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I usally stay in one spot sniping and never get killed (hide in tree on death island) staying in one spot makes it easyer to get a goot shot I find so. seccond I have yet to see some on else just snipe for an entir game. thier have have seen snipers at close range and killing people (I have done it and I have been killed by it). Most snipers on servers I am on will normally will only fire to covers a team mate to get the flag

  • 06.25.2006 8:26 AM PDT
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first of all, you dirty son of a -blam!-, dont go around calling ppl cowards because you dont know it.
second of all, see if the certain sniper sucks by dodging his bullets. if he shoots you well, you probably will get pwnd, without him even having a sniper rifle, probably with an AR.
if he misses a lot, well he is a type killer, but even type killers should have their respect. it takes skill to use a sniepr.
probably yyour just made since you miss alot :P

  • 06.25.2006 11:39 AM PDT
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Posted by: Stuka Grunt
OK, I'll just say it "I hate snipers" the way i see it snipers are cowards, just to scared to get into the fight, they have to get there kills from a distance!

Ill admit it snipers can be pretty usefull as long as there in the right hands. It takes a skilled sniper to actually do some good out there on the field.
Which brings me to my next point. In Halo 2, its all about who can out snipe the other.
lets face it when ever you go to a lan party you just here a bunch sniper rounds and BR rounds trailing through the air. No one realy gets up close any more like they did in Halo.
Lets face it your not going to rush someone with an SMG, no. Thats because before you can get there the person your rushing has already blasted 9 rds from a BR into your head. So then you think "How can i get him...hmmm, I know ill get a battle rifle and see if I can put 9 rounds into HIS head before he even sees me!"

I know im going to get alot of complaints about this, but please id like to have other peoples opinions on this.






Well....i will use almost anything I can get my hands on. But if I had a choice, hell ya I will pick up a sniper rifle and pistol over anything. Call me crazy (and I know you will) but I like the sniper for close combat. If I do camp, its only for a short period of time. Maybe to take out another camper.

Ya see, its not logical to camp for long periods of time. The reason for that, someones gonna getcha!

It's all a matter of opinion. To piss and moan about it just makes for a miserable gaming experience. If its FFA or team FFA, camp away! You won't last long if a TUI is on board! Hehe.....We play so much, any one of us could run backwards through any map, while sniping, and not bump into anything. But again, it's all a matter of opinion.

  • 06.25.2006 12:06 PM PDT

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Sniping in halo ce on pc is definetly harder then console.

  • 06.25.2006 12:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: HaloMan321
I can even kick the warthogs ass even with a good driver in close range with nothing more than one nade and one shotgun pellet and even at mid range.

Taking out a 'Shee or 'Hog with a shotgun is a good, good feeling. :)

Just remember that the M90 Shotgun in Halo PC fires one round, not one pellet like you said. If that was the case, the Halo 1 shotgun would be worse than the Halo 2 one!

(The round of the Halo 1 shotgun contains 15 pellets, while the Halo 2 shotgun round only contains 6.)


THAT's why the halo 2 shotgun sucks! lol I never knew how many pellets it has.

It's easy to kill some snipers who stay in one spot by using a frag grenade or sneak up and melee them. I like it in halo 2 where they have no radar.

  • 06.25.2006 1:08 PM PDT
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Most snipers on servers I am on will normally will only fire to covers a team mate to get the flag

Oh yeah, that was fun - I was playing assualt on Hang 'em High, and my team picked up the sniper, and all I had to do was get the flag without fighting anyone (cause they were all sniped!). That was a lols game ^_^

[Edited on 6/25/2006]

  • 06.25.2006 1:54 PM PDT
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If its FFA or team FFA, camp away!
FFA means free for all, you can't be on a team if it is a game of free for all.

  • 06.25.2006 2:20 PM PDT
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heres what i think. your a noob who cant snipe and wont practice, but your mad at pros who snipe you like hell

  • 06.26.2006 8:05 AM PDT
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Posted by: HaloMan321
Also, ZC Tango, I know its called a round, but I felt the term pellet was better.

Ok, just checking! :-)
(Calling it a shotgun shell is the best term, I think, so I'm going to use that one from now on.)
Posted by: fastmatt
Posted by: ZC Tango
(The round of the Halo 1 shotgun contains 15 pellets, while the Halo 2 shotgun round only contains 6.)

THAT's why the halo 2 shotgun sucks! lol I never knew how many pellets it has.

Actually, I got it wrong. The Halo 2 shotgun only has five pellets in each shell. (I think I read that on halopedia.org, but I can't access the site right now.)

Posted by: Master Kim
If its FFA or team FFA, camp away!
FFA means free for all, you can't be on a team if it is a game of free for all.

I think he meant FFA Slayer and Team Slayer.

  • 06.26.2006 12:33 PM PDT
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heres what i think. your a noob who cant snipe and wont practice, but your mad at pros who snipe you like hell
How true that is with many noobs on HPC. Sometimes I hesitate picking up the sniper rifle because right after I get a headshot all the white text to the left of the screen will accuse me of cheating.

  • 06.26.2006 12:38 PM PDT
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fo shizzle man. i got 142 kills and this guy accused me of " aimbot ". then he started callin me the n world. some people man

  • 06.26.2006 12:44 PM PDT
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People, with Halo PC's retarded netcode, you're bound to see some freaky, suspicious looking crap. Like someone taking you out with one shot from his pistol, even though that person shot you so fast the host server lagged so it didn't sync up correctly, so it only looked like one shot to you while he shot three bullets. Or like when you get a bodyshot with a rocket launcher and that person goes on without a scratch, or how an armor-piercing round from the sniper rifle doesn't do anything when it goes through your opponents head, because you didn't know how to lead.

It's a videogame, funky stuff happens.

  • 06.26.2006 12:48 PM PDT
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again, fo shizzle

  • 06.26.2006 12:49 PM PDT
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i do a bit of sniping every now and then but i never camp, i play in small servers so i search for my opponents if i see them before they do i snipe them, but if we see eachother in short range i try a short-snipe, sniper = instant kill anywhere on body :), if i miss i swap to whatever else i got >:(

  • 06.26.2006 5:15 PM PDT
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conman stop qouting all that. just cuz u figured out how to quote doesnt mean u need to takeup half of the page with ur post!

  • 06.26.2006 5:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: staticx576
Who says snipers always snipe from far away? I bring my sniper everywhere and use it for just about everything.


*thread ressurect*
Quoted for truth. The sniper rifle is simply a pistol but better in all respects except ammo capacity.

  • 06.27.2006 9:22 AM PDT
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Except the fact that the reticule is just a tiny circle on the center of the screen, which is impractical to use in close range compared to shotguns, pistols, plasma rifles, assault rifles, etc.

Seriously though, I know it's just a game and all, but last time I checked, US Marines don't fight close quarters in urban combat with a sniper rifle. If I wanted to fight at close range, I'd bring a shotgun or a pistol.

  • 06.27.2006 9:30 AM PDT
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The only advantage a larger recticule gives is that when the recticule goes red and autoaim makes you hit automatically. Since HPC don't have autoaim...

It's just as easy to hit with a pistol than with a sniper rifle, so there's no downside there.

The whole point is that in the real world US marines (or any troops) use the most effective weapon for their job, so if sniper rifles WERE useful at close range then they'd use them at close range.

Only weakness is vs banshees. *:p

BREAKING NEWS! Lag contrary to popular belief does not change the distance that you need to lead by! I just changed from broadband to dialup and there WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE LEAD DISTANCE!

  • 06.27.2006 9:44 AM PDT
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It doesn't matter, dude. If the host is on dial-up, then it's not like people won't warp.

  • 06.27.2006 9:46 AM PDT
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I meant it doesn't matter how much ping YOU, the clientside have.

  • 06.27.2006 9:51 AM PDT
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Even if that is true, people play better with lower ping, it's a simple fact. I get so many three-shot kills with the pistol with I play with 37-67 ping, but then it gets harder to play as my ping gets greater than 100.

And it's a fact people play much better with no ping at all. :D

If only people didn't have to lead.

  • 06.27.2006 9:55 AM PDT
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well im fine with snipers buts its boring when people make dedicated sniping rounds the sniper is a weapon that if aquired is great but when everyone has it it is as bad as pure rockets

  • 06.27.2006 12:58 PM PDT
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Quote from HaloMan, "Well, I'm pretty good with a sniper and pistol, I'm above average with those two and can kick ass with them. However I totally kick ass with meeles,shotguns AR's, nades and more close range. I can even kick the warthogs ass even with a good driver in close range with nothing more than one nade and one shotgun pellet and even at mid range.

I've developed a couple techniques for fast kills in close combat and against warthogs.

Such as my one meele kill, and one shotgun shot and nade kill against warthogs and mid-close range and even more."

When I got the demo, a great tactic against shees was a plasma pistol and a shotgun. I first fired a sucessful shot on the banshee; then I fired my shotgun and he was down. But anyway, since the netcode sucks, you have to lead your crosshair and I still have trouble with leading a pistol.

  • 06.27.2006 4:38 PM PDT
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Snipers are okay but they are so hard to use well with all the different connection speeds.

I think it gets kind of annoying when people just sit back and use a sniper rifle the whole game on free for all.

  • 06.28.2006 7:57 AM PDT

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