- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Hikaru,
As numerous others have stated before, a most impressive guide, and an unbelievable time span for one thread to have "lived" through. However, I will also agree that the tactics discussed are more geared toward campaign play vice online...this is not to say that they don't work in online play, but it is to say that these tactics are much harder to pull off given Actual Intelligence vs Artificial. Truthfully I'm more apt to grab a BR/Shotty/Mauler combo before anything else, but this thread really did bring back, the seemingly impossible, true meaning to the word sniper. Again, it's difficult to do, but stealth is by far the epitomy of sniping and unfortunately something that 90% of the players in any (H1-H3) online Halo match aren't comfortable with doing...thus they wield flamethrowers at posts such as these. I say unfortunately because I believe it is due to that majority that acts as almost "peer pressure" when playing, and eventually forces us into a style that is, for the lack of a better term, "A-typical". But to bring this archive of a thread up to speed, H3 has proven to be extremely versatile and although the "ground and pound" method is still the prefered by many...it has opened many new doors to true snipers. I look forward to testing my some-what lethargic sniping skills in H3, especially after reading this guide. To all others that have a negative opinion to this guide, perhaps this isn't your playstyle, or maybe you lack the practice and experience to understand what it is saying...but either way; this is a guide for sniping as a sniper and if your style is different, then perhaps you may want to take your ideas and create your own guide to stand the test of time as this one has.