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Subject: Help me out here guys....
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So let’s get one thing straight – I’m new to all this OK and I need a little help.

I happen to have been reading a few articles at random and would like someone to explain something to me. I assume that what I’m about to ask has probably been asked a zillion times before but I don’t have the time or inclination to read every post. But what the hell is ‘button glitching’. Please don’t groan, I’ve already said I’m new to all this. All I can see is some people saying it’s OK and others condemning all that do it (whatever it is) to eternal damnation....

All I want to know is what is it and will something bad happen if I do it. Not actually knowing what it is might actually mean I’m already doing it.....

  • 10.03.2007 6:11 AM PDT
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I'll give you the brief brief definition and examples, but my advice is to look it up on google. Look up Halo 2 button glitch and soime things outta pop up.

There are certain glitches in H2 that have to do with button combinations. Whether they are there on purpose or they are a true glitch in the programming is up for debate (depending on who you talk to). I've never take the time to look up the different combinations, but they can do many things. One such example is a button combo that makes the battle rifle shoot 6 rounds in a burst instead of three, making it much faster a killer. Another is a button combo that cuts your reloading time by more than half with some weapons like the BR and sniper rifle.

That's as good as I can give you; like I said I never did any in-depth research because I personally think using them is a bad thing and that it makes things unbalanced in matchmaking in a game that was designed to give everyone more or less the same strengths and weaknesses. Good luck bro

[Edited on 10.03.2007 10:13 AM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 10:11 AM PDT

As the above poster indicated, button glitches are just combinations of button presses which exploit programming glitches to make weapons execute different commands faster. It is a glitch, as Bungie themselves has called using any of these combinations cheating, but people who use these glitches like to make themselves feel better by thinking Bungie secretly put them in to add more depth to the game. Your choice of who you'd rather believe.

I'll list the glitches here since Halo 2 is basically dead now anyway, but do NOT use these in matchmaking as doing so accomplishes 2 things:
1) Gets you labeled as a cheater
2) Annoys the Hell out of people who decide not to cheat.

If you are new, this is not a good way to make friends.

The most infamous glitches are with the Battle Rifle. They inlcude BXR and RRX.

BXR is meleeing, using the X button to cancel the melee while trying to reload (but you should have a full clip so this does not happen), then pulling the fire button. If done in rapid succession, a person will land a melee, and fire a shot in less than even HALF a second. If the shot is fired at the opponent's head, it will kill him/her immediately. This means almost instant death to opponents in close quarters combat and hence why it is so cheap.

RRX involves pulling the fire trigger, then, after the first shot stops, pulling it again and pushing X. If done correctly, as indicated above, you will shoot six shots quicker than a normal person would, and automatically get a reload shortly after. Some people switch weapons twice and then do it again and again and again for extremely cheap, and quick, kills. It only takes two double-shots to kill a person.

There are other glitches which decrease reload times, or allow you to throw two grenades in less than a second, all of which can be found at Halopedia.com.

Again, don't use these in Matchmaking as it is cheating. Heck, posting about them is even forbidden, but seeing as how this thread is already here.... Just only use them offline, on your own Xbox. In campaign, for example. It's fun to doubleshot brutes, or BXR elites, and they won't give you negative feedback which could lead to a banning.

I hope this helped!

  • 10.03.2007 11:31 AM PDT