- disgruntledfan2
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Posted by: Jacob A L
What's the advantage to being the host?
The host sees everyone the way they are in the game, while everyone else sees the host 3 or so frames behind, and thus the host shoots them at the right time, while they wait and miss a few shots. It's not that bad in Halo unless you are playing people with really random connection status, or you have connection problems. The only thing that ruins it is the shotgun battles since they are based on range, and timing. So if you think you should wait before the enemy gets in proper range for a one shot with the shotgun and you are not the host then you are wrong. The host is probably 3 frames behind on your screen, but he/she is closer than he/she appears, and he/she probably already shot you to death, because he sees you at the proper range. That is why they changed the melee system in Halo 3. To make up for the random host advantage in Halo 2 that allowed the host to lunge first every single time. That is also why they probably made the shotgun stronger in Halo 3. So it's less of host shotgun situation at point blank range like in Halo 2; which had really random shotgun battles.
[Edited on 07.18.2009 1:42 PM PDT]