- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I am a Halo Xbox player (still getting used to Halo PC over at my friend's house, but I hold my own pretty well regardless). Countless LAN parties and I have never lost...even won a me vs 6 others in a team slayer game to 50 kills. I am pretty good all-around whether it is campaign, MP, or just messing around and doing tricks.
I can play head games with opponents or be obnoxious...either way. Sometimes the out-of-game tactics work as well (short of cheating).
I don't really have a preferred weapon since different situations call for different tactics. But if I had to go with something, I would go with the pistol/AR or the pistol/plasma rifle combo. I'm good with all of the weapons though. I can snipe you out of a moving ghost, lead you with a rocket launcher from a distance, or tag a plasma grenade to you fairly easily.
I've got driving down to an art...mostly because when we get bored playing MP, we play what we call "bumper cars". Rules are: the only way you can kill someone is by running them over...this means you've got to figure out how to get them out of their vehicle whether it be tank, ghost, or warthog...usually by flipping them somehow. This'll teach you how to quickly get back into a vehicle or land your flipped vehicle properly.
If someone gets cheap, I can spawn camp or map hack with the best of them...though I hope to avoid it if at all possible.
My friends and I sit for hours planning CTF strategies on the various maps, slayer tactics, practicing vehicle driving (IE bumper cars, or Race), practice grenade throwing (we use the symbols on the Blood Gulch forts as targets to get used to throwing on the move), use each other for target practice with each weapon, and practice up-close meleeing for those situations when you are out of ammo and grenades.
And we're looking forward to all of the new tactics to learn in Halo 2 :).