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Subject: Are hunter's weak?

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  • 09.07.2009 12:26 AM PDT
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Yes, they are weak, unless you are forced to fight from a distance with little to no room to strafe their attacks, Hunters are, IMO, easier to dispatch than a typical grunt on all difficulties.

  • 09.07.2009 12:57 AM PDT

If you're stuck in CQB with them, have fun. You'll be seeing a lot of red screen. In a medium-sized arena, they're definitely weak.

  • 09.07.2009 4:58 PM PDT
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The pistol cheap shot is one of the few things that Bungie "fixed" for 2 IMO. Needler...AR...sniper...yep, they're all image in CE. At least in 2 & 3, you can be like, "Ah, s@$#...Hunters"...and actually have a concern.

[Edited on 09.07.2009 6:14 PM PDT]

  • 09.07.2009 6:13 PM PDT

Dedicated driver.

Pistol or Sniper equals one hit KO.
Very easy, especially considering you always carry a pistol since it's one of the best weapons.

  • 09.08.2009 1:12 PM PDT

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It depends which difficulty...It cannot be argued that they are indeed smaller, however.

  • 09.08.2009 7:08 PM PDT

I think that hunters have a 'slouch' mode where they kind of bunch up and are only 12' when they stand fully erect.
They are way easy once you get over the initial fear of such powerful enemies. Even on legendary it's easy to dance with them without fear of serious injury. I've beaten them to death hundreds of times. The quickest way to get them is charge them so they don't FRC you and backpedal when they take a swipe at you with their hockey stick. Gut shoot them once with sniper or M-6D.

  • 09.08.2009 9:18 PM PDT

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Unfortunatly the pistol trick makes hunters extremely weak in halo 1, and also in halo 2 the first encounter with hunters is too easy because of the turret.

  • 09.09.2009 10:39 PM PDT

Well, bungie made it so u can shoot them with only one pistol shot, but in h2 and h3, all they have is the assault cannon which is so slow its completely useless even at point blank range. It would have been perfect if they just kept the original gun.

  • 09.09.2009 10:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: elitehunter34
Well, bungie made it so u can shoot them with only one pistol shot, but in h2 and h3, all they have is the assault cannon which is so slow its completely useless even at point blank range. It would have been perfect if they just kept the original gun.


Yeah they kind of changed everything about them, in Halo:CE they were slow and easy in CQB but a nightmare at a distance where as in Halo 2, 3 they are like jackie chan up close but pointless at range.

  • 09.10.2009 2:41 AM PDT

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Posted by: elitehunter34
Well, bungie made it so u can shoot them with only one pistol shot, but in h2 and h3, all they have is the assault cannon which is so slow its completely useless even at point blank range. It would have been perfect if they just kept the original gun.


Yeah they kind of changed everything about them, in Halo:CE they were slow and easy in CQB but a nightmare at a distance where as in Halo 2, 3 they are like jackie chan up close but pointless at range.
Yeah, this is about right, although you still need to be careful in CQB, or they will put a dent in your helmet.

  • 09.10.2009 10:29 AM PDT

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Posted by: I Judge Bread I
Posted by: elitehunter34
Well, bungie made it so u can shoot them with only one pistol shot, but in h2 and h3, all they have is the assault cannon which is so slow its completely useless even at point blank range. It would have been perfect if they just kept the original gun.


Yeah they kind of changed everything about them, in Halo:CE they were slow and easy in CQB but a nightmare at a distance where as in Halo 2, 3 they are like jackie chan up close but pointless at range.
Yeah, this is about right, although you still need to be careful in CQB, or they will put a dent in your helmet.


The quicker you launch a good M6D slug into their orange parts, the better. ;]

  • 09.10.2009 8:08 PM PDT
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Yeah no doubt about that. One shot >dead.

  • 09.11.2009 3:14 AM PDT