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Very useful tips, I use the Banshee whenever I can get it in BTB now, using your tips helped me out a lot, thanks.

  • 03.10.2010 1:10 PM PDT

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I can't believe it took me this long to read this. I will be logging more air miles from this moment forward.

  • 03.13.2010 2:40 PM PDT

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  • 03.14.2010 8:34 PM PDT
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Whenever i play team slayer on valhalla i rush for the banshee and boost to the other side in hopes of destroying the other teams banshee. I've had about 20 percent succes and i usually end up in a dogfight that stretches about 30 seconds.most of the time i win the dogfight but i have low sheilds and a badly damaged banshee. i think that the other banshee pilot is after the same goal as me, to destroy the enemy banshee. what i'm trying to say is that i don't think that waiting 1-2 minutes to use the banshee is a good idea because it gives the other team a chance to come and destroy your banshee and then reek havoc with theirs while you sit and sulk waiting for your banshee to respawn. so basically the other team has a banshee, you don't, and you lose. great tips though :)

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  • 04.01.2010 8:47 PM PDT
Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Video Demos Included)
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Wow, that was quite the hefty read, but a very good one at that. There really are some useful tips and tricks in the thread for anyone who wants to try their hand at flying this murder machine.

I myself could just never get the hang of it...but I will jump in one from time to time. Certainly to get boarded shortly thereafter.

But overall, and highly informative thread. Good job Foman.

  • 04.01.2010 11:11 PM PDT

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  • 04.01.2010 11:42 PM PDT

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I know this is a lot off topic but...
I was playing forge with my bro one time and he was in a banshee, I was in a wraith. I shot him and he almost blew up, he fired a fuled rod into me and I boosted into him for a splatter...
Could a great wraith pilot take down a banshee at least half the time?
Also, My brother like to jump in the hornet while im in the banshee. Do you have any good tips?

  • 04.07.2010 4:55 PM PDT

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Well for one thing Warthogs are very VERY dangerous with an alert gunner. Not even skilled lasers can take one down when the turret starts shooting. It always helps to maintain some distance, keep moving, find some cover, and/or shoot when gunner is distracted. I've seen multiple times where the gunner was distracted and got promptly killed. I do like where you make cover for the Banshee. The Banshee isn't particularly large but still a big target no matter what. Also, yes a skilled Wraith pilot can take down a Banshee but a "space invaders" principle, which Foman probably mentioned something along these lines, where aim where they WILL be, not where they ARE, reigns supreme in any case with a Wraith. Banshees are hard targets but with, determination, luck, and skill, it's more than possible. As for the Hornet, go back to where Foman talked about dogfighting and such. I hope that helps, because pretty soon I wish to post a How-To on the Spartan Laser.

  • 04.09.2010 3:06 AM PDT

A great trick I like to use for Avalanche 1 Flag, is fly up ahead and stay below the cliff for a couple of seconds. Either a hornet of a Tank will come out, both of which will probably not notice you. Wait for the Hornet to start heading towards you side of the map with his back turned, and flank him. With a tank, wait for something heavy to attack him, such as a wraith. Once a large threat is going to kill, him back up your team by firing everything you can into his back. Odds are, with your teams large threats, he's not going to turn around and even take a shot for you.

  • 04.14.2010 1:07 PM PDT

Every time I get in a banshee I crash into a wall

I hate it

  • 04.14.2010 1:42 PM PDT
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No words can describe how lonely you are for reading this.

Vehicles are for losers, and anyone who uses a Banshee should die IRL. Some people like playing the game legit, and putting up with an ass in an overpowered flying machine is annoying. Seriously, vehicle whores. Just learn to play the game properly, then kill yourselves.

  • 04.21.2010 11:58 PM PDT
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Every time I get in a banshee I crash into a wall

I hate it


Practice on a custom match, you will improve

  • 04.22.2010 10:46 AM PDT
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Posted by: Zemonous
Posted by: MrBojangles136
Every time I get in a banshee I crash into a wall

I hate it


Practice on a custom match, you will improve

Practice on Sandbox in the Sky bubble. There is literally nothing you can collide with!!!

  • 04.26.2010 8:57 PM PDT

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Foman sucks in the banshee, i have witnessed it first hand

  • 04.30.2010 11:07 AM PDT
Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Videos Mostly Back Up)

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These are really great guides, im a splaser user so your going to make my life harder lol

  • 05.01.2010 3:52 AM PDT
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good Vids and good tips

  • 05.01.2010 10:08 PM PDT

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Hey FoMan these are really good tips with a Banshee. I did do as you say and use fuel rod a little less but that didn't work out. I find that wasting their shields with the plasma cannons then fuel rodding them works a little better.

  • 05.03.2010 5:09 AM PDT
Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Video Demos Included)

Good to see the videos up again. I always go for the Banshee now.

  • 05.12.2010 2:33 PM PDT
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Wow, amazing tips you got there :)

About ''shooting the gunner before driver'', Can we kill the driver with twin cannon then fly away until the gunner leave his position?

  • 05.22.2010 2:59 PM PDT
Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Videos Mostly Back Up)
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Im sorry but i tried yo stratagie and i still died.

Exactly how low am i supossed to fly with the Banshee?

  • 05.27.2010 3:00 PM PDT

How do you splatter someone without losing your shields? I usually get the splatter but I usually badly hurt myself in the process and his team mates usually finish me

  • 05.28.2010 9:38 PM PDT
Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Video Demos Included)

My Spartan Laser > Your Banshee

  • 06.01.2010 11:22 AM PDT
Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Videos Mostly Back Up)

Thanks for this guide. Not boasting or anything but I consider myself to be quite good with a Banshee after getting 25 kills in 1 life while in one on Sand Trap Heavy, but there's loads of stuff I've never even thought of in here.
Thanks, you help me annoy even more people with my Banshee now :D

  • 06.02.2010 2:45 PM PDT
Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Video Demos Included)

The cake is a pie

Finally, some other dedicated pilots. I always feel like im the only player who knows these tricks because if my teammates reach the Shee first they immediatly die from lasers or pods. Your completely right, the banshee is the best weapon in the game and it annoys the crap out of me when snipers on valhalla use it to reach the top of the tower, destroying the banshee in the process, because theyre convinced it will 'die immediatly'.

One trick ive aquired is doing barrel rolls to make sharp turns. To make a turn in a banshee you normally have to cut your boost, but making a barrel roll whilst holding your analogue in whatever direction you want to go gives a quick spin whilst not loosing the banshees evasion. This is a great way to loose missile pods by simply circling around the pod user until all his ammunition is used up.

  • 06.05.2010 6:52 AM PDT

The cake is a pie

thats a stupid thing to say. vehicles ( accept the hornet) are not overpowered. Not only are there anti vehicle weapons but vehicles can be skyjacked and stuck and paralysed. Ill admit theres a little problemn with the banshee because if the pilot takes out all the threats and avoids hi jackings then its just a matter of base camping, but thats a rare situation. Vehicles dont ruin the weapon balance because theyre big targets, can be hijacked and can be stunned, so if you cant take one out they either its just bad luck or your not doing it right.
The BR, now thats overpowered, and i bet your just a BR noob who thinks hes skilled to use an overpowered weapon that everyone spawns with and has high ammo, you probably have one of those stupid, 'put this on your file share if your a 4 shot king' pics.

  • 06.05.2010 6:58 AM PDT