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Subject: Will the Silencer actually work

So when you are using a silenced weapon. (AutoMag or new SMG) Will the enemy units really not be able to find where you are when you shoot? I'll give u an example. You are hiding behind a box as a Covenant patrol of lets say 3 grunts and a brute walk by. You pop out of cover for a split second and shoot a grunt in the head with the Auto Mag.And then quickly go back into cover. Will the other units be able to locate you? Or will they just look around confused ?

Basically my question is will the Silencer actually effect the enemy AI.

  • 06.28.2009 3:28 PM PDT
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I hope so. Would be dumb if it didnt.

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  • 06.28.2009 3:29 PM PDT
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If it doesn't then what's the goddamn point of it having a silencer?

  • 06.28.2009 3:31 PM PDT

Thats kinda what im saying, i hope its not just for show.

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  • 06.28.2009 3:31 PM PDT

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It better because there's no point of a silencer if it didn't

  • 06.28.2009 3:32 PM PDT

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I really hope so because it was pretty hard to try and be sneaky in halo 3 so maybe Bungie will update that so the enemies have no clue were the shot came from.

  • 06.28.2009 3:33 PM PDT

Well, we haven't seen any video evidence yet but i agree that a silencer would be useless if enemy a.i. could tell where you are when it's fired.

  • 06.28.2009 3:34 PM PDT

Get owned.

As long as the other grunts don't see you, i hope.

  • 06.28.2009 3:35 PM PDT

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So when you are using a silenced weapon. (AutoMag or new SMG) Will the enemy units really not be able to find where you are when you shoot? I'll give u an example. You are hiding behind a box as a Covenant patrol of lets say 3 grunts and a brute walk by. You pop out of cover for a split second and shoot a grunt in the head with the Auto Mag.And then quickly go back into cover. Will the other units be able to locate you? Or will they just look around confused ?

Basically my question is will the Silencer actually effect the enemy AI.

I dont htink they'd look around confused. THey'd probable take cover (the rest of the grunts anyway) and the brute would look for you.

  • 06.28.2009 4:15 PM PDT

Memento mori.

Well, we'll see I guess. Hopefully it will work as a silencer, but from what i've seen it doesn't supress the muzzle flash as well. Which is okay, I guess, because i'm not a huge fan of stealth anyways... But it would be good if it did work as an actual silencer.

  • 06.28.2009 4:17 PM PDT

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I would hope the silencer actually works otherwise it's kind of stupid to have it in the game

  • 06.28.2009 4:18 PM PDT

Silencers are sometimes a bit of a misnomer; they don't make things silent. They dampen the sound yes, but rarely to the point of absolute silence.

Besides, sounds don't effect the A.I. behaviours in the game, so it wouldn't mean much to not be able to hear the gun sounds.
If all else fails, you can click mute on your TV. The guns that have silencers will be silent. Among other things.

  • 06.28.2009 4:27 PM PDT

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  • 06.28.2009 5:25 PM PDT
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yea plus online you wont be able to hear firefights going on near or far from which will hurt your team work unless your temmates tell u to come help on the mic

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I hope so. Would be dumb if it didnt.


Agreed.

  • 06.28.2009 6:16 PM PDT

Your blood will clean the blood for now.

Like the other person said (Sorry too lazy to copy and paste your name :p) The Brute will look for you. I hope there's some stealth missions, like in, dare I say it CoD4 :O. Brutes will probably find you unless your in a good hiding spot, not just behind a random box in the street or a truck. Bungie probably put a LOS system into the "Search and Destroy" mode in brutes and higher enemies.

So basically you'll not be found if your in a good spot i.e. a building or at least 50 yards away from the squad + hiding.

  • 06.28.2009 6:23 PM PDT