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Subject: Sniper rifle recoil.
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Poll: Does recoil suck?  [closed]
Yes:  24%
(16 Votes)
No:  51%
(35 Votes)
Don't care.:  7%
(5 Votes)
Have to wait until the game comes out.:  18%
(12 Votes)
Total Votes: 68

The new sniper rifle has a recoil so that you have to adjust your aim every time you fire. That will make it a skill based weapon. It would be cool if when the sniper rifle wasn't zoomed they turned up the auto aim a little more. It would make it more effective at closer ranges and balance out the recoil they added.

  • 06.26.2004 3:32 PM PDT
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I love it it will be just like Wolfenstein's sniper rifle. And this way you wont see many unskilled snipers just firing off rounds it will force patience which is not a problem for me. They probably added this because the maps are alot bigger this time around (zanzibar for example is the same size as blood gultch whereas waterworks is alot bigger)

[Edited on 6/26/2004 3:37:57 PM]

  • 06.26.2004 3:37 PM PDT
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the origional SR was a monster. 4 shots with no recoil on one guy. the recoil will ballence it out.

  • 06.26.2004 3:40 PM PDT
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I hope it just moves the recticle not takes you out of zoom. That would suck.

  • 06.26.2004 3:44 PM PDT
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DUDE. ITS HARD ENOUGH TO AIM WITH THE SNIPER AS IS considering its FOUR ROUND clip, contrails that tell the enemy where you are, the stupid lead. AAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! I hate the sniper rifle,and now its going to SUCK even MORE

  • 06.26.2004 3:45 PM PDT
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It seemed like the four round clip and bullet trail were enough to balance it out.

  • 06.26.2004 3:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: Helljumper76
It would be cool if when the sniper rifle wasn't zoomed they turned up the auto aim a little more.
Are you kidding me? I hated the auto aim system in HALO. I hope we can turn it off inHALO2.

  • 06.26.2004 3:48 PM PDT
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Trust me recoil doesn't mean take you out of scope

  • 06.26.2004 3:57 PM PDT
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It is stupid but at close range without the scope the SR is useless anyway so why not? As long as it isn't on when you are zoomed in.

Talking about Keyes post.

[Edited on 6/26/2004 4:00:26 PM]

  • 06.26.2004 3:59 PM PDT
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I hope they don't have auto aim when you're zoomed in. It sucked in the first game.

  • 06.26.2004 4:45 PM PDT
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I don't understand why people have such a problem w/ it. Personally I love the snipes, prolly cuz I can poon w/ it....but why not everyone? It's not like when I use the snipes it's magical and doesn't work the same for anyone else. I bet the people saying the sniper rifle sucks are the same ones who think the pistol sucks...people that think it's poorly designed or "it sucks" just need to figure out how to use it...or they're just looking for something to complain about.

  • 06.26.2004 4:50 PM PDT
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Recoil is a great idea. In Halo, you can fire the sniper rifle with unerring accuracy while running jumping and twisting all at the same time. It needs a bit more balance.

  • 06.26.2004 4:51 PM PDT
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the SR rounds are finned, better for accuracy but gives out the contrails, which in term makes up for its godly power, and the 4 round clip, could u fit 10 finned bullets in one giant clip and carry it around? hmmm, the main objective of a sniper is to have accuracy, stealth, which has been compromised, and mobility

  • 06.26.2004 4:51 PM PDT

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who said the sniper rifle has recoil?

  • 06.26.2004 4:51 PM PDT
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sniper needs to be able to move fast

  • 06.26.2004 4:52 PM PDT
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I meant auto aim sucked. That's why your crosshair moves when some one walks in front of it. It's annoying.

  • 06.26.2004 4:53 PM PDT
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yeah i hated that, auto aim should undoubtedly be taken off

  • 06.26.2004 4:54 PM PDT
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who said the sniper rifle has recoil?

Shiska. He played it at E3.

  • 06.26.2004 4:54 PM PDT
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yeah the alpha testers

  • 06.26.2004 4:57 PM PDT
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Dude auto-aim is muy importante......try pistoling a teammate to death. It is NOT easy, due to the absence of auto-aim.

  • 06.26.2004 5:33 PM PDT
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well turning off the autoaim will teah u to be a better shooter lol

  • 06.26.2004 5:38 PM PDT
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DUDE. ITS HARD ENOUGH TO AIM WITH THE SNIPER AS IS considering its FOUR ROUND clip, contrails that tell the enemy where you are, the stupid lead. AAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! I hate the sniper rifle,and now its going to SUCK even MORE
I can tell youve played halo PC. The sniper in Halo PC sucks, but there is no lame lead and delay in the Xbox version.

[Edited on 6/26/2004 5:39:12 PM]

  • 06.26.2004 5:38 PM PDT
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1) The sniper is pretty much perfect as it is in Halo...who suggested that it would have auto aim at close range is a dumb idea, no offense. That is the whole point of the sniper rifle is to destroy at a long range. You don't see the shotgun zooming in do you? That is because it is a short range weapon. Different weapons for different situations.

2) Auto aim requires abolutely no skill to use, whatsoever. Maybe for Halo PC, but that would be it. It shouldn't even be thought of as an option in Halo 2.

3) I think that the 4 round clip and the trails make it balanced enough. If you don't kill them in one shot, and you let them know where you are, it is not the gun's fault, it is yours for letting them know:)

4) The recoil would be very annoying, in my opinion. I agree since the levels are that much bigger it would give the other players more of a chance...yet the sniper is already a skill-based weapon. It is hard to say how it is going to be finalized in Halo 2.

  • 06.26.2004 6:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: Helljumper76
The new sniper rifle has a recoil so that you have to adjust your aim every time you fire. That will make it a skill based weapon. It would be cool if when the sniper rifle wasn't zoomed they turned up the auto aim a little more. It would make it more effective at closer ranges and balance out the recoil they added.


I hope they take that auto aim out, at least in multiplayer so people have to learn to get better with their skills and not rely on the little aimming assistant... It never really benefitted me in halo, it only hindered me

Posted by: PaciFIST
DUDE. ITS HARD ENOUGH TO AIM WITH THE SNIPER AS IS considering its FOUR ROUND clip, contrails that tell the enemy where you are, the stupid lead. AAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! I hate the sniper rifle,and now its going to SUCK even MORE


That's what skill is all about, learning how to use each weapon effectively and properly...

Besides, that gun in Halo was a joke to people that learned real sniper skills in the origional games that had sniper rifles that were, simple put... a pain in the ass, but once learned you were considered a godly sniper.

Posted by: GuardianTau
1) The sniper is pretty much perfect as it is in Halo...who suggested that it would have auto aim at close range is a dumb idea, no offense. That is the whole point of the sniper rifle is to destroy at a long range. You don't see the shotgun zooming in do you? That is because it is a short range weapon. Different weapons for different situations.

2) Auto aim requires abolutely no skill to use, whatsoever. Maybe for Halo PC, but that would be it. It shouldn't even be thought of as an option in Halo 2.

3) I think that the 4 round clip and the trails make it balanced enough. If you don't kill them in one shot, and you let them know where you are, it is not the gun's fault, it is yours for letting them know:)

4) The recoil would be very annoying, in my opinion. I agree since the levels are that much bigger it would give the other players more of a chance...yet the sniper is already a skill-based weapon. It is hard to say how it is going to be finalized in Halo 2.


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The sniper rifle in Halo doesn't require nearly as much skill is it should... It should be a pain in the ass like it was in Quake Team Fortress so it actually feels like skill when you kill people with it. Though, it was still very useful in Quake Team Fortress once you learned how to use it properly... This sniper rifle feels more like the beginners license to sniping in FPS's to me...

But I have to admit, the Goldeneye/Perfect Dark/Command & Conquer Renegade sniper rifles were the down right worst in FPS history...

Goldeneyes and Perfect Darks were down right a waste of time.... and if I used one it was more so as a close combat weapon...

With how they did Renegades sniper rifles, in sniper matches people used them as close combat weapons (people use them like they were Assault rifles), then that visual glitch totally killed any "fun" aspect you could get out of their sniper rifles...

[Edited on 6/26/2004 6:31:38 PM]

  • 06.26.2004 6:15 PM PDT
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Thought I read somewhere that there are now 10 round clips and no contrails....w/ recoil it sounds perfectly balanced.

  • 06.26.2004 6:16 PM PDT

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