who said that Hunters were out. You are a dumbass. Frankie mentioned them at least three times now inside the weekly updates. Go and feel ashamed for your stupidity.

  • 05.31.2004 6:39 PM PDT
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damn dude you let him have it

  • 05.31.2004 6:42 PM PDT
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I think Hunters are the bomb, I do indeed remmember when i first encountered them, Co-op with my brother, we such a hard time takign them out, and even now on Legendary, I f i dotn have a shotgun or pistol or sniperrifle, they're tough and fun to fight. I do hope they are beefed up, totally new armor with more spikes and stuff. That'd be awsome.

EDIT: Oh, i voted "No" btw

[Edited on 5/31/2004 6:47:12 PM]

  • 05.31.2004 6:46 PM PDT
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I hate idiots that spout -blam!- from their mouths. They are scum amongst us Halo fans. As far as I know scum can feel shame. If he doesn't then I don't know what he is. I mean listen to him with that stupid comment boldly stating that Hunters were not returning. It is clear that he, and his kind, are not worthy of our attention.

  • 05.31.2004 6:46 PM PDT
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Either way, Hunters are so slow, they make they're by far the easiest target. When the charge at you, turn around and let one bullet go and they plop to the ground.

  • 05.31.2004 6:46 PM PDT
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I hope they make the hunters stronger in Halo2.

  • 05.31.2004 7:05 PM PDT
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they're not weak, just easy to kill

  • 05.31.2004 7:08 PM PDT
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At close range hunters are useless, but at far range, (like across bridges on aoctr), they can be devastating with their fuel rod cannon.

  • 05.31.2004 7:15 PM PDT
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I think that the orange spots should be left, but the hunters ai should be majorly upgraded so they cover their weak spots and dont react the same way ever time they charge you. So then they wouldn't always just charge past and they would stop and turn around.

  • 05.31.2004 9:19 PM PDT
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Hunters can keep their one-shot kills as long as they get some brains in Halo2. If they could just aim their fuel-rod guns a little better, they'd be a force to be reckoned with at med-long range. Plus, if they didn't have the fighting style of a charging bull they might actually be almost a threat in close quarters.

Hunters are too easy, not because they take too few shots, but rather because they are just so darn stupid.

  • 05.31.2004 9:27 PM PDT
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I just finished reading an article from my Xbox Magazine about Halo 2, they have a whole page dedicated to the enemys of Halo 2, theres a big section on the Brute, and then small sections on the rest of them, Grunt, Elite, Jackal, and Prophet. Sounds like somethings missing...

  • 05.31.2004 9:29 PM PDT
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Bungie is probably doing some new things with the hunter (new model, new equipment, new tactics, use your imagination) that they don't want to release to the public just yet. I can almost garuntee hunters will be in Halo2. Go back to one of Frankie's updates, I forget which, and in it he describes the new AI. In particular, he mentions how hunters just plow through an area to get to the chief. Why would they make AI for something that wouldn't be in the game?

And by the way, Hikaru, get over yourself for once. Anime is t3h suq.

[Edited on 5/31/2004 9:37:44 PM]

  • 05.31.2004 9:33 PM PDT
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The Hunters aren't clever enemies... if you read the books, the Hunters have a narrative of rather dull-minded emotions and actions. They aren't elites... and under those helmets, they're probably have very small heads. Tiny brains. Like some users on these forums.

If Bungie wants to make the game tougher, they'd make the Hunters faster or more responsive. However, Halo 2 has one new species that people know would cover up that weakness and replace Hunters at the same time: Brutes. Sure, no huge, armored tanks [talking about Hunters] but they would be faster and more dangerous.

  • 05.31.2004 9:34 PM PDT
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I didn't say they aren't in the game. And I apologize I haven't seen the Update that says that. I just find it odd, not in the screen shots, not in the videos, and not in the Xbox mag. And hopefully they will have all new tactics, armor, and weaknesses to explore.

  • 05.31.2004 9:36 PM PDT

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