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Subject: Who thinks the sword is a noob weapon?
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Poll: Who thinks the sword is a dumb weapon and shuld be removed from h2 ...  [closed]
Yes, its a dumb gun:  14%
(18 Votes)
No, its alright:  86%
(108 Votes)
Total Votes: 126

Well i do. Its really annoying when im about to kill some one and some sword guy pops put of no where and kills me. Its such a noob weapon. All you do it wait till the reticule is red and the you get a kill. It reqires no skill and there is no way to counter it unless you good at bxr. Agree? Dissagre?

  • 07.28.2007 10:18 AM PDT
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I agree.

  • 07.28.2007 10:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: Primum Agmen
A tosser is the same as a wanker. To toss oneself off is to fondle the trouser weasel.


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If you don't want to be killed by it, get it first.

PS: you want to change the n-zero-zero-b word from there. It is forbidden to use it.

  • 07.28.2007 10:22 AM PDT
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I disagree. The sword just needs to have a battery like in the campaign with a smaller reticule and shorter lunge. The sword requires strategy to lure your opponents to you, force them into a corner, or a 2v1 situation.

A sword noob is a new player who carries a sword as their primary weapon, expecting players to charge them and give them free kills.

A more experienced player with a sword switches to their sword only when in close quarters battle and down atleast 1 or 2 shots. You only use your sword when you are on the losing end of a close-range firefight because of how inconsistent the weapon is. Sometimes it lunges you over their head, or does absolutely no damage.

Also, there will be no BxR In Halo 3.





  • 07.28.2007 10:23 AM PDT
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We need a Hammer counter tho :P

  • 07.28.2007 10:23 AM PDT
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Uh no, its not hard to counter at all if you know what you are doing. For me a guy with a sniper or a pp/smg is harder to beat than a guy with a sword, exspecially since the lunge doesn't always work. I have no idea how to do BXR or any other button combo's(and I never plan on trying to learn them), and I whoop people with swords unless its in a tight place like midship. Usually I use the BR and just jump up and down while running backward so it's harder to lunge, and I'd say I beat them 6-7 times out of 10.

Personally I think the sword takes more skill to use than the pp/smg combo or rocket launcher, but that is just me.

  • 07.28.2007 10:29 AM PDT
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What are you talking about. The sword actually puts you in the worst position possible. You can only attack from a certain range. When the range is long, the lunge can miss with the proper movement. And I'll take it for granted that you wouldn't be stupid enough to go right up to someone with the sword. Besides by the time they get close enough to you, (considering you shooting at him while moving backward in step), you will kill him.

  • 07.28.2007 10:45 AM PDT
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The sword was pretty bad in the Beta so...

  • 07.28.2007 11:03 AM PDT

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Posted by: GOBLUE456
I have no idea how to do BXR or any other button combo's(and I never plan on trying to learn them


Hmm its quite easy to work out sir.

B...X...R

Good going on not cheating but I'm sure you probaby do know how to do them.

  • 07.28.2007 11:09 AM PDT
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If you have plasma grenades, the sword is really funny. People always run away from the sword in a perfectly straight line. Stick bait. Hee hee. In team games though, you really just have to keep track of where the sword guy is (and keep people from running in there like retards). Who's dumber: The guy who camps the sniper tower with a sword, or the guy who constantly runs in there to die?

  • 07.28.2007 11:16 AM PDT
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Ummm the sword isnt a gun. Yeah it can be used by anyone to get a kill, that's why it is a power weapon.

  • 07.28.2007 11:21 AM PDT
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Carrots.

You just can't deal with it.

  • 07.28.2007 11:21 AM PDT
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Remove the sword = Worst idea ever..............................ever!

  • 07.28.2007 11:37 AM PDT

nothing counters the sword? I wasnt aware that there was a shotgun that easily countered it or plasma grenades that have no problem sticking the guy.

Or you just need to quit playing stupid and allowing it to kill you.

  • 07.28.2007 11:38 AM PDT
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I dont think it needs to be removed, It just needs to be modified. It should have a battery like in campaign it would make it a much better weapon and much more fair.

  • 07.28.2007 11:50 AM PDT
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If you hate it so much blow it off of the map. Lockout only.
Its better than BRing someone thats 4 feet away.

  • 07.28.2007 11:58 AM PDT
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Posted by: Sphincter218
nothing counters the sword? I wasnt aware that there was a shotgun that easily countered it or plasma grenades that have no problem sticking the guy.

Or you just need to quit playing stupid and allowing it to kill you.


I agree with you. EVERYTHING counters the sword, even another sword (that's just harder to do). All you have to do is stay out of his range and shoot him which you can do with any weapon except maybe the Shotgun. But the shotgun is a close combat counter since you can shoot them when they're lunging at you. I've died so many times getting shot and killed by the shotgun while I'm lunging. Like what the people before me said, the sword takes skill. You can't just walk around with it out, and you can't just charge them. You have to be smart about it. I've oftenly made the mistake of surprising my opponent from too far away and then I get shot to death or cornered with my shields down. The sword is best used with surprising someone, not confronting them with it.

It doesn't matter anyway because in Halo 3 they are making it have a battery in multiplayer and toning it down, etc. So have fun while it lasts. =]

[Edited on 07.28.2007 12:20 PM PDT]

  • 07.28.2007 12:08 PM PDT

WAT is this i dont even

well if the swords like it was in the beta i wouldnt worry about it all u need is an ar to kill them because the new sword is horrible

  • 07.28.2007 12:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: GOBLUE456
I have no idea how to do BXR or any other button combo's(and I never plan on trying to learn them


Hmm its quite easy to work out sir.

B...X...R

Good going on not cheating but I'm sure you probaby do know how to do them.


I meant more that I've never tried it so, I'm not sure exactly how you are supposed to press them(the speed of the pressing), lol

  • 07.28.2007 12:19 PM PDT
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Honestly I don't care lol, If you suck to the point where you have to use bugs in the game to win, well, you suck lol

  • 07.28.2007 12:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: IndoKRoNiK
Posted by: GOBLUE456
Honestly I don't care lol, If you suck to the point where you have to use bugs in the game to win, well, you suck lol


I share the same view, but c'mon! odds are you will not win a close rang fight unless you do a variety of Button glitches. I have, but 90% of ppl out there, won't.


If you share the same point then you should just say "tough -blam!-" to them. And plus if they would stop doing glitches and actually build up some skill they wouldn't need to win close range fights with glitches. I don't need to. Heck, I can't even do the button glitches on purpose.

[Edited on 07.28.2007 1:36 PM PDT]

  • 07.28.2007 1:34 PM PDT
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If your team is good enough you shouldn't have problems with the sword. You should be able to take him out from a distance. You hate the sword when its against you but love it when you are using it.

  • 07.28.2007 1:42 PM PDT
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well in halo 3 if it depletes like the beam rifle your only going to be able to get about 10 kills with it unlike in halo 2 where its infinite so yeah i guess it should be taken out

  • 07.28.2007 1:43 PM PDT

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