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Subject: What are your tatics???
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What are your tatics for killing:

[color=red]A Hunter:[/color] they are very slow (to me) so i get hitting length run and turn and there trying to follow you so just i hit them. and a fun thing to do is run straight at them and jump and they will hit you and you go flying into the air!!!

[color=yellow]A Elite:[/color]melee them then shoot bloody murder.

[color=lightgreen]A Jackle:[/color]throw a grenade at them because they wait to long to
move.

[color=orange]A Grunt:[/color]punch them

[color=tan]Flood:[/color]shotgun

[color=grey]sentinals:[/color]plasma rifle


[Edited on 8/20/2004 12:14:00 PM]

  • 08.17.2004 12:01 PM PDT
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Hunter: I just run backwards and swing to the side before he hits me, nail him in the back with pistol.

Elite: I just shoot the hell out of them and meleeing them instead of waiting to reload.

Jackel: Shoot them between the little gap in there shield or just melee them.

Grunt: More shooting and meleeing.

  • 08.17.2004 1:09 PM PDT
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Hunter: I use a couple different techniques. Usually, I plant a plasma on them and then hit up a backpedal while simultaneously blowing them to kingdom come with my gun. Sometimes I take them out solely with a pistol. Just depends.

Elite: Slam a plasma on them or take them out with a cleverly placed sniper round to the face.

Jackal: Shoot a copule shots to distract them and then whack them on the head with my gun.

Grunt: Crush their skull with my gun or shoot them in the head with a pistol.

  • 08.17.2004 4:08 PM PDT
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I just like Elites. Plasma pistol, followed up with another gun, or a well-used plasma rifle.

  • 08.17.2004 4:21 PM PDT
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i like meleeing hunters from the front, rather than going for the cheap shot in the back. otherwise, i just use lots of frag nades, the pistol, and the AR, although i occasionally use other weapons.

  • 08.17.2004 5:49 PM PDT
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Hunters? Single shot...to the front...or neck.

Elites? The mainstay of the game. I have fun an vary things. Usually a pistol clip or an assault rifle or sniper rifle can dispatch them nisely. Generally in campaign mode I shy away from the Plasma weapons, as Master Chief John favors Human weapons to Covenant weapons.

Jackals? I hate them. Pistol or sniper around their shield, or a grenade at their feet.

Grunts? Absolute bliss fighting several of these little guys. I use an assault rifle nearly exclusivly on a pack these guys. Assault Rifle bullets over penetrate and hit multiple grunts.

As for the flood, the standard Shotgun works wonders.

  • 08.17.2004 5:58 PM PDT
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Hunter:I take out my pistol and swing around the back of him and shoot that little orange spot.

Elite:plasma nades work wonders other than that i just use whatever i have nearby and pound them with it.

Jackal:i shoot in the little notches in the sheild or shoot the sheild until it moves or throw a frag.

grunts:anything works.

flood:lure them into a narrow area and blow them away with the shotgun.

i tend to stay away from plasma weapons but sometimes you need them.

  • 08.17.2004 6:35 PM PDT
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Hunter: I try to hit him to death with my melee attack. Unless they are really tough.
Elite: Lay fire on his ass all day, maybe stick him with a Plasma Grenade
Jackal: Hit them when they roll, not only is it satisfying, but funny.
Grunt: Bash, shoot em, grenade em, Rocket them, or kick em in the nads, anything takes out a grunt

  • 08.17.2004 6:44 PM PDT

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Hunter: Wait for them to go for a melee, and then side step them and nail them in the orange spot.

Elite: Putting as much lead and plasma into them as I can before I reload or overheat. If I'm close enough, hand to hand combat will finish the job.

Jackals: Grenades, shooting the notch in their shield, and meleeing them. I usually try to sidestep them if I can.

Grunts: Grenading them and shooting them with any weapon available.

Flood Combat form: Shotgun and Grenades

Flood Infection form: Assault Rifle and Grenades

Flood Carrier form: Shotgun, Pistol, Assault Rifle.

  • 08.17.2004 6:44 PM PDT
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Hunter: Pistol shot in the back, or a needeler if I'm just messing around

Elite: Stick a grenade to a grunt and watch him run towards the Elite. Finish him off with a pistol.

Jackals: Melee with a quick pistol shot.

Grunts: Pistol Shot to the Head.

  • 08.17.2004 6:52 PM PDT
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All this one legandary mode:

Elite - Fully charged plasma shot to drain shields, then quick switch to my other weapon, usually AR, and mow his unshielded body down. Failing that, I'll try to stick 'em with a 'nade. If there is more than one, I usually try to frag 'em out and shoot in the head with the pistol.

Grunt - Whip out the pistol and peg it from a distance. A couple shots with any plasma gun also helps. If there are a lot of them, I duck for cover and come out every once in while. They are DEADLY in large groups.

Jackals - Fully charged plasma pistol to kill the shield and then quick switch to any other weapon. Frag 'nade on the large groups. might try to pick them off with the sniper or pistol from a distance by getting in on their weak point.

Hunters. - Easy once you get them up close. Just dodge their melee and blow their backs out. I'm not stupid enough to take them on from a distance. I've gotten blown up way too many times.

  • 08.17.2004 7:02 PM PDT
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You guys do know that you do not have to scoot around behind a hunter to hit that orange waist part, right? Make them melee, back up, wait for the 'upper cut' part, then blast their mid-section. Works wonders, and in considerably more easy. if yo uwant a challange, try nailing the neck at the instant they fire the Feul-Rod gun. That is a tough shot to make, at least for me.

  • 08.17.2004 7:07 PM PDT
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Hunter- Shoot the orange spot when they uppercut
Elite- Overcharge the plasma pistol shot/ PIstol in the head
Jackal- PLasma PIstol overcharge/ pistol headsot OR normal shots from plasma pistol
Grunt-pistol headshots
Flood infection-melee
Flood combat-shotgun close range
Carrier-2 pistol shots
Sinteniel-fire any covie weapon i happen to have at them (needler is fun)

  • 08.17.2004 8:02 PM PDT

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Hunter: Sidestep turn around and shoot with pistol
Elite: AR full auto carge then melee
Jackal: Melee
Grunt: Melee
Food infection: Over Shield
Flood Combat: Shotgun or pistol
Flood Carrier: " " "
Sentenel: Plasma gernade Shotgun


[Edited on 8/20/2004 11:30:34 AM]

  • 08.20.2004 11:29 AM PDT
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Hunter: Shot the ornge spot or melee them.
Elite: Plasma 'nade or PP charged up them PR to finsh them of.
Jackel: good old melee.
Grunt: Anything and everything
Flood infection form: Why waste ammo, I melee them or let them kill my shields killing them in the process then run around waiting for them to recharge.
Flood combat forms: Shotgun works best but AR will do until I get my hands on that shotgun.
Flood carrier forms: Run up to them wait for them to fall down the run like 'ell!
Sentinals:Any plasma weapon is good on them. Or the rocket.

[Edited on 8/20/2004 11:39:34 AM]

  • 08.20.2004 11:38 AM PDT
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hunter: well shot them in the back or blow them up with a rocket lancher

elite: use a plasma rifle i works better

jackle: side step behind them and crack there heads open

grunt: shoot now and try to ask questions later

flood: shoot and run

sentinals:throw a plasma grenade on them and watch the fire works

  • 08.20.2004 12:53 PM PDT
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Shoot alot.

  • 08.20.2004 3:00 PM PDT
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and also kill everything

  • 08.20.2004 3:00 PM PDT
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Hunter: When I'm playing seriously, shoot them in the weak spot with a pistol. If I'm not being serious, then I'll continuously melee them in the back until they die.

Elite: Run straight at them with an AR/PR (firing until I get close), then melee them until they die, which is like 3-4 more times if I'm playing legendary.

Jackal: For a group, a grenade right in the middle. For singles, fire until they roll, then just shoot them in the head.

Grunt: Just think of Whack-a-Mole.

Flood: Shoot off their arm and try to use them as a human shield (or parasite shield, whatever you want to call it).

All of my strategies depend on the circumstances. If there are 4-5 elites, I'm not stupid enough to just charge all of them.

  • 08.20.2004 4:56 PM PDT