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Subject: What is your favorite weapon combination in PC Halo?
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Recently I dicovered that differnt weapon combinations are used for differnt tactics. For instense, a banshee approches you, your oppsions are a. run away and get shot in your tracks. b. throw granades on it with a plasma granade. c. shoot it with a rocket laucher or a fuel rode gun. If you choose c. then your write. What would your tactics be for a person to person combat be?

  • 06.08.2004 11:55 AM PDT
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Against a banshee, they'll almost always try to run you over, so just sidestep while emptying your AR or shotgun into them. When your AR clip is empty, switch to the pistol to finish them off. (Shooting the underbelly of the banshee is much more effective, by the way.)

My favorite combo: pistol and sniper rifle. You have every range covered.
Other favorites: Pistol and RL (use the RL for vehicles, pistol and grenades for everything else)
Pistol and FRG

With a pistol and a few grenades, you can easily kill people on foot if you know what you're doing. Throw a grenade in their path so they walk over it as it explodes, and then whip out your pistol and finish them off with 1 or 2 shots.

  • 06.08.2004 12:17 PM PDT
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whats FRG fule rod gun?

  • 06.08.2004 2:00 PM PDT
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Personally, I think the AR gets a bad rap. One combination I've found to be quite useful is plasma pistol and assault rifle.... charge up the plasma shot to take down the shields with one hit, and then whip out the AR to spray them to death very quickly. The nice thing about the AR is that you don't have to be that accurate, so it's great for finishing folks off.

And, the combinations are so dependent on what you want to do. If you'll be doing regular melee combat, carrying the pistol at all times is simply smart, as it's one of the most effective weapons you'll come across. If I have the sniper rifle, however, I don't take the pistol.... I won't be using it unless someone gets really close (I'll just be trying to snipe them) so then I prefer the shotgun.

Another good combination against banshees (assuming you don't have the SPNKR or Fuel Rod Doom Gun) is pistol and plasma rifle.... keep ticking away at them with the pistol from a distance, and then whip out the plasma rifle when they get in range of that.

If you are fighting vehicles at all, always locate and pick up plasma grenades first, though. Nothing is as satisfying as getting a few of those stuck on some poor slob who thought he was safe in his armored seat/cockpit. ;)

  • 06.08.2004 2:25 PM PDT
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if i can get my hands on it the rocket is my first weapon, which will be accompanied by a pistol. Also, if no rocket available, i will grab the shotty for takin out shee's and either have a pistol or sniper.

  • 06.08.2004 5:32 PM PDT
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whats FRG fule rod gun?

You guessed it. :)

And the plasma pistol / AR combo is great, especially in Single player against the gold elites on Legendary (otherwise it takes forever). But for larger multiplayer maps, it's really hard being without a pistol because the AR and plasma pistol suck at medium-long range. It would be a great combo on Longest or maybe Chiron or something, but not so much for Blood Gulch or Hang 'em High. Just my two cents! :)

  • 06.08.2004 6:28 PM PDT
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Yep... that's very very true... nothing is lamer than running along and seeing someone you really need to take out, and realizing that the best you can do it sort of pepper their general area, assuming your weapon even reaches that far.

It took me a long long time to learn how to use the pistol properly, but it's really insanely valuable for any longer range needs you might have, barring getting a sniper rifle.

  • 06.08.2004 7:04 PM PDT

My favorite combination is 2 SMGs!!** thinks for a while ** Oh wait that's Halo 2...Uhh, Fuel Rod Gun and Sniper or Shotgun(depending on the situation)

  • 06.09.2004 7:34 PM PDT
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personally...i like the fuel rod gun and the pistol....the pistol for long and short ranges against single enemies, the fuel rod gun for firing it off at the opposite base like 50 times. Pretty much like bombing the joint...so yeah Pistol and Fuel Rod Gun

[Edited on 6/9/2004 10:31:54 PM]

  • 06.09.2004 10:29 PM PDT
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I like the plasma rifle and the pistol. The plasma rifle is good for close quarters on unsuspecting people cuz they can't move and the pistol is good for medium range.

  • 06.09.2004 11:52 PM PDT
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I 2nd that
Posted by: SilentStrider
I like the plasma rifle and the pistol. The plasma rifle is good for close quarters on unsuspecting people cuz they can't move and the pistol is good for medium range.

  • 06.11.2004 9:19 PM PDT