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Sat, 01/24/2004 - 07:27 by narcogen

In order from worst to... least bad, these are the vehicles available to high ping bastards in Halo multiplayer: Banshees The "warping" effect that happens when the server corrects your client seems to affect Banshees particularly badly. It also manifests itself when getting in and out of vehicles or structures and using ladders. The kind of endless-spiral dogfights that Banshees tend to cause are especially bad if you are on a slow connection; a short delay can widen your circle enough to let your opponent get behind or under you and get in enough shots for the kill. What's more, the throttle-down and drop technique that many good pilots use also seems to initiate the "warp" effect. If there are no other good pilots in the game you're in, you can still use the Banshee as a good strafing weapon; but beware Shades. Unlike in single player, they don't tip over when hit by the Banshee's FRG, and the gun itself seems to shield players from damage far better than in the single player game. I recommend diving runs against players, shades and vehicles while firing the primary weapon until you can line up a shot with the secondary; then break off, look for cover-- either by flying behind a structure or going above the Shade, out range of return fire-- and wait for the FRG to reload before circling around again. Note you can only attempt this if there's nothing else shooting at you (like another Banshee). The diving melee attack that many Banshee pilots use is also a lot less effective if you're lagged; you can end up circling on the ground trying to hit a dodging target, all the while a sitting duck yourself (and also looking quite foolish). This works if the target doesn't see you coming and where the terrain is flat. UPDATE: vector40, author of the Banshee Handling article here at R.net (of which a second installment is forthcoming, I understand) doesn't care whether or not I credit him with this technique he passed on, which is to eschew diving runs and simply hover over the Shade. The gun's maximum elevation doesn't allow it to fire at targets almost directly above it, so you can hover there and "fire with impunity" as he put it. The dive-bombing technique is to be reserved for "heavily armored ground targets".
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High Ping Bastard's Guide To Halo

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Sat, 01/24/2004 - 07:25 by narcogen

Now that Halo is available for ordinary Macs and PCs, and not just the Xbox with its dedicated broadband connection (or, at least, the jack for one) its inevitable that people with Internet connections that aren't quite the best are going to try their hand at the game, myself included. However, if you try to play the same way those on high speed, low-latency connections do, you'll find yourself staring at your own corpse more often than not.
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