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Subject: Headlong: The Gauss Hog

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As more and more people purchase Anniversary, the new 'overpowered' thing to whine about will be the Gauss Hog.

- Similar red-reticule auto-lock-on to Revenant-sniping.

- Reticule will become red at massive ranges (across map).

- Firing speed makes 10-second Killionaires possible.

In my first game of Headlong I got an Unfrigginbelievable Perfection. Without even trying, at least half their team was in an effective spawn trap for most of the game, as spawns are relatively predictable.

  • 11.14.2011 10:04 PM PDT
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  • 11.14.2011 10:04 PM PDT

Ever wonder what's up there?

An OP Reach vehicle? Now where had I read that before...

  • 11.14.2011 10:05 PM PDT
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I do not agree with the whole "Banshee is OP" crap, but the Gauss Hog might be a different story. Idk, I'll have to wait for personal experience before I can give my opinion on it.

  • 11.14.2011 10:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: cs burchie v2
I do not agree with the whole "Banshee is OP" crap, but the Gauss Hog might be a different story. Idk, I'll have to wait for personal experience before I can give my opinion on it.

Aaand the Breakpoint Banshee story repeats itself.

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Gauss hogs only work for Heavies.

  • 11.14.2011 10:21 PM PDT

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Posted by: angello22
An OP Reach vehicle? Now where had I read that before...


All I play is BTB and the Banshee is in no way overpowered.

This thing is a revenant-sniper on steroids with unlimited ammunition and splash damage. Before anyone pipes up with 'omg stop complaining it only takes x amount of DMR shots to destroy it', anyone who shoots at it is dead a split second later, assuming they even get the chance to shoot at it.

You can evade away from Banshee bombs, you can't do crap against this thing.

Which is why I <3 it. xoxo

  • 11.14.2011 10:27 PM PDT

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I wonder how long it will take before the gauss hog becomes the new armor lock..

  • 11.14.2011 10:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: cs burchie v2
I do not agree with the whole "Banshee is OP" crap, but the Gauss Hog might be a different story. Idk, I'll have to wait for personal experience before I can give my opinion on it.


The Banshee is a case of being Overpowered and Underpowered at the same time, but the Gauss Hog? A 3 year old who knows how to aim can abuse the thing wildly. A player that knows the Gauss can shoot through forge objects and almost anything else practically becomes a god. Add in a decent driver, and the only thing that can stop them is a scorpion at close range.

  • 11.14.2011 10:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sandtrap
A 3 year old who knows how to aim can abuse the thing wildly. A player that knows the Gauss can shoot through forge objects and almost anything else practically becomes a god. Add in a decent driver, and the only thing that can stop them is a scorpion at close range.


3 year old can play these games? How does the gauss shoot through forge objects?

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Funny how the chain gun Hog overheats, yet the gauss doesn't.

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Posted by: Darknova24
they will remove it. who cares. gameplay/balance > classic map design. besides halo ce was garbage. Bungie didin't know what they were doing.

I was going to agree with you, but then you went full retard. No internets for you.

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Posted by: Sandtrap
A 3 year old who knows how to aim can abuse the thing wildly. A player that knows the Gauss can shoot through forge objects and almost anything else practically becomes a god. Add in a decent driver, and the only thing that can stop them is a scorpion at close range.


3 year old can play these games? How does the gauss shoot through forge objects?


Yes and yes. I used to know a 3 year old that played Halo, and I've seen 3 year olds all over the internet that play Halo, hell, a few of them were the best Halo players in the world.

And yes, Bungie got lazy on the Gauss. If you line up all 50 collesium walls, the guass shot can travel through all 50 of them and hit a player on the other side.

The only forge thing it can't shoot through are rocks and windows. Everything else can be shot through.

  • 11.14.2011 11:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: cs burchie v2
I do not agree with the whole "Banshee is OP" crap, but the Gauss Hog might be a different story. Idk, I'll have to wait for personal experience before I can give my opinion on it.


The Banshee is a case of being Overpowered and Underpowered at the same time, but the Gauss Hog? A 3 year old who knows how to aim can abuse the thing wildly. A player that knows the Gauss can shoot through forge objects and almost anything else practically becomes a god. Add in a decent driver, and the only thing that can stop them is a scorpion at close range.


Wrong. Gauss hogs are better at close-mid range than long range. In this game, gauss shots actually take time to travel, thus the further the distance, the easier it is to escape. Plus at close range with people using AL, Jetpack, Evade, it's easy to fly too high, avoid damage, and jump out of the way with those AAs. It's not OP. Plus the bumpy riding on that map, and most people already being 5 stories above you, really won't make that much of a difference.

  • 11.14.2011 11:09 PM PDT

There is no gaus hog in the orginal breckneck

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Posted by: Sandtrap

Posted by: cs burchie v2
I do not agree with the whole "Banshee is OP" crap, but the Gauss Hog might be a different story. Idk, I'll have to wait for personal experience before I can give my opinion on it.


The Banshee is a case of being Overpowered and Underpowered at the same time, but the Gauss Hog? A 3 year old who knows how to aim can abuse the thing wildly. A player that knows the Gauss can shoot through forge objects and almost anything else practically becomes a god. Add in a decent driver, and the only thing that can stop them is a scorpion at close range.


Wrong. Gauss hogs are better at close-mid range than long range. In this game, gauss shots actually take time to travel, thus the further the distance, the easier it is to escape. Plus at close range with people using AL, Jetpack, Evade, it's easy to fly too high, avoid damage, and jump out of the way with those AAs. It's not OP. Plus the bumpy riding on that map, and most people already being 5 stories above you, really won't make that much of a difference.


That doesn't stop good players from using it as an armoured highly mobile rapid fire sniper rifle. Jetpack, please. AL, just shoot the user and he'll likely instantly pop out of it due to AL meter depleting when taking damage. Bumpy riding, stop on top of a hill or just drive slower.

The only thing that won't be a problem will be the fact that it won't be able to shoot you through walls, as the walls aren't forge pieces. But even then, you poke your head out, you'll be dead.

The Gauss hog is the vehicular equivalent of the Sniper.

  • 11.14.2011 11:18 PM PDT

Please...stop getting butthurt when I noscope you from the passenger seat of the vehicle I'm riding in :D


Posted by: TobbetheStalker
There is no gaus hog in the orginal breckneck


The Original Breakneck is for Reach enthusiasts. The other variant of it, Headlong, will stay true to H2 (and the Classic elements) and will more than likely have the Gauss.

  • 11.14.2011 11:19 PM PDT

Posted by: RtG ryan 69
I wonder how long it will take before the gauss hog becomes the new armor lock..


give the whiners about a week.

  • 11.14.2011 11:23 PM PDT
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Banned just for calling someone retarded? lolBnet mods
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So you think Reach is an actual Halo game, huh? LOL
Jesus! There's a BoB in ma Falcon!

Oh were still talking about this huh?

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  • 11.14.2011 11:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sandtrap
And yes, Bungie got lazy on the Gauss. If you line up all 50 collesium walls, the guass shot can travel through all 50 of them and hit a player on the other side.

The only forge thing it can't shoot through are rocks and windows. Everything else can be shot through.


That can't be possible. If it is . . . :(

  • 11.14.2011 11:45 PM PDT

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  • 11.14.2011 11:48 PM PDT


Posted by: ICanHasRofl
As more and more people purchase Anniversary, the new 'overpowered' thing to whine about will be the Gauss Hog.

- Similar red-reticule auto-lock-on to Revenant-sniping.

- Reticule will become red at massive ranges (across map).

- Firing speed makes 10-second Killionaires possible.

In my first game of Headlong I got an Unfrigginbelievable Perfection. Without even trying, at least half their team was in an effective spawn trap for most of the game, as spawns are relatively predictable.


Halo 3 had gausses on Multiplayer. You know what the difference is between 3 and Reach? in Reach you atleast spawn with anti-vehicle weapons. So stop -blam-ing.

  • 11.15.2011 2:20 AM PDT

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Truth is true. Full teams will always pick Headlong randoms will want timberlands. Until 343i desides to make a gauss free varient(s) that is.

  • 11.15.2011 2:22 AM PDT

Ever wonder what's up there?

Yup. Just experienced my first round of Gauss Hog spamming. OP vehicle is OP.

  • 11.15.2011 6:38 PM PDT

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