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Subject: DMR: 101

while i know/do most of these things, this is a good list to have around as a reminder when playing vanilla. Good stuff op.

  • 01.19.2012 12:28 PM PDT

I'm here to have fun and win some games. Best part about Halo is easily the crazy custom games infection shenanigans that go on. If anyone wants to do some of these just hit me up on Xbox live.

Posted by: jammyjames888
The SK strafe can be one of the least effective...you're basically standing still


When I threw that in there I knew I'd get some grief. Strafing tactics depend completely on the distance between you and your opponent and what weapon they are using. This works best if you're relatively close and if they are using a precision weapon.

  • 01.19.2012 12:34 PM PDT

i have learned its better to be nice, than not to be.

You say "Team" based. I have never seen this in action. I search mostly as a random, so I will paint a scenario for you.

Countdown:
I am sticking with my team, we are heading up the ramp to the top level. I am in front.

Opposing team member shoots out the lift, I begin to DMR battle.

We are both firing at each other, it comes down to both of us are one shot, he/she gets off a quick shot, I die.

TWO OF MY TEAMMATES WERE BEHIND ME WATCHING ME GET SHOT TO DEATH!!!
I watch on corpse-cam as the two of them then kill the player together.

Team based, my ass. IRL all my friends moved on from Reach, seriously 2 weeks after launch, so don't say search with friends.

You should be able to search as a random and still work as a team.

  • 01.19.2012 12:56 PM PDT

DMR 101 IN DEFAULT REACH

>SPAM ALL YOUR SHOTS
>WIN EVERY SINGLE TIME AGAINST PEOPLE WHO PACE THEIR SHOTS
>LOLREACH

DMR 101 IN MLG

>STRAFE
>CONSTANTLY AIM AT THE HEAD BECAUSE HEADSHOTS DO MORE DAMAGE, INCREASING THE SKILL GAP
>DIE REPEATEDLY BECAUSE THE PRECISION WEAPON IS MUCH HARDER TO USE AND SHOTS AREN'T RANDOMIZED
>HALO: REACH

  • 01.19.2012 12:58 PM PDT

Forget it man, and get with the countdown. Shake this square world and blast off for Kicksville.

Reach host ranking algorithm: (a*quit_percentage + b*isMexican + c*(1/KDR) + d*hasGuest) * 100
where a > b = d > c

Posted by: Drowsy Demon
DMR 101 IN MLG
>CONSTANTLY AIM AT THE HEAD BECAUSE HEADSHOTS DO MORE DAMAGE, INCREASING THE SKILL GAP

Err no. Shots anywhere on a shielded opponent still do uniform damage, unless they bleed through.

  • 01.19.2012 1:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.


Posted by: Sentox6
Posted by: Drowsy Demon
DMR 101 IN MLG
>CONSTANTLY AIM AT THE HEAD BECAUSE HEADSHOTS DO MORE DAMAGE, INCREASING THE SKILL GAP

Err no. Shots anywhere on a shielded opponent still do uniform damage, unless they bleed through.

I remember a lolzy Halo Custom Edition mod someone made where every weapon was weaker and could do extra headshot damage.

They even made rockets and the shotgun a two hit kill unless you got a headshot with them. That mod was pretty dumb considering how laggy the online was.

[Edited on 01.19.2012 1:21 PM PST]

  • 01.19.2012 1:05 PM PDT

Forget it man, and get with the countdown. Shake this square world and blast off for Kicksville.

Reach host ranking algorithm: (a*quit_percentage + b*isMexican + c*(1/KDR) + d*hasGuest) * 100
where a > b = d > c

Posted by: RC Clone
They even made rockets and the shotgun a two hit kill unless you got a headshot with them.

LOL, rocket launcher headshots.

  • 01.19.2012 1:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.


Posted by: Sentox6
Posted by: RC Clone
They even made rockets and the shotgun a two hit kill unless you got a headshot with them.

LOL, rocket launcher headshots.

The descriptions the gave with the file downloads said it would put skill into using the rockets so the game wouldn't be decided by who had them. It would be decided by who could use them better.

  • 01.19.2012 1:22 PM PDT

spiral out

If derpfault Reach randoms all read this then maybe Team Slayer would be a little better.

  • 01.19.2012 1:25 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Life is a journey, if you spend all of it with your nose in your map, you may miss some of the best parts.

lolDefaultDMR

  • 01.19.2012 1:26 PM PDT

I'm here to have fun and win some games. Best part about Halo is easily the crazy custom games infection shenanigans that go on. If anyone wants to do some of these just hit me up on Xbox live.


Posted by:You should be able to search as a random and still work as a team.


Sadly, this isn't the case for any video game. People don't use mikes, they don't pay attention, and you lose because of poor strategies.

I only have like 3 friends who own Halo: Reach and they're pretty good, but they rarely want to play it so I'm stuck in the same position as you.

  • 01.19.2012 2:17 PM PDT
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Hey, uh, if you like vs threads, then check out this little group right here, if you have the time. It's pretty fun, just hop right in.

The DMR makes gameplay so damn repetitive...

  • 01.19.2012 2:24 PM PDT

I'm here to have fun and win some games. Best part about Halo is easily the crazy custom games infection shenanigans that go on. If anyone wants to do some of these just hit me up on Xbox live.


Posted by: beastage1458
If derpfault Reach randoms all read this then maybe Team Slayer would be a little better.


amen

  • 01.19.2012 9:31 PM PDT

Weapons of choice: M6G .45 Magnum, .44 Magnum, M16A3/M16A4, duel hidden blades
The creed I live by:
"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."- Altair Ibn La' Ahad

forget about the DMR, lets hear it for the BR! and the Magnum!

  • 01.19.2012 9:36 PM PDT
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Thanks captain obvious.

@ OP

  • 01.19.2012 9:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: And Im Here Too
The DMR makes gameplay so damn repetitive...


Can't tell if trolling...

  • 01.19.2012 9:40 PM PDT

long story short- dmr sucks

  • 01.19.2012 9:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: Milky Bravo
long story short- dmr sucks

long story short- you sucks

  • 01.19.2012 9:51 PM PDT

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Am I the only one that read this and thought about Old Spice commercials?

  • 01.19.2012 10:21 PM PDT

Weapons of choice: M6G .45 Magnum, .44 Magnum, M16A3/M16A4, duel hidden blades
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Posted by: analbumcover
Am I the only one that read this and thought about Old Spice commercials?

Probably...

  • 01.19.2012 10:25 PM PDT

I'm here to have fun and win some games. Best part about Halo is easily the crazy custom games infection shenanigans that go on. If anyone wants to do some of these just hit me up on Xbox live.


Posted by: analbumcover
Am I the only one that read this and thought about Old Spice commercials?


About that whole "Let's talk about" thing I did. I actually only had that once but I went back through and added it to all of them so that it would appear more organized. I know it probably just looks retarded.

  • 01.19.2012 10:28 PM PDT

First in social ranked firefight campaign competitive and ODST goose splatters.
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Posted by: analbumcover
Am I the only one that read this and thought about Old Spice commercials?


About that whole "Let's talk about" thing I did. I actually only had that once but I went back through and added it to all of them so that it would appear more organized. I know it probably just looks retarded.
Professor Simon would have been very proud of it though. Too bad he will never read it =(

Edit: I did not type that, nor do expect anyone to understand that.

[Edited on 01.19.2012 11:11 PM PST]

  • 01.19.2012 11:09 PM PDT

ok the DMR is still a random shot,even if you are on target everytime,some shots dont count,i was in a game the other day,8 shoted some guy and he sprinted off,i got 5 headshots off while he was standing around then another 3 when he sprinted off and got away,and in the same game i had a full shield got two shoted with the DMR and died,has anyone else exp anything like this? or are people cheating

  • 01.20.2012 9:12 AM PDT

bungie has proven that a bunch of monkeys sitting in front of keyboards can randomly type out a masterpiece. the thing is, when you go to play the masterpiece, you cant help but notice all the monkey s**t smeared all over it.

it gets real old having to wait months for someone like mlg to clean off all the monkey poo.

all you have to do to realize op is wrong is to watch tournament gameplay.

you either spam, or you scope and spam depending on range. if the bungie gods are unkind to you and your shots happen to miss, just run away. a single dmr (and often 2) isnt accurate or powerful enough to bring you down before you run halfway across the map.

at medium/close range with 2 hit no bleed melee, your goal is to land a punch before they can break your shields. once again, because of how weak the dmr is, you can easily run through 30 or more feet of bullets to land that punch with no real risk of them shooting off your shields along the way.

  • 01.20.2012 10:34 AM PDT

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