Official TNL Halo 2 Clan Thread

[epmode]

i'll be on tonight. i don't think i'm going to sleep, what with half-life 2 launching at 3am.

[Drinky Milk]

I did some statistic's for all the weapons in multiplayer, and I'll post up a detailed analysis soon. Essentialy what is the best combinations for the various ranges of shoot out's.

One thing I will say though, is head shot's are not as priority as they were in Halo 1. I was toying around with the weapons, and maybe one or two took more damage to the head than the rest of the weapons, which do exactly the same damage regardless if you're a good aim. SMG's, Magnum, Battle Rifle, Plasma Rifle... all weapons that do the same damage to the body as they do to the head. Kinda interesting...

[dave is ok]

I did some statistic's for all the weapons in multiplayer, and I'll post up a detailed analysis soon. Essentialy what is the best combinations for the various ranges of shoot out's.

One thing I will say though, is head shot's are not as priority as they were in Halo 1. I was toying around with the weapons, and maybe one or two took more damage to the head than the rest of the weapons, which do exactly the same damage regardless if you're a good aim. SMG's, Magnum, Battle Rifle, Plasma Rifle... all weapons that do the same damage to the body as they do to the head. Kinda interesting...

Weird, I could have swore that magnum kills them quicker with head shots.

Anyway, apparently Bungie or Microsoft or Forty Two Entertainment or whoever creates hype is now hyping February 9th. There was also a rumor of there being a sentence in the credits on Legendary that says "Coming February 9th" First batch of DLC perhaps?

[Mzo]

I did some statistic's for all the weapons in multiplayer, and I'll post up a detailed analysis soon. Essentialy what is the best combinations for the various ranges of shoot out's.

One thing I will say though, is head shot's are not as priority as they were in Halo 1. I was toying around with the weapons, and maybe one or two took more damage to the head than the rest of the weapons, which do exactly the same damage regardless if you're a good aim. SMG's, Magnum, Battle Rifle, Plasma Rifle... all weapons that do the same damage to the body as they do to the head. Kinda interesting...

That is hot. I'm worried that a man is exciting me.

[epmode]

Weird, I could have swore that magnum kills them quicker with head shots.

from what i understand, head shots only really count when the shield is down. since a sniper round knocks out the shield automatically, the tiny bit of extra damage it does is enough to kill when it's in the head.

[Opaque]

Over very long distances do you have to lead with the sniper rifle? Because you either do or I was lagging.

The key that I have found is to just follow them for a short distance with the marker over them before you take the shot, it seems to build a kind of momentum for the bullet to travel both forwards and sideways to hit them. Kind of like the way you can follow a race car around a track then take a picture of it, the rest of the track is blurry but the car is clear because you keep up with it as the picture is taken.

I don't know why this works, but it does.

[dave is ok]

Does anyone else think the whole "icon above your teammates head, yellow when firing, red when taking fire, an 'X' when dead" thing is the greatest invention ever?

[JM]

Yeah, but I wish it had the names too. If you are playing with new people, you won't necessarily know who has what icon. It just seems silly that I can see the names of my enemies, but not my friends.

Last night I was playing CTF & Chux said " I'm near the flag, can I get some support?" At the time I wasn't familliar with his Icon, so I just see a lot of floating Icons that did me no good, but at the same time I can look at anyone on the opposing team & see their name. Makes no sense.

JM

[Cowdisease]

I used to think that the Battle Rifle sucked, but it can be a lethal weapon if you're at the right distance away from your opponent. If your opponent is close, forget about using the Battle Rifle - there are far more effective weapons at that range (shotgun, double pistol, etc).

Your opponent has to be outside the effective range of the SMGs in order for you to kill with the Battle Rifle. It's a great mid-distance weapon because there's nothing your opponent can do at that range (unless they have double Needler) as you're pelting them with controlled bursts.

How many of you guys are using 5.1 surround sound when playing the game? It's been a big help for me during online matches because I can tell if someone is firing at me from behind.

[soundwave]

At the time I wasn't familliar with his Icon, so I just see a lot of floating Icons that did me no good, but at the same time I can look at anyone on the opposing team & see their name. Makes no sense.

I thought you can look at your teammate in your crosshairs and it also says their name?