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Subject: Snipers suck! are you with me!
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snipers are part of the game deal with it.

  • 04.28.2004 5:49 PM PDT
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OMG when i made this post i almost hoped i'd get open minded arguements on your thoughts. well once again i have overestimated the processing power of the average halo player's brain and am getting responses telling me that i suck at using a sniper rifle or people saying that i am insane because i believe that the sniper rifle isn't all powerful.

BTW the title is to get attention if you read my first post in this thread you will see that my actual opinion is different.

and i swear if i hear "well peck, your an idiot that can't use a sniper rifle and your opinions are bogus and uh... go ogres !" one more time or "a sniper is great in the right hands" i will hunt you down and -blam!- every female in your family than shove your BLAM-ing sniper rifle up your BLAM and fire all 24 shots off.

oh, and to the idiot that said that 24 rounds is plenty who gets 24 head shots? i mean what the BLAM!? even if you hit all of your shots NO HEAD shots that's 12 kills. the AVERAGE player hits alot of shots and gets a head shot maybe every 3rd to 5th shot. missing about 5-10shots overall. thaT COMES OUT TO MAYBE 8-12 KILLS. show me someone that can get 24 headshots in a row and i'll give you my copy of halo 2.

also there was one retard that said that it doesn't take skill to use a shotgun that you just point and shoot. well let's play a game sniper boy you can use your shotgun and i'll use mine and then wei'll see how easy it is.

  • 04.28.2004 6:14 PM PDT
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PEOPLE WHO DONT LIKE SNIPERS ARE JUST PEOPLE THAT SUCK AT USING SNIPERS!!!

  • 04.28.2004 6:20 PM PDT
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snipers are the best. no question.

  • 04.28.2004 6:42 PM PDT
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Wow Peck, look at those arguments after your reply, man they're too good, can't fight those. Dang.

  • 04.28.2004 7:51 PM PDT
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why do people get bum hurt over silly litlle things? Sniper rifles are awesome, to be sure, but you give me the best sniper in halo and i'll show you someone better with a pistol. The pistol is where it is at boys...the bungie guys have always given favor to the pistol...check out some of the classic marathon replays with Jason Jones on total carnage...pistol only my friends....pistol only

  • 04.28.2004 7:57 PM PDT
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Yeehaa! PISTOL!! Yeah, pistol is awesome.

  • 04.28.2004 8:01 PM PDT

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

killing enemies without the threat of them killing you is pathetic and cowardly can you say P-U-S-S-y?

No offense, peck, but I question the validity and point of stating that opinion. Its not necessary. You already made it obvious you don't like snipers, and you did so with very good and valid points... But saying this was very unnecessary. If you state opinions, don't say immature things like that, please.

But to answer the question, I like sniping at long range. I'm a sneaky, stealthy player, and sniper rifles are good complementary tools for that. They're good for taking out enemy defense so you, or a teammate, can infiltrate and Capture the Flag..... Also useful for taking out enemy drivers in Race mode. Thats just what I think.

[Edited on 4/29/2004 12:42:03 PM]

  • 04.28.2004 8:35 PM PDT
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1. most people miss more shots than they hit anyway [/quote]

Which is why most people dont snipe, people who are good snipers hardly miss. Ill miss maybe once or twice out of 24 shots. On a bad day.

2.time you spend sniping is wasted time, it slows the momentum of your team's progress

How is covering people stealing the flag wasting time?

[qoute] 3.again, low ammo count


Not if you can get 4 head shots per clip :)

4.this last one is my opinion but some of you may agree.
killing enemies without the threat of them killing you is pathetic and cowardly can you say P-U-S-S-y? (again i'm talking about when a sniper is killing people that have close range weapons or are out of range to fight back)it's like killing ants if you take actual pride in the killing of things smaller than you than you deserve no respect


Sniping takes ALOT more skill then running up to some one and shooting them at point blank with a shot gun. You think shotgunning some one with a plasma pistol is fair? Or blowing the crap out of some one with a rocket is fair? If you can kill some one at the other side of the map, then you defiantly deserve respect.



  • 04.28.2004 8:59 PM PDT
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i like sniper but i suck at it, im more of a pistol/shotty or pistol/rockets

  • 04.28.2004 9:03 PM PDT
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IF YOU CAN'T BEAT EM, JOIN EM.

  • 04.28.2004 9:03 PM PDT
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Peck, do you know how hard it is to get a head shot on a moving target that is on the other side of Blood Gulch? Can you even do it?

You're whining about a great strategy that takes a very large dose of skill. Yes, sniping is cheap, but it requires atleast some skill to be marginally good at it. A bad sniper doesn't hit anything unless it's standing still. A good one can hit a running target. One with mad skillz can hit you on the other side of Gulch while you are runnning. And a perfect sniper can hit you at close range (l'm talkin AR or Shotty range).

Anywho, for you to whine about something as hard as sniping and call the people who snipe 'unskilled' or 'n00bs' is just ignorant... It's not easy.

By the way, some tips for -blam!-ing up sniper's plans, since you obviously need them:

1) Keep moving. Don't stop running when you are out in the open, and for the love of Christ, don't move straight. Straffe in an irregular pattern.

2) Always take cover. Being out in the open is bad.

3) Rocket Launchers are good for clearing sniper's nests. Find one and rip him a new -blam!-.

4) Get a sniper rifle yourself. Get good with it. Target other snipers. Kill them. Laugh. Repeat.

5) If all else fails, TURN OFF SNIPER RIFLES BY EDITING YOUR -blam!-ING GAME TYPES!

[Edited on 4/28/2004 9:20:19 PM]

  • 04.28.2004 9:19 PM PDT
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I don't mind Snipers... Sniping is apart of the game, and it does require skill. You got to take your hat off to someone who can leave you wondering what the hell happened when they pick you off in one shot from the other side of Blood Gulch.. ...but with the people I usually play against, that rarely happens. The thing I like about Sniping in Halo the most is the bullet trail left by the bullet. If they miss once, I can usually turn it around and the sniped becomes the sniper...
If they didn't have this, crap players could continually shoot you all day long until they eventually kill you (you wouldn't know where they are). The bullet trail definitely can reward the better players...

Admittedly, it can be a problem in games with a high number of players though.

  • 04.28.2004 9:25 PM PDT
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no sniping is strategy what if someone has a rocket launcher and gaurding the one that will eventually appear if you get close he blasts you well what do you do u snipe his ass

  • 04.28.2004 10:01 PM PDT
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I am a sniper. Yet I have pity for those who are constantly being killed by snipers right after they respawn. That get's really old, really fast.

  • 04.28.2004 10:19 PM PDT
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"Live to fight another day." That's my mantra. I'll use any tactic, including sniping to ensure that I do live to fight another day. Doesn't really matter when you respawn over and over though...

  • 04.28.2004 10:22 PM PDT
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I like short range for the simple reason that there is almost nothing tactical about sniping. I find Halo to be more enjoyable and diverse when I don't stick to a single weapon.

  • 04.29.2004 12:32 AM PDT
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Snipers are part of the game. Of course you should never just snipe in a level, you need to be completing other objectives. I ususally go with a sniper rifle and a pistol. As soon as I get them with the rifle they are sheilded and I close the gap with the pistol.

  • 04.29.2004 1:23 AM PDT
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I hate when i get killed by a enemy sniper, but it's fun when u get a nice headshot on someone...( not so offten for me )

  • 04.29.2004 3:37 AM PDT
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the pistol is awesome! but I rather have some closecombat with the shotgun it rocks dude!

  • 04.29.2004 3:40 AM PDT
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you give me the best sniper in halo and i'll show you someone better with a pistol

Sniping is as much a part of playing halo as any other, some levels favour snipers and some favour other weapons. Using just one weapon doesnt make you any less of a man/woman but then again being proficient with more than one weapon does make it a more enjoyable gaming experience.

  • 04.29.2004 5:04 AM PDT
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Look if you dont like snipers just do the no sniping mode dont get rid of them altogether. Besides if you have asniper rifle in short range its not a sniper rifle is it cos sniper rifles are used for sniping people from long range hence the name sniper rifle. Otherwise it would be no better than the pistol except a hell of a lot slower. So if you dont like em just turn em off dont complain about it. If your in a real war and you get sniped by someone you cant complain cos ur dead. The same applies here you cant complain that it kills you from a long range cos thats wot there for.

  • 04.29.2004 5:24 AM PDT

bah

Posted by: Peck
1.You can't get multiple consecutive killtaculars with a sniper rifle ; )
First of all, multiple consecutive killtacualrs with any weapon doesn't happen often on a big map. Second, you're just plain wrong anyway. The only weapon I've ever gotten more killtaculars with than the S2AM is the bumper of the warthog. If you have the connection speed, watch this movie ( 13 mb WMP90. Granted, most snipers aren't this good, but you have to admit, he helped his team a lot. A good sniper doesn't just camp. A good sniper doesn't camp at all. This guy is a very "active" sniper. The sniper rifle is the most powerful gun in Halo, capable of killing someone with one shot at any range. Even point blank, as you can see from his video.

  • 04.29.2004 5:42 AM PDT
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Peck do you only play Noobs?
I mean you don't have to be in or on youre base to snipe.

  • 04.29.2004 6:00 AM PDT
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:Snipers suck! are you with me!

NO and with the stuff about being a -blam!- any person with a short range weapon can easily flush out a sniper with something called a gernade. not only that but the contrails can alert everyone on the opposing on your position. btw when you can see someone there is quite a chance that person can see you

(although i am better at sniping with a pad than a mouse)

  • 04.29.2004 6:15 AM PDT