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Blueblur1 said:
*recalls he was splattered by a slow moving Scorpion last night while camouflaged and trying to board it*

Fuck the tank! :lol
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:lol I can imagine this being hilarious from the drivers point of view


Driver: *vroomvroom*

You splattered blueblur!!

Driver: wait wat
 
Blueblur1 said:
Those were some great matches tonight guys! Another successful custom game night methinks. It's a shame it was too late for Arnie to join us; maybe next time dude.
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Yes, sorry about that, being British does that to you. I was really up for some customs aswell but I could feel my eyes starting to go.
 
I created a new Twitter account, @HaloGAF. I made it so some random kid online wouldn't take the user name and post dumb crap. I'm also going to use it to post updates such as 'Custom games are starting', 'watch this cool vid by [insert name]', etc. There are a couple of GAF'ers on Twitter that would probably notice that account and join in since some people don't really participate in this thread.

Have a good trip, Tashi.

And Arnie, its cool man. At least you're not insane like Bladed. ;) He was up till like 5 a.m. (in his timezone).
 
vhfive said:
definitely true
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"Tank beats everything!"

Lately, the Spartan laser has been bugging me. I guess I'm just tired of that feeling, while driving in a vehicle, that there's always a possibility that you can be instantly killed from all the way across a map without having a chance to maneuver.

Oh, and have a nice trip, NYSTOFMIND23.
 
Dax01 said:
Lately, the Spartan laser Sniper Rifle has been bugging me. I guess I'm just tired of that feeling, while driving in a vehicle walking around, that there's always a possibility that you can be instantly killed from all the way across a map without having a chance to maneuver.
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Yeah, I know what you mean.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Yeah, I know what you mean.
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Unless you are really extremely good with the sniper, you cannot take out a warthog. Though the laser.. on foot, in a vehicle.. it doesnt matter. It WILL take you out. :p
 
Yeah but if you're playing on a half-decent team you're going to have a sense of whether the other team has the laser or not. And if you're on a really good team, you're going to know exactly where the laser is, and when it's due to respawn.
 
Shake Appeal said:
Yeah but if you're playing on a half-decent team you're going to have a sense of whether the other team has the laser or not. And if you're on a really good team, you're going to know exactly where the laser is, and when it's due to respawn.
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And you wont do that for a sniper? :lol

Point is the Laser is a much easier and cheaper weapon than the sniper.
 
Oh the laser is absolutely a cheaper weapon than the sniper (it's basically a one-hit sniper rifle with a huge-ass reticle that can also kill vehicles), but I don't have a problem with either. I suppose increasing the laser wind-up time might not be a bad idea. Or giving it three shots instead of five.
 
backflip10019 said:
What the fuck? I think I've come upon an interesting glitch in H3 that I'm not sure has really been uncovered yet. It is possible to throw a grenade while switching weapons. My brother and I were warming up on the Octagon, and we discovered this exploit. We'll make sure to make a video and upload it soon so that you can check it out.

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=85897021

Vid's up.

Re-posted for new page.
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That's new? I figured that would have been discovered by now.

I remember doing it once by accident a long time ago and dismissing it.
 
Blueblur1 said:
That's new? I figured that would have been discovered by now.

I remember doing it once by accident a long time ago and dismissing it.
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Yeah, I know, I feel like it would have been discovered too but I've never heard anything of it before. And the thing is, I can pull this off every time, which makes it one of those button combos that Dax hates and Juices is so fond of.
 
Shake Appeal said:
Oh the laser is absolutely a cheaper weapon than the sniper (it's basically a one-hit sniper rifle with a huge-ass reticle that can also kill vehicles), but I don't have a problem with either. I suppose increasing the laser wind-up time might not be a bad idea. Or giving it three shots instead of five.
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Or set it to never respawn. I'm not saying get rid of it, but it definitely is a bit too powerful.
 
Dax01 said:
Or set it to never respawn. I'm not saying get rid of it, but it definitely is a bit too powerful.
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:lol Cry some moar. It's five shots. At the most it's about 15 kills. But that would require perfect luck.
 
Shake Appeal said:
Oh the laser is absolutely a cheaper weapon than the sniper (it's basically a one-hit sniper rifle with a huge-ass reticle that can also kill vehicles), but I don't have a problem with either. I suppose increasing the laser wind-up time might not be a bad idea. Or giving it three shots instead of five.
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It's a sniper rifle for vehicles. I think it's balanced pretty well, with the long charge up, five shot limit and long respawns. The weapon that counters the laser is communication.

In Halo 2 the rocket launcher was the general all-purpose vehicle killer. I like the separation of duties between the rockets, missile pod and laser now. Each has distinct advantages and disadvantages.

Of course, this is coming from someone who's favorite activity is camping the side man cannon with the laser on Avalanche and toasting Warthogs. So grain of salt and all that.
 
Well I decided not to buy the map packs and wait until ODST. I went ahead and downloaded the free map packs for now and started playing the MLG playlist like my friend recommended. He said I would get a lot better playing that for now leading to ODST. Can any GAFers concur?
 
Dax01 said:
Would lag cause a sniper to fire a beam rifle shot?
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Yes, if someone in the game before you fired a beam rifle shot and then lagged out, then your rifle might shoot out that beam. But that means that someone in the next game after you is going to try and fire a different weapon and your sniper bullet will come out. And so on and so on.

This could be bad.
 
Sai-kun said:
:lol Cry some moar. It's five shots. At the most it's about 15 kills. But that would require perfect luck.
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With Perfect luck and Perfect shots fired. The Sniper is at most 12 kills.

Just sayin...

Cocopjojo said:
Yes, if someone in the game before you fired a beam rifle shot and then lagged out, then your rifle might shoot out that beam. But that means that someone in the next game after you is going to try and fire a different weapon and your sniper bullet will come out. And so on and so on.

This could be bad.
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:lol

You never know CocoP.. An AR might start shooting our Banshee shots. :O
 
Cocopjojo said:
Yes, if someone in the game before you fired a beam rifle shot and then lagged out, then your rifle might shoot out that beam. But that means that someone in the next game after you is going to try and fire a different weapon and your sniper bullet will come out. And so on and so on.

This could be bad.
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Huh?

I was playing Team Slayer with a friend and he claims that he saw and heard a beam rifle shot coming out of a human sniper rifle. We've been playing TS all day, so there hasn't been any case of a beam rifle in any other game. Would lag cause him to see something like this?
 
What differs from the auto-lock Rocket Launcher and the Spartan Laser is how the Laser can take out players across the map on foot. More Rocket Launcher appearances and ues of the Missile Pod would be alright with me, in favor of the Laser being cut. The act of it is so mind numbingly bad.

Also with the auto-lock Rockets, for the Banshee, you can maneuver a Rocket coming to you (unless you're being shot from behind). The Warthogs were faster too. Unless the map was greatly open like Coagulation, it wasn't very easy to take one out using the auto-lock.

It never felt like a single auto-lock Rocket carried a game in 4v4/6v6 modes. Perhaps in the BTB games at Coagulation it did with the Banshees hovering over like hawks, but other maps like Terminal, Relic, and Headlong it didn't service the team so much to make it seem obviously one-sided, much like how the Laser does today in almost every map it stands in.
 
Nutter said:
With Perfect luck and Perfect shots fired. The Sniper is at most 12 kills.

Just sayin...
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I've seen a boatload of films of multiple kills with a single sniper bullet. (2 is common, but 3 and 4 have both been seen multiple times.)

So... with perfect luck and perfct shots fired, the sniper is 48 kills.

Just sayin...

:D
 
Dax01 said:
Huh?

I was playing Team Slayer with a friend and he claims that he saw and heard a beam rifle shot coming out of a human sniper rifle. We've been playing TS all day, so there hasn't been any case of a beam rifle in any other game. Would lag cause him to see something like this?
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This is why Saved Films exist.
 
GhaleonEB said:
In Halo 2 the rocket launcher was the general all-purpose vehicle killer. I like the separation of duties between the rockets, missile pod and laser now. Each has distinct advantages and disadvantages.
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This is a big thing that I think Bungie did just to say that there were 3 more new weapons in Halo 3. Taking out the auto-lock rocket launcher and making 3 different weapons serves no purpose at all. In Halo 2, a Banshee was more agile and could easily evade an incoming rocket. Warthogs and ghosts could evade them too by driving behind rocks or in "playing chicken" with it. Now in Halo 3, the missile pod is just a syupid weapon that really isn't that good at taking out vehicles. It's sort of a nerfed version of the Halo 2 rocket. The laser is gay because it can take out vehicles and personel accross the map with sniper-like prescision. The rocket in Halo 2 couldn't do that.
Bungie just make those weapons to make Halo 3 seem more apealing. There was no real point to do it.

Vhfive said:
definitely true
ask storm or bladed i think they were the only people i splattered with it
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That damn Prowler is only good at killing teammates. It fails at everything else, including letting me in the gunner's seat. We were betraying each other and still donging on the other teams in BTB.
 
Stormtrooper30 said:
Taking out the auto-lock rocket launcher and making 3 different weapons serves no purpose at all.
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The fans, hardcore fans in particular, weren't too fond of the Target-Locking Rocket Launcher. It was a pretty common complaint back during the days of Halo 2, so I'm kind of surprised whenever I see people ranting about the change.

I believe the SPLaser has it's place on a map like Sandtrap(kind of wish there was only one though)... While others, like Valhalla, could really benefit by swapping it with a Rocket Launcher.
 
Dax01 said:
It's not in the video, but can the videos differ a little depending on lag and the person? I'm not asking if it was there or not, I'm asking if lag can cause something like that.
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I don't think lag could change the type of projectile a weapon would fire, that doesn't even really make sense. Lag might change how a projectile appears to act physically, but there's no way said lag would suddenly cause a sniper rifle round to think it's a beam rifle round, complete with particle and sound effect.
 
Stormtrooper30 said:
This is a big thing that I think Bungie did just to say that there were 3 more new weapons in Halo 3. Taking out the auto-lock rocket launcher and making 3 different weapons serves no purpose at all. In Halo 2, a Banshee was more agile and could easily evade an incoming rocket. Warthogs and ghosts could evade them too by driving behind rocks or in "playing chicken" with it. Now in Halo 3, the missile pod is just a syupid weapon that really isn't that good at taking out vehicles. It's sort of a nerfed version of the Halo 2 rocket. The laser is gay because it can take out vehicles and personel accross the map with sniper-like prescision. The rocket in Halo 2 couldn't do that.
Bungie just make those weapons to make Halo 3 seem more apealing. There was no real point to do it.
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Meh, Halo 2's rocket launcher was a pretty poor design. It required little skill to use it (aiming or other skills), just the presence of mind to lock-on and forget about it.

The Missile Pod did it right.
 
The_Inquisitor said:
Well I decided not to buy the map packs and wait until ODST. I went ahead and downloaded the free map packs for now and started playing the MLG playlist like my friend recommended. He said I would get a lot better playing that for now leading to ODST. Can any GAFers concur?
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Yes I would say MLG is a good playlist if you really want to get your Battle Rifle skills honed. The playlist also plays slightly faster than the others so come ODST time when you have all the maps and can sample every playlists delights, you should feel right at home. Also, when you get the maps in September check out Swat. It is a demanding playlist but very rewarding when all goes according to plan. Oh and you can't go wrong with some plain Team Slayer (unless it is AR starts, in which case Veto).
 
Botolf said:
Meh, Halo 2's rocket launcher was a pretty poor design. It required little skill to use it (aiming or other skills), just the presence of mind to lock-on and forget about it.

The Missile Pod did it right.
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Meh, a good driver could evade missles fairly easily. A good rocket launcher person can lock on and then aim in a direction away from the target, causing the rocket to arc and perhaps make it more difficult for the driver to get away from it.
 
Botolf said:
I don't think lag could change the type of projectile a weapon would fire, that doesn't even really make sense. Lag might change how a projectile appears to act physically, but there's no way said lag would suddenly cause a sniper rifle round to think it's a beam rifle round, complete with particle and sound effect.
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He also claims that in a previous game, he was hit in the back with a sniper bullet and when he went back and look at the video, the video showed that it was a BR that hit him in the back.
I say he saw/heard something that wasn't there, he says it was lag.
 
Botolf said:
Meh, Halo 2's rocket launcher was a pretty poor design. It required little skill to use it (aiming or other skills), just the presence of mind to lock-on and forget about it.

The Missile Pod did it right.
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The Missile Pod is just terrible. It's almost impossible to take down any vehicle with it (minus a Ghost) on a map like Valhalla because of all the bumps and geometry that the map contains.
 
Stormtrooper30 said:
Meh, a good driver could evade missles fairly easily. A good rocket launcher person can lock on and then aim in a direction away from the target, causing the rocket to arc and perhaps make it more difficult for the driver to get away from it.
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What I'm saying is that the weapon itself was poorly designed. It was far too easy to use effectively. It's skill ceiling was basically on the floor. It had huge rewards with virtually nonexistent risks.

You can squeeze more skilled play out of virtually anything, but that doesn't mean the weapon itself wasn't a mistake.

Dax01 said:
He also claims that in a previous game, he was hit in the back with a sniper bullet and when he went back and look at the video, the video showed that it was a BR that hit him in the back.
I say he saw/heard something that wasn't there, he says it was lag.
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I agree with you. It isn't that uncommon to hear game noises from memory (happens outside of the game to a lot of people as well, Gaf had a thread about such things).

backflip10019 said:
The Missile Pod is just terrible. It's almost impossible to take down any vehicle with it (minus a Ghost) on a map like Valhalla because of all the bumps and geometry that the map contains.
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Which necessitates getting closer. Heavy weapons being really risky to use (obvious exceptions such as the Sniper Rifle, of course) is a good thing. If a heavy weapon isn't good in all situations, that's even better.
 
GhaleonEB said:
It's a sniper rifle for vehicles.
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It's also a sniper rifle for people. It's easier to hit someone reliably with the laser across, say, the length of Standoff, than it is to hit them with a sniper, largely because you don't have to aim at the head. Hell, you barely have to aim at the body.
 
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