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Ryan's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

If you're going to use the needler on a hunter who;s facing you, you need to fire off to the side where his shield isn't so they sort of go around it.

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

It is (un)fortunate that the range of the AR overlaps both the Shottie and the Pistol to the extent that it does. It has no unique effective range. This is unfortunate because it is often overlooked because the pistol is a far superior mid/mid-long range weapon and the 8 guage is a far superior short/short-mid range weapon. IMO either the pistol is over-powered and the 8 gauge's "effective" range is too great, or the AR is underpowered and under-ranged. However this is also fortunate because the AR can be used as a substitute (albiet a poor one) for either of the other two weapons.

The AR is a weapon of technique. It is the best strafing/circling weapon.

If I could have only one weapon throughout the entire game, it would be the AR. I'm sure most would choose the pistol but if you find yourself in the midst of a close quarters firefight the pistol won't cut it.

So after making a short answer long: the needler

Ryan's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

If I could have only one weapon throughout the entire game, it would be the AR. I'm sure most would choose the pistol but if you find yourself in the midst of a close quarters firefight the pistol won't cut it.

If you get good at melee attacking you can sort of get around that. But the pistol is a quite a slow melee weapon. But practise getting those headshots and it's deadly.

343 Guilty Spark's picture

In reply to: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

I would say that the worst weapon(if there is such a thing) is the AR. I say this because at least the Needler has a type of homing ammo.
The Monitor

shibby's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

they both are good and bad. AR can
fire fast so u can surround u enemys and the needler tracks targets. as for meele. the AR is fast and the needler can reach farther for meele(because of its long needles trust me we did an experiment on the farthest meele attack)

Ryan's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

I have to say that even though the AR isn't as powerful as most other weapons, I still like using it, just because it's a fun! Plus you can shoot the Covenant corpses and shout "Get up so I can kill you again!" and join in with the marines. Or maybe that's just me...;)

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

The AR and the needler are some of the best wepons in the game.
The AR id great for mowing down flood and every covenant other than eliets and on legendary the needler is the best wepon for killing eliets

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

-=(Shloom)=- wrote on Friday, 09/6/2002 - 11:19 pm:

:
: The AR and the needler are some of the best wepons in the
: game.
: The AR id great for mowing down flood and every covenant
: other than eliets and on legendary the needler is the best
: wepon for killing eliets

i have to agree that the AR is good for mowing down little floods, but on Heroic or legendary is sucks against everthing else. so i would say the AR, because the needler can be incedibly good if used against Elites, and if your secendary weapon is a human pistol of a plasma rifle

reclaimer420's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

I am currently going through the Library again on Legendary, and I had almost forgotten how useful the AR is on that level. Many a respawn i have saved because the AR kept the flood infection forms at bay while my shield recharged. AR and a shotgun on the Library(plus a big fat bowl), and I am one happy reclaimer.

Now as for the needler. I was on TnR the other day and had just made it to the lift bay with a sniper rifle and needler. I think I must have popped about five golden sword elites with that thing, and actually saved a marine!!!

IMO both weapons are useful at certain points in the game. My best strategy is to be able to work with whatever you can get your lil' masterchief mitts on. So, at least on Legendary, the AR is shat until the Library, and the needler is both fun and useful on elites. The AR is still the weakest weapon for me.
-reclaimer420

demonelite's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

: IMO both weapons are useful at certain points in the game.
: My best strategy is to be able to work with whatever you
: can get your lil' masterchief mitts on. So, at least on
: Legendary, the AR is shat until the Library, and the needler
: is both fun and useful on elites. The AR is still the
: weakest weapon for me.

I agree with you the AR is'nt the worst weapon in the game, it is a perfect learners weapon, you can hack down anything with a long blast from it. The AR is also good when your back is against a wall with a hundred Flood comeing towards you and no shotgun shells left.

The Needler on the other hand is the worst weapon you can use, OK its good against Elites but it has poor range the rate of fire is good but you can pile a full clip at an Elite and most of them will hit the wall. To me the Needler is total pants.

DemonElite

c0ld vengeance's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

john117 wrote on Tuesday, 10/1/2002 - 10:52 pm:

: To me the Needler
: is total pants.

Too true,

Plasma pistol + AR best combo

c0ld

c0ld

narcogen's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

c0ld vengeance wrote on Sunday, 10/27/2002 - 10:38 am:

: john117 wrote on Tuesday, 10/1/2002 - 10:52 pm:
:
: : To me the Needler
: : is total pants.
:
: Too true,
:
: Plasma pistol + AR best combo
:

The pistol's nice in some situation, but I find the AR's only good for grunts. It's near useless on Jackals and Hunters, and takes much longer to take out an Elite than... well, than the Needler (which is the only reason I use it. Pick one up if it's around, take out an Elite or three, then drop it for something else.

Now.. the human pistol and the plasma pistol... THAT's a nice combo...



Narcogen


Rampant for over se7en years.



Ryan's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

narcogen wrote on Monday, 10/28/2002 - 4:50 am:

: The pistol's nice in some situation, but I find the AR's
: only good for grunts. It's near useless on Jackals and
: Hunters, and takes much longer to take out an Elite than...
: well, than the Needler (which is the only reason I use it.
: Pick one up if it's around, take out an Elite or three, then
: drop it for something else.
:
: Now.. the human pistol and the plasma pistol... THAT's a
: nice combo...
:
:


Narcogen

I'm with Narcogen on this one. The needler can only hold 20 'needles' in a clip and 80 in reserve so it runs out very quickly but the whole idea is to pick it up only when you need it and as soon as you've finished with it get back your old weapon (or another). And once you've got good at aiming the two pistol combo is absolutely brilliant. One charged plasma shot destroys and elite's shield and one pistol shot in it's head kills it. Result! :)

But overall this question boils down to which weapon you're best at using.

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Worst weapon- AR or Needler?

I think the ar is the best wepon even for elites(besides the shutgon)see its all strategy you fire 10 rounds at an elite make a melee atack and he´s shield is out and he backs off giving you tme to get back into firing postion and another 10 rounds and he´s down

c0ld vengeance's picture

I have been reading some websites around about Halo and there seems to be some things I keep seeing pop up about the game and what you can do in it:

#1 Is it possible to carry 3 weapons at once.
How to achieve this?... complete Halo on legendary in under 3 hours.

Now call me an amateur but I don’t think I can complete AotCR in under 3 hrs on legendary let alone the whole game + added time for cut scenes you cant skip like on the SC at the beginning, so is this correct info???

#2 Is it is possible to obtain the Plasma sword and or the powerful green gun that some grunts have that seems to explode upon killing them.

Do not know how to obtain them but have seen vid clips with MC using the sword and green-gun.

#3 Is it possible to drive a covenant tank?

On Two Betrayals at the last battle where the two banshees are waiting, if you look with the sniper rifle at the Covenant tank you see an Elite run and get in.. apparently if you take out the Elite and anyone else who try’s to get in and you get to it without getting killed… you can drive it!

Tell me your thoughts and let me know if you think any of the above is correct

Thanks,
c0ld

c0ld

Spartin's picture

can someone explain to me how the user ratings work?

kiwi

kiwi

narcogen's picture

I don't play multiplayer much, but soon I may have a chance to.

Which multiplayer maps do people prefer?

From the HNC posters, people seem to like Blood Gulch and dislike Chiron.

Any other opinions?



Narcogen


Rampant for over se7en years.



Spartin's picture

In reply to: Favorite netmaps

i like sidewinder and dislike longest
kiwi

kiwi

acrappa's picture

In reply to: Favorite netmaps

My favorites are Battle Creek and Hang 'Em High. People who don't like Chiron are stupid. It's WAY fun with Snipers.

- Matt

narcogen wrote on Tuesday, 09/3/2002 - 10:16 pm:

: I don't play multiplayer much, but soon I may have a
: chance to.
:
: Which multiplayer maps do people prefer?
:
: From the HNC posters, people seem to like Blood Gulch and
: dislike Chiron.
:
: Any other opinions?
:
:


Narcogen

acrappa's picture

In reply to: Re: Favorite netmaps

No, no. Chiron is the only map that sucks. I was thinking of the two ships that face each other. THAT one is really fun with Snipers.

- Matt

vector40's picture

In reply to: Favorite netmaps

narcogen wrote on Tuesday, 09/3/2002 - 11:16 pm:

: From the HNC posters, people seem to like Blood Gulch and
: dislike Chiron.

Can't go wrong with Blood Gulch. Hang 'Em High is great for snipers and other long-range nonsense (rockets, too). I like Battle Creek for close-up, pure-skill Slayer, though some people like CTF on it as well. Wizard is excellent Deathmatch, one of the best. Prisoner's pretty decent for Oddball, not bad for slayer. Damnation's a classic KOTH map, though some don't like it. Rat Race is traditional Slayer, very nice. I loathe Boarding Action and Chill Out, but many disagree. Longest is good for Slayer or CTF romps.

Chiron can actually be decent with the right game type, but it's easy to make it lame.

c0ld vengeance's picture

In reply to: Re: Favorite netmaps

Unlimited grenades in Hang'em High.. death from above, one end to the other

c0ld

c0ld

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Favorite netmaps

I find damnation the most fun, cuz almost every weapon and technique that doesnt involve vehicles can be made effective. I like hangem high and blood gulch too. I really dislike chiron and boarding action.
all the other levels are only fun if you have the correct amount of ppl for em

System Failure's picture

Dont you think the PoA,, Guilty Spark and Maraton have someting in common? The PoA has two HUGE Marathon symbols on both sides. Spark looks like the marathon symbol from the front. Something seems fishy around here and its not a can of tuna.

System Failure's picture

All I want to know is what do you need to make a gameplay movie and where can I get it. Or if its already in the xbox how do i use it?

noctavis's picture

I'm curious whether anyone's interested in a game of Halo, via Aquaduct. I may even still have an ancient copy of GameSpy Tunnel on my PC, but both GST and my PC suck.

I'm "Noctavis" on AIM or iChat, if you want to get a hold of me.


Noctavis
Bunbu Itchi - "The pen and sword in accord"


Noctavis
narcogen's picture

In reply to: Aquaduct Anonymous: Anyone for a game of Halo?

I should have Aquaduct installed by the end of this month, and I'll be on broadband for a few days... so look out :)

Also, blackstar uses Aquaduct and has broadband.

noctavis wrote on Sunday, 09/8/2002 - 4:56 pm:

: I'm curious whether anyone's interested in a game of Halo,
: via Aquaduct. I may even still have an ancient copy of
: GameSpy Tunnel on my PC, but both GST and my PC suck.
:
: I'm "Noctavis" on AIM or iChat, if you want to get a hold
: of me.
:
:


Noctavis
: Bunbu Itchi - "The pen and sword in accord"



Narcogen


Rampant for over se7en years.



SilentFight's picture

Hey fellow Halo adicts and fans. I would like to invite you to B.A.S. or Bad Ass Spartans. We will be playing tournaments against other groups of players when Xbox Live comeout. If you would like to join please go to this site url-www.avidgamers.com/h_bas

c0ld vengeance's picture

Me and my mate have this ongoing argument about which is the better control method Inverted or normal? I use Inverted he uses Normal.

Which are you?

I know its a silly thread but I want to rub his nose in it when every one come back and says "Inverted"..... Hopefully!!

c0ld

c0ld

System Failure's picture

Why are there huge tv in the lbrary?Why does hola have pies that go nowhere? can some person tell me?

System Failure's picture

Some times on the level the silent cartographer I throw a grenade in the room right after the cutsscene. The grenade usally hits an elite. But it dosn't go off. Instead they go over to a computer do some stuff the grenade goes out and the elite dies. all tihs happens sometimes when im right next to an elite so it couldn't of blown when i wasn't looking

narcogen's picture

In reply to: Elite Suicide

I think I vaguely remember something like this being posted some months ago, probably on HBO's message board-- something about the way the cutscene script works has an effect similar to the "grenade snuffing" effect (where you use a plasma grenade on a target, then melee it from behind, the plasma grenade "disappears" but explodes anyway, making the target move, seemingly from an invisible influence).

System Failure wrote on Friday, 10/11/2002 - 9:43 pm:

: Some times on the level the silent cartographer I throw a
: grenade in the room right after the cutsscene. The grenade
: usally hits an elite. But it dosn't go off. Instead they go
: over to a computer do some stuff the grenade goes out and
: the elite dies. all tihs happens sometimes when im right
: next to an elite so it couldn't of blown when i wasn't
: looking
:



Narcogen


Rampant for over se7en years.



Ryan's picture

In reply to: Re: Elite Suicide

Maybe it's this: the elite has to finish it's scripted sequence ( a pre-determined movement or animation) no matter what, even if it dies. If it's health drops below zero then it finishes it and *then* it dies. Does that make sense?

Anonymous's picture

ok ummmm i cant uhh login on cuz i forgot my password....... ok on to why im writting........ (speaking like a lil giddy school boy)you all know about the halo bible..... the thing bungie has that explanes everything in the halo universe..... well anyway wouldnt it be really cool that if the only code or cheat in halo was to unlock the halo bible!!!!!! that would be so AWESOM!!!! i dunno it just seems like somthing bungie whould do; make us come to these fourms and make wild speculations while the whole time everything we ever needed to know was locked in the game..... again that would be so cool if the halo bible was locked in the game ... i know ur thinkin im nuts but if it WAS true you all know it would be cool. shibby

shibby's picture

ok everyone....... wait no one is here. you guys have to come back into the decussion. i mean just because theres nothing new and exciting to talk about dosnt mean we should stop posting comments.......... and to bungie, you know you could give us a little more to talk about.... wink wink..... im just saying before the halo 2 trailer there were so many discussions but now they seemed to have dwindled. we need to jumpstart the chat again.
xbc-Shibby

c0ld vengeance's picture

Anyone completed any of the levels on legendary without dieing once? I can do PoA... but thats the only one.

Lets seperate the elite halo players from the rest of us.

c0ld

c0ld

Anonymous's picture

Hi there can anyone tell me what you all do with Halo when you are bored. Me and my friend have found a dozen little pointless games to play in Halo, we have melee deathmatches in front of marines or go drag raceing with warthogs.

I would like to hear of any games you have come up with so I can try those out and have some fun.

Anonymous's picture

I would like to know who or what the Forrunners are.
I have some guesses on what thaey are and I have heard some rumours about who they are but I want to know what you all think about them.

I think that the Forrunners are a race close to the human race.
In 'The Fall of Reach' it says that the covies attacked the humans without provication, they may have come across us and seen the likeness between us and them and then decided to kill us off before we can become a threat.

narcogen's picture

In reply to: Who are the Forrunners?

demonelite wrote on Wednesday, 10/30/2002 - 1:25 pm:

: I would like to know who or what the Forrunners are.
: I have some guesses on what thaey are and I have heard
: some rumours about who they are but I want to know what you
: all think about them.

It's a good question, and I think all anyone can say is that we don't know much yet, but we guess about it a lot :)

343GS says that the Forerunners built the Halo to study the Flood, and we know it contains a weapon to kill off the flood by killing their food (all other sentient life).

FoR doesn't actually mention the Forerunners at all.

Some people think that the Forerunners are Human ancestors.

Some think the Forerunners are advanced Humans who time traveled into the past.

Some think the Forerunners are Covenant ancestors, or ancestors of a particular Covenant race (the Prophets, for example).

Personally, I think the Forerunners-- like the Jjaro in the Marathon series-- function as a deus ex machina-- they are the shadowy forces behind things that go on that you never quite see clearly or understand completely.

We may get glimpses at them... but we'll never know everything... and that's the interesting part :)

:
: I think that the Forrunners are a race close to the human
: race.
: In 'The Fall of Reach' it says that the covies attacked
: the humans without provication, they may have come across us
: and seen the likeness between us and them and then decided
: to kill us off before we can become a threat.



Narcogen


Rampant for over se7en years.



c0ld vengeance's picture

In reply to: Forerunners? (spoilers)

narcogen wrote on Thursday, 10/31/2002 - 1:09 am:

: Personally, I think the Forerunners-- like the Jjaro in
: the Marathon series-- function as a deus ex machina-- they
: are the shadowy forces behind things that go on that you
: never quite see clearly or understand completely.

My theory.. the Forerunners are or once was a robotic race, unaffected by the flood.

hence why the MC was recognised by 343.

c0ld

c0ld

Reclaimer's picture

In reply to: Re: Forerunners? (spoilers)

c0ld vengeance wrote on Friday, 11/1/2002 - 8:24 pm:

: My theory.. the Forerunners are or once was a robotic
: race, unaffected by the flood.
:
: hence why the MC was recognised by 343.
:
: c0ld

The Forerunners wouldn't necessarily have to robotic for 343 to recognize MC. Humans are robots and the Marines all recognize MC. Plus, 343 says that MC needs to upgrade his battle armor to a class 12. If they were all robots then they would all be upgraded together. Also, when 343 takes the Index away from MC at the end of the Library he says "Your organic form renders you weak to the Index's power" (or something to that effect) and because 343 thinks MC is a Forerunner they must have been organic, not robotic.

narcogen's picture

In reply to: Re: Forerunners? (spoilers)

Reclaimer wrote on Friday, 11/1/2002 - 9:54 pm:

: c0ld vengeance wrote on Friday, 11/1/2002 - 8:24 pm:
:
: : My theory.. the Forerunners are or once was a robotic
: : race, unaffected by the flood.
: :
: : hence why the MC was recognised by 343.
: :
: : c0ld
:
: The Forerunners wouldn't necessarily have to robotic for
: 343 to recognize MC. Humans are robots

OMG.. humans are robots?

and the Marines all
: recognize MC.

They call him "master chief", though, not "reclaimer".

Plus, 343 says that MC needs to upgrade his
: battle armor to a class 12. If they were all robots then
: they would all be upgraded together.

I see what you're saying, but I don't think that is what was meant.

After all, there could be different classes of Forerunners as well. Some police have kevlar vests, for instance, and some don't. Maybe battle armor class 12 is uncomfortable, and isn't used except when necessary :)

The telling point is, how does 343GS *know* what "class" the MC's armor is, unless he recognizes it specifically as a Forerunner technology?

He doesn't say that your armor is too weak, he says something specific. Almost as if an alien came down to Earth, took a look at the Saturday Night Special in a cop's hand and said, "gee, guy, you really ought to be using a Beretta 9mm instead of that clumsy old Saturday Night Special." You'd have to wonder HOW he knew what a Saturday Night Special is.

This is one of the main points of evidence people point to for a connection between Humans and the Forerunners.

Of course, some of the battle suit's tech-- such as the shields-- were stolen from the Covenant.

But the Covenant don't seem to ring a bell with 343GS *at all*. He calls them "the other race", and never refers to them by any other name.

If the Forerunners were ancestors of Covenant, why wouldn't GS recognize them?

Myself, I bet against any such simple, direct connections between the three groups. It goes against Bungie history :)

Also, when 343 takes
: the Index away from MC at the end of the Library he says
: "Your organic form renders you weak to the Index's power"
: (or something to that effect) and because 343 thinks MC is a
: Forerunner they must have been organic, not robotic.



Narcogen


Rampant for over se7en years.



Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Forerunners? (spoilers)

I think they just thougt wedding rings were to damn small :-))

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Forerunners?

The Dude wrote on Monday, 11/4/2002 - 12:20 pm:

:
: I think they just thougt wedding rings were to damn small
: :-))

or maybe they had very big fingers!
Hahahahahahaha...ha...äh va fan.

Earendil's picture

In reply to: Re: Forerunners? (spoilers)

:
: OMG.. humans are robots?

Yes Narc, Welcome to the 21st century.
:

:
:
: The telling point is, how does 343GS *know* what "class"
: the MC's armor is, unless he recognizes it specifically as a
: Forerunner technology?

well, I doubt there is a stamp on the shield/armor saying "Made by Earth". Shield, and to a degree, armor(metal) can only be made out of only so many things in this universe. the technology surrounding them is how they are built, and how strong they are. all 343 has to do is look at the kind of metal in MC's armor and figure out that it isn't as strong as "level 12" armor.

same goes for shield, it's probably the same basic principle, or at least *was* a basic principal at one time in the forrunners past, and 343 being the historian that he is would know this. all he has to do is compare the strength. also(and don't quote me on this) 343 doesn't give MC his little talk about armor until we actually do battle with the flood.

a prime example of better forrunners shield would be the bots. even though flood kick their ass in melee, it is pretty hard to take out a bot with human weapons (excluding RL and 2 point blank shot gun rounds). where as the MC would go down in about 1/2-1/4 the hits from a human weapon.
:
: He doesn't say that your armor is too weak, he says
: something specific. Almost as if an alien came down to
: Earth, took a look at the Saturday Night Special in a cop's
: hand and said, "gee, guy, you really ought to be using a
: Beretta 9mm instead of that clumsy old Saturday Night
: Special." You'd have to wonder HOW he knew what a Saturday
: Night Special is.
:
he doesn't name the level of your armor though. he only says, after we do battle with the flood, that we need at least level 12 if we want to be effective. maybe level 12 is immune to melee attacks (we're not going to take into account that the damn flood get there hands on covy weapons).

: This is one of the main points of evidence people point to
: for a connection between Humans and the Forerunners.

I would agree that this is very important.

:
: Of course, some of the battle suit's tech-- such as the
: shields-- were stolen from the Covenant.
:
: But the Covenant don't seem to ring a bell with 343GS *at
: all*. He calls them "the other race", and never refers to
: them by any other name.
:
yeah...but then 343 thinks that the covies released the flood, something the forrunners would probably never do.

: If the Forerunners were ancestors of Covenant, why
: wouldn't GS recognize them?

GS has a one track mind :)
:

: Also, when 343 takes
: : the Index away from MC at the end of the Library he
: says
: : "Your organic form renders you weak to the Index's
: power"
: : (or something to that effect) and because 343 thinks MC
: is a
: : Forerunner they must have been organic, not robotic.

now see it's THAT conversation that makes me think that 343 doesn't think we are forrunners, I'm not exactly sure why people think this. 343GS orders us around, takes stuff from us, and then tries to kill us. if he at one point thinks we are forrunners, he most definitely doesn't by the end (he makes a reference to us and human history on the PoA).

could someone refresh me with text on why people think that guilty sparks thinks we are forrunners?

Earendil

Oh! They have the internet on computers now! - Homer J Simpson

Reclaimer's picture

In reply to: Re: Forerunners? (spoilers)

: could someone refresh me with text on why people think
: that guilty sparks thinks we are forrunners?
:
: Earendil

What 343 says in his referrence to "human history" is:

"You can't imagine how exciting this is! To have a record of all of our lost time! Human history, is it? Fascinating. Oh how I will enjoy every moment of its categorization! And to think that you would destroy this installation. As well as this record. I am shocked. Almost too shocked for words."

The "human history" he's talking about isn't the time between the start of Two Betrayals and the middle of The Maw. The computer of the PoA couldn't track MC, but 343 could have. So, the lost time must be human history. Because 343 was in the PoA computer he knew what we called "the lost time" and that's why he asked (as in with a question) "Human history, is it?"

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