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Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« on: September 03, 2010, 11:09:44 PM »
Share you fave tips for pulling off the ultimate Halo Reach sniping. Go ahead and brag, but be willing to help out other players.
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Re: Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2010, 06:09:57 PM »
I take faces like its my job.  :)  taking Octagon challenges from everyone except Derek, who complains every time I no scope him in the face 'cause he doesnt like getting beat.

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Re: Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2010, 06:43:24 PM »
No I dont mind but you friggin want to warm up and all you do is snipe me in octagon and yet when we go into the playlist you always complain about your BR being bad, it is retarded.

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Re: Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2010, 12:21:00 PM »
No I dont mind but you friggin want to warm up and all you do is snipe me in octagon and yet when we go into the playlist you always complain about your BR being bad, it is retarded.


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Re: Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2010, 03:56:17 PM »
SWAT is the best game for getting you in the habit of aiming for the head. The biggest piece of advice I can give is when your running around the map try to always have your aiming sights right at the ememies head level. That helped me a ton. The better you get at SWAT the better you'll be all around. Set the seaiming sensativity as high as you can handle it. I have mine set 1 click above the default setting and thats what works for me.

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Re: Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2010, 04:02:46 PM »
Aim in front of where their head is, so by the time you click the button they'll have moved into the trigger. It sounds a bit wierd but it's how I snipe, and I can hold my own as a sniper.

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Re: Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2010, 06:53:48 PM »
Hey welcome to the forums! I'm no sniping god so I'll give the tips a try. I never have quite been able to get the knack of leading shots. Maybe my internet connection sux, not sure. Anyways, thanks for the tip.
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Re: Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2010, 06:01:08 PM »
Aim in front of where their head is, so by the time you click the button they'll have moved into the trigger. It sounds a bit wierd but it's how I snipe, and I can hold my own as a sniper.


You don't have to lead your shots in Reach, it's hitscan registration (no bullet travel time).

I hate sniping in Reach, the hitbox for a headshot is so big that Team Snipers at a high level is unplayable because everyone hits their headshots 95% of the time. It turns into a really campy game of SWAT except with snipers. Not to mention the headshot medal used to really get you pumped up when you got it because it usually only happened a couple times a game, but now it's just no big deal because it happens so often.

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Re: Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2010, 05:00:05 PM »
Sniping like every skill in any sport takes practice. Play customs with only snipes and practice it. Practice no scopes.
Don't stand in the same area with a snipe; keep moving. If you stand in one spot, or obvious sniper spots you'll get naded like crazy.
Make sure whenever you want to improve with a weapon, in this case the snipe. You concentrate on specific aspect and really try to improve it. Your goals need to be specific in order to achieve success.

Don't say I want a better shot (too broad and hard to practice)

Say I want a better shot at medium range, then continually set urself up in those positions to practice them.
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Re: Sniping - Halo Reach Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2010, 02:25:41 PM »
A good practice is to use 10x zoom for extreme range shots ONLY, unless you're in a position you can stay still for a moment. Because 10x zoom is slower movement, so if your target sprints you will lose them (unless it's extreme range). 5x zoom works well for mid- to long-range but not very well for extreme range and it is fast enough to keep up with fleeing foes.

Quick-scoping works well for some people. The hardest part is knowing when to use a quick-scope over regular scoping. The idea is to get a player in your sights to where you could no-scope them, but go to 5x zoom just before you shoot. This increases accuracy, but can be tricky to pull off at times.

Camping with a sniper is never a good idea, as that player will be top on the other teams hit list, but pausing for a kill can be good.

If you see a sniper aiming at you, strafe away. Do not stop moving until there's something solid between you and them. If you don't think you can escape and/or you're in a position to return fire, strafe randomly and start shooting.

During reload (when the magazine is in the gun, but the weapon is still raised, press the switch weapon button twice quickly. This will shave a small amount off of your reload time.

No-scoping when your moving is actually easier than no-scoping when your standing still because you can sidestep and shoot simultaneously. Doing this properly means you hit them, but they miss you. Your strafe matters for this, so keep practicing it, and don't be afraid to quick-scope in close. You need to be careful, but assuming they aren't too close this can often give you a little extra edge in the fight.