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Subject: Hog Noobing
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As you can see from my name, Im a hog fan, and I enjoy running peeps over.
Howver its odd that people get so upset about it, its not "cheap" its an effective weapon.
I have been kicked from servers from excessive "hogging".
The thing is, a good player can take out a guy in Hog easy, its only cry babies who complain as they are not good enough to counter me.
just my 2 pence worth.

  • 09.26.2004 11:57 AM PDT
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Its not warthog users I have a problem with, its those people who dont do anything but ram you with a banshee. (in the game, they are referred to as 'shee noobs.)

I find it fun to grab a flamethrower and wait for one of them to try me.

  • 09.26.2004 12:04 PM PDT
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its not hogs I have trouble with, they're easy. any good player can take a hog full of people with a shotgun.

  • 09.26.2004 4:23 PM PDT
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You can't take out a charging hog n**b no matter how experienced you are, unless you're lucky enough to have a rocket launcher. People who drive around bases in hogs piss everyone off because it doesn't give them a fair advantage. Sorry dude, but you Are a hog n**b, and that's a very bad thing to be. You won't make any friends that way.

[Edited on 9/26/2004 5:34:54 PM]

  • 09.26.2004 5:00 PM PDT
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you can if you time your jumping right. and get a share of the mc's luck.

[Edited on 9/26/2004 5:45:04 PM]

  • 09.26.2004 5:44 PM PDT
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Now, in respose to Skippys comment.

This is exactly the kind of sttitude that annoys me.
In CTF for example, the aim is to score, not kill, therefore if you use a hog to suppress the enemy, you can distract them while your buddies take the flag.
As some others have said, it is easy enough to kill a Hog driver, even with an AR, all that you need is to jump around firing, or even a well placed grenade will do it.
I stand bye my comment, people who winge about being run over are crybabies.
Halo is a little war simulation, and dirty tricks are part and parcel of warfare, no Queensbury rules here, use your advantages, all of them.

[Edited on 9/27/2004 5:40:44 AM]

  • 09.27.2004 5:38 AM PDT
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The hardest vehicle to kill while on foot (without grenades, rocket Launcher, and/or fuel rod cannon) is the hog with a gunner. Other wise you can dodge just about anything eneugh to take them down. including banshees (which are easier to kill, especially if they try to ram you- you want them close)

  • 09.27.2004 8:41 AM PDT
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Of course it's an effective weapon...and let's face it, nearly everyone's attitude online playing Halo stinks. The pistol is in almost all situations, the weapon used. So I think a good comparison could be made between the pistol and hog...both mass killers, both being dealt with in Halo 2. :)

  • 09.27.2004 8:56 AM PDT
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That's for sure, I like it (it's funny, especially when I'm using my anti Air/ vehicle weapon combo) when someone is usually stupid eneugh to whip out the banshee to come an dkill me... (however some people really know how to use the shee well.. beware of them..)

  • 09.27.2004 10:03 AM PDT
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It's easy to kill n00bs driving a hog. If you have any skill in a hog then not even a pro can jump out the way. That's my point. It's no fun if 2 seconds after you spawn you get run over by some prick who doesn't give anyone a chance to fight back. Hogs are for transportation. Gunners are for defense when CTFing.

  • 09.27.2004 10:57 AM PDT
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Any and all that complain about being killed to much by one weapon or vehicle should not be able to buy rent or play the game period. The game is about strategy and survival... if you cannot do these things without whining ....using and defending againt every weapon vehicle or combination of the two, you should not play period. Your wining is tiresome and anoys those of us great players that love to use and defend against all means of killing in the game. For shame on you whiners! Learn, Live and love the Halo! That is all... the DEATHBONE will prevail by assaulting and defeating all of you beyond measure

  • 09.27.2004 2:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: Skippy TBK
It's easy to kill n00bs driving a hog. If you have any skill in a hog then not even a pro can jump out the way. That's my point. It's no fun if 2 seconds after you spawn you get run over by some prick who doesn't give anyone a chance to fight back. Hogs are for transportation. Gunners are for defense when CTFing.


then just about everybody who I met against who were driving a hog must've been n-BLAM-ies...

  • 09.28.2004 12:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: HogNoob
The thing is, a good player can take out a guy in Hog easy, its only cry babies who complain as they are not good enough to counter me.
just my 2 pence worth.

that is ture the little freakers need to die!

  • 09.28.2004 12:50 PM PDT
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While I do not like people who use banshees, ( im prejudiced against them, for one reason or another) I understand the tactical importance of "Dirty Tactics."

Hell, If you think about it, the weapons are n**b too, since they make it easier to win.
Lets all stop using weapons, and vehicles, and just melee each other to death! And instead of grabbing the flag and running away, you have to walk, because running is so n**b as well!

^ To put in layman terms, it ain't gonna happen^
I may not like banshee pilots, the kill-stealing.. ahem, but I do realize the tactical importance of them, and their land-borne cousins, the Warthogs.

  • 09.29.2004 8:51 PM PDT
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yep i HATE complainers...more than lag in some cases...like when ppl complain bout the fuel rod cannon, specially when the host complains...cuz its like dude u put it in there the only ahem "less skilled ppl" (mods hate the n word) are the ppl who dont use all of the weapons presented...that goes for all vehicles as well...personally i love taking out vehicles when im on the ground even if i get spawn killed 50 times be4 i get my revenge...back when halo used to be the ONLY game i played i had pretty much mastered leading off hogs w/ nades...also agains hogs the AR is a very good weapon

  • 09.29.2004 9:09 PM PDT
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I use the hog alot to kill but I am fair with it. I don't circle bases unless my team is getting away with the flag.

Also if people complain about your "Hog Noobing" tell them to shut up and get in a hog.

It's not like your using a weapon they don't have.

[Edited on 9/29/2004 9:16:20 PM]

  • 09.29.2004 9:16 PM PDT
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Bah! All I need are a nade or 2 and a shotgun or pistol. Consider yourself pwnt. ;)

  • 09.29.2004 10:04 PM PDT
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Peoples complaining over hogs are idiots and Nooobs. U can actually easily avoid hogs...and shot down driver by a shoot-gun...

EVERYONE THAT TALKS ABOUT NooBs are NooBs...

TRUE

  • 09.29.2004 11:17 PM PDT
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It's easy to kill n00bs driving a hog. If you have any skill in a hog then not even a pro can jump out the way. That's my point. It's no fun if 2 seconds after you spawn you get run over by some prick who doesn't give anyone a chance to fight back. Hogs are for transportation. Gunners are for defense when CTFing.-skippertdk

dude you can like kill him with one well placed grenade, its not even very hard, a little practice makes perfect, newby

  • 09.30.2004 9:46 PM PDT
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Dont complain about how 'unfair' it is that you cant fight back. When people get sniper rifles, nobody complains about how 'the sniper rifle is unfair becase I cant fight back!', mostly because There is always a sniper rifle lying around on Your side of the map too! If you feel so pissed about warthogs killing you, then you do the same thing to them.

Halo, and all other good war games, are not created so everyone has the fuzzy warm feeling afterward, they are engineered on the concept of skill. If you dont enjoy it, tough. Thats life; this is Halo, and that's what links them together.

As I menioned above, tactics are not about being fair, its about winning. During the American Revolution, the militias did everything they could to outwit the British, cutting down trees in roadways, blocking rivers, etc.

They did that because if they had did the traditional 'honerable' way (aka, standing in a straight row, wishing the other side good luck, then blasting each other to hell like a demented carnival game) they would have been slaughtered.

[color=red]War is not fair[/color]

you may not like how a game is going, but that is no reason to complain.
If you hate it so much, why not just join a game with no vehicles, no weapons other than pistols (to guaranee that no one can use better tactics than you) and hell, if that fails, you can always accuse them of hacking.

there. Ive said my 10 bucks worth.



  • 09.30.2004 10:16 PM PDT
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A vehicle is a noob weapon. Got that?

  • 09.30.2004 10:58 PM PDT
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There are two sides to this argument, if a n00b is driving then there's no problem they'll happily drive straight over the nade you just planted, however a skilled driver will PWN and it destroys the fun of the game, they just circle the base and rack up the spawn kills there's no fun in that for anyone, there's no challenge in it for the driver and the victims don't stand a chance. For me its just good manners not to go Hog crazy and I rarely use one, it's like not shooting someone when they don't move because you know they are changing their settings or something.

  • 10.01.2004 3:46 AM PDT
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Hey dude, I look at wart hogs and say that they aren't as bad ass as the other vehicles, but I still love to cram every damn vehicle and weapon on a game to make it look cool. If you want to run people over on a constant basis, go for it. Wart hogs are the fastest vehicles on the game and if you need to take out those rocket launcher noobs then use the roicket warthog with its triple barrel rocket launcher with infinite ammo opposed to the double barrel rocket launcher with limited ammo.

  • 10.01.2004 8:29 AM PDT