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Subject: snipers leaving a bullet trail
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Poll: sniper bullet trails  [closed]
Keep em, make it easy to find those snipers:  81%
(39 Votes)
get rid of em, i wanna snipe an entire team away:  19%
(9 Votes)
Total Votes: 48

I think it would be cool if the sniper weapons in H3 did not leave a bullet trail through the air, then you could camp out in one spot if you wanted to snipe.

Moderator Note: Please use this thread for Halo 3 weapon discussions.

[Edited on 6/2/2006 by dmbfan09]

  • 06.01.2006 9:59 PM PDT
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Yeah that kinda ruined it for me in some of the multiplayer battles. All they had to do was look for the trail and head straight for me.

  • 06.01.2006 10:00 PM PDT

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Yeah, but how would you counter a sniper who is in hiding? It is more realistic to have no bullet trails, but it would greatly unbalance gameplay.

  • 06.01.2006 10:01 PM PDT
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lol looks like im out numbered in my opinion

  • 06.01.2006 10:01 PM PDT
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well, they would be spotted eventually, it would just greatly increase the snipers deadliness.

  • 06.01.2006 10:02 PM PDT
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ummmm..... yea... then a sniper would COMPLELELY decide a match. I think to even it out with we shoudl take away the sniper trails change the ammo clip to about 30ish, shooting in 3 round bursts and only have a 2x scope..... sounds fair to me

  • 06.01.2006 10:02 PM PDT
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I agree with you about the no bullet trails. It would be alot better.

  • 06.01.2006 10:03 PM PDT
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i dunno , i guess im going for the most realism possible guys i mean i wanna see a really gorry halo 3 with no sniper trails!!!!

  • 06.01.2006 10:03 PM PDT
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Yeah that would be freakin awesome. But to -blam!-cks thats a battle rifle not a sniper rifle.

  • 06.01.2006 10:06 PM PDT

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What if the bullet trail was not as visible and maybe shorter? I would rather not have a bullet trail but for balance sake I think they should make it somehow not as visible.

  • 06.01.2006 10:08 PM PDT
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I think, it my bring a bit more stratagy to the game, if a team is being pinned down by a sniper they might work together better, and use different tactics.

  • 06.01.2006 10:09 PM PDT
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Your poll should have included an answer about having the option to turn off the contrails. Then I would have voted for that.

  • 06.01.2006 10:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: firemage1987
i dunno , i guess im going for the most realism possible guys i mean i wanna see a really gorry halo 3 with no sniper trails!!!!


You see though, then you're just changing the genre of the game. This would completely unblancing it all. There have been many a times where the whole team knows where a sniper is but we couldn't still take him out. If you good enough it shouldn't matter if they know where you are. Sniper would become even more of a noob weapon.

  • 06.01.2006 10:14 PM PDT
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Wow that would be stupid. Of course they need the trail, it is a balance issue. Without the trails you could sit in a shadow and never be found.

  • 06.01.2006 10:16 PM PDT
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stupid, or realistic?

  • 06.01.2006 10:19 PM PDT
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im a crappy sniper, so of course im going to say keep the trails. :)

  • 06.01.2006 10:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: Ginchotron
Yeah that would be freakin awesome. But to -blam!-cks thats a battle rifle not a sniper rifle.


congrats.. you just spotted the obvious.. I was just using that to show how stupid of an idea that was. the shiper is much too powerful the not have any trails

  • 06.01.2006 10:21 PM PDT
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I think you just scared that I would own you in every game we would ever play.

  • 06.01.2006 10:23 PM PDT

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it would be immensly unfair without the tracers. think about it, as good as some people are at sniping they can kill a whole team with the tracers. take away the tracers and you will never find a good sniper while he's firing at you.

  • 06.01.2006 10:25 PM PDT
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The sniper bullet trail is the only thing that keeps the sniper rifle balanced (if it is even balanced...*grumble grumble*...sorry...private grudge against the sniper).

  • 06.01.2006 10:25 PM PDT

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Without the sniper trail it completely unbalances the game. Especially if the sniper has experience and knows all the good hiding places they might never be found and could snipe away a entire team without being seen.

Needless to say I voted keep the trails.

  • 06.01.2006 10:26 PM PDT
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just look for the blood spatter on the wall then do a 180

  • 06.01.2006 10:27 PM PDT
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lol

  • 06.01.2006 10:28 PM PDT
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How would you feel when your being spawn sniped, like the rest off your team and the enemy walks in with a picnic basket, chat a little, drink some wine, eat a little and then picks the "flower" and go home, does this several times and win, just because you couldn't find the sniper. If you take away the sniper trail, then remove the sniper entirely, it's a balance thing, but I guess you are one of those who want the unbalanced pistol back from halo 1, right?

  • 06.02.2006 1:56 AM PDT
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Keep the trail, they already changed the sniper's look so much, just at least keep the classic trail, besides, that is the balancer, plus about bieng spawn sniped. Seriously, how would you like it if they took away the battle rifle's scope?

  • 06.02.2006 2:11 AM PDT

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