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Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Video Demos Included)

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Great guide, I needed a way to splatter people.

A lot of people will hate you for what you just told me >=)

  • 07.06.2009 4:03 PM PDT
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Great guide, I needed a way to splatter people.

A lot of people will hate you for what you just told me >=)

Alas me one of them :( jk

2.4k Banshee kills till I found this thread lol

Might this be the reason why I get shot down more now? lol Nice thread. Not sure if you covered how to dodge missile pods easily or 180 degree turns in 2 seconds

  • 07.06.2009 11:21 PM PDT
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Man, I'm itchin' to go play some BTB now. :D
My biggest problem with the banshee is that I often die right after getting in... but yo'uve showed me how to avoid that.

The other problem is that I like doing flips and tricks too much (I use bumper jumper, so I don't have to move my hands to flip), and I usually end up crashing into a wall and taking half my shields off. XD

  • 07.08.2009 11:57 AM PDT
Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Video Demos Included)

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Foman.

You're crazy.

But I like it :).

This thread is the reason my milk turns chocolaty in a bowl of cocoa puffs.

  • 07.08.2009 12:06 PM PDT

Thanks, Foman. I just got a 19-0 Perfection with all 19 kills with the same Banshee. Thanks for the pointers.

  • 07.08.2009 9:12 PM PDT

All this from a vehicle? You outdid yourself.

  • 07.08.2009 9:16 PM PDT
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I feel that Bumper Jumper makes a Banshee much easier to use.

  • 07.09.2009 8:58 AM PDT
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Hmm good technique.s. Although i still go with the fly high technique. I find it a lot easier to avoid missile pod fire, andnormally when spartan laserers are looking at the sky for me, my teammates tend to kill him

  • 07.09.2009 3:50 PM PDT

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wow lots of great info on this thread a must read

  • 07.10.2009 1:31 PM PDT

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zOMG ur a mod rite?!?

Seriously though, I just read the conclusion for now. Looking forward to read it all later:)
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  • 07.12.2009 11:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
I strongly disagree, and if that has been your experience, then you are playing with poor teammates. I suggest you get a decent BTB team together and allow everyone to play their roles.

A Banshee pilot should never carry power weapons unless it is to get them back to the base. BTB is a team game, and taking away a major power weapon from a teammate "just in case" you get skyjacked is, in my opinion, a selfish action that will cause more losses than wins.

It is important to remember that winning in BTB is not all about your stats. Taking a laser just so you can preserve your own life when you screw up and get skyjacked spells out doom for your teammates and nearly ensures that you will never win against an organized team -- especially one that makes effective use of its own vehicles.

You're missing the point. It's not all about preserving my life. The freshly hijacked banshee could cause far more damage to your team than a simple rampant mongoose or warthog. This is also the most efficient method of killing a skyjacked banshee as they almost always immediately fly away as fast as they can to prevent being skyjacked back themselves, giving you a perfect shot on him/her.
That is just giving proof to Foman's post that you are playing with bad teammates. Every time I have played with Foman and he has gotten sky jacked he calls it out, and our teammate with laser takes care of it normally right away. You should never grab the laser and Banshee. Killing warthogs in a banshee is no easy task, I have lost to a warthog even after getting first shot. It makes things a lot easier if you have a capable teammate with laser back in safety ready to immobilize the opponents vehicles.

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  • 07.13.2009 12:10 AM PDT
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Posted by: SHADOWSTRIKE10
Foman.

You're crazy.

But I like it :).

This thread is the reason my milk turns chocolaty in a bowl of cocoa puffs.

O_o
What are you trying to say?

  • 07.13.2009 12:12 AM PDT

I have a question Sometimes when in my banshee if I crash it sometimes i will take no damage but the banshee will be destroyed, what are the conditions for this to happen?

  • 07.13.2009 12:26 AM PDT
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I have a question Sometimes when in my banshee if I crash it sometimes i will take no damage but the banshee will be destroyed, what are the conditions for this to happen?
That means that your banshee has taken a considerable amount of damage. It honestly just happens at random times when you have a banshee that has taken some damage.

~Hawk

[Edited on 07.13.2009 12:29 AM PDT]

  • 07.13.2009 12:28 AM PDT

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To avoid the missile pod, i simply hide behind a rock, or circle one of the spires on valhalla. To avoid being skyjacked i make a quick pass than i boost to deny them any oppertunity to get close.

  • 07.13.2009 9:47 AM PDT
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I can proudly say that I have read every single word of this and the basics thread... and I'd have to say 30 minutes well spent. Thank you very much for this thread and maybe you might make an even more advanced thread about banshees...

  • 07.13.2009 6:04 PM PDT
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I'm always getting skyjacked. It's like they jump from thirty feet and rob me.

But since reading this, I've gotten a Running Riot in Valhalla and a 12 kills spree on Sandtrap Heavy (my fault, I accidentally ran into someone with a turret, didn't even see him.)

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Ok whats your opinion on intentionaly breaking off the banshees two wings before you get in it to make you a smaller target have no boost trail and being able to fit in tighter spots. I admit it makes it a little harder to splatter people.

Also any advanced techniques for bailing out like doing a flip while exiting?

Im sorry Im too lazy to go lab this but can you get sniped out of a banshee from behind if they hit your exposed legs.

can someone ride on the wing as easy as in halo2.

I know this isnt exactly advanced banshee techniques but could you list some spots only easily reachable by the banshee. You know good sniper spots, laser spots,

  • 07.13.2009 11:59 PM PDT

thanks for the helpful tips foman.

  • 07.15.2009 7:07 AM PDT
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Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.

Posted by: DivinerSage2481
Ok whats your opinion on intentionaly breaking off the banshees two wings before you get in it to make you a smaller target have no boost trail and being able to fit in tighter spots. I admit it makes it a little harder to splatter people. [/quote]My opinion is that it takes too long, damages the Banshee (which is already has relatively weak armor), makes it more difficult to splatter, and is of minimal value. Others may have a different opinion, but I would never do this.

[quote\ Also any advanced techniques for bailing out like doing a flip while exiting?
I never bail out, so no :-)

Im sorry Im too lazy to go lab this but can you get sniped out of a banshee from behind if they hit your exposed legs.I believe this was confirmed by Halo 3 Mythbusters to be a myth -- you cannot be sniped out of a anshee.

can someone ride on the wing as easy as in halo2.No. It was very easy in the Halo 3 Beta to ride the Banshee, but it was too easy to use this for griefing -- especially on maps with a high ceiling like Sandtrap. Now, it is very difficult to stay on a moving Banshee.

I know this isnt exactly advanced banshee techniques but could you list some spots only easily reachable by the banshee. You know good sniper spots, laser spots, In my opinion, using the Banshee just to reach a high point to laser or snipe people is a massive waste of the best weapon in Halo 3 (which happens to have unlimited ammo) in favor of a weapon with limited ammunition and range. I would not suggest doing this.

  • 07.15.2009 11:06 AM PDT
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  • 07.15.2009 11:22 AM PDT

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Hey man. I thought of something that could be added. Perhaps a list of what ground weapons have an effect on the Banshee? You know... like how the BR does squat, but the AR does land some hits?

I was just in a game of Standoff Heavy, and shooting at a Banshee, and I decided I was going to go into a custom and see what does the most damage so I know what to do in that situation, and then I remembered your thread and thought I'd present the idea to you.

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Foman.

You're crazy.

But I like it :).

This thread is the reason my milk turns chocolaty in a bowl of cocoa puffs.

O_o
What are you trying to say?


I'm just stating how I'm astounded how skillful Foman is with the Banshee. I'm terrible at it :D.
I still cant get over the whole "you cant look to far down" thing.

As for the chocolate milk thing... he understands.

[Edited on 07.15.2009 11:30 AM PDT]

  • 07.15.2009 11:27 AM PDT
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Yeah, I suck so much with the Banshee, I can kill with it, but I always destroy it from crashes and meaningless Banshee tricks.

[Edited on 07.15.2009 11:45 AM PDT]

  • 07.15.2009 11:45 AM PDT

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Posted by: Gazas
Yeah, I suck so much with the Banshee, I can kill with it, but I always destroy it from crashes and meaningless Banshee tricks.


I was playing some social yesterday, and two banshee's were fighting, and the enemy's banshee blew up, and it flew down and splattered another enemy.

I know, it's been done before, but seeing it in person was fun :)

  • 07.15.2009 11:47 AM PDT

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