Forum:What is a good Halo player

I Just wanted to ask a very, very hard question to answer: What does it mean to be a good Halo player? Gamers have been looked down on for useing the sniper rifle, and rocket launcher, and shotgun, and spartan laser, and energy sword, and focus rifle, and fuel rod, and scorpion, and banshee, and wraith, and camping.....

Anyways, does that mean useing a very limited chioce of weaponry? That sound like a tourney in Super Smash Brothers (no items, Fox only, final destination). I hate to bring HIM in the arguement, but does the above theory mean that people like Gamesager are bad? Please comment below. /\/\r.6r33&#124;\&#124; &#124;-&#124;@T 16:37, 16 June 2011 (EDT)


 * There is no such thing as an unfair tactic. Two days ago I got spawn camped in the first phase of invasion by a Bungie employee, so NOTHING is off the table. A good player is one that wins, and wins often, regardless of their tactics. Besides, everyone is able use the sniper rifle, and rocket launcher, and shotgun, and spartan laser, and energy sword, and focus rifle, and fuel rod, and scorpion, and banshee, and wraith, and camping. It just takes skill to do so. A good player has that skill. pestilence   Phil,  pestilence!  16:51, 16 June 2011 (EDT)

Think of it this way: Your smart enough to use more tactics than they can. You are smart enough to know better than to run to the same spots. You know what's needed where. In reality, YOU are the good player, and others who shame you just can't figure you out, or plain suck at the game. Don't worry about what others think of you, worry about if you are getting a new high score!--Blahmarrow 20:11, 16 June 2011 (EDT)


 * To me, it's using the weapons, vehicles, equipments and armor abilities the right way. Get up close and personal with a shotgun. Use you Wraith's plasma mortar to bombard the red base all the way from blue base. Use the Regenerator when your health is low. Stick a plasma grenade at an enemy at close range and use armor lock. People whine about other people using a gravity hammer for one simple reason: To make themselves feel better. "Oh this guy suck, so he uses a power weapon.", "Oh, this guy was in the same building 5 minutes ago, what a camper." People look for excuse about others who have better tactic, so they can feel better about it.


 * 2 months ago, I was playing with my friend on the Cage. My friend was coming at me with a sword. My pistol was out of ammo, and I have a grenade launcher. I fired at him and missed, the grenade bounced off the wall behind him and hit him in the back. Boom, he died. Immediately he called the grenade launcher a power weapon, and said I was being a noob.


 * Someone on Halopedia said armor lock was "the noobest weapon". I was playing Firefight with my friend, I was the Last Man Standing. What stands between me and a Hero medal is a Chieftain and 3 Grunts. I can use my DMR to take down the Grunts, but the Chieftain was a trouble. The Chieftain ran towards me. I threw a plasma grenade at him. I activated my armor lock. Boom! Chieftain down. Bip, Bap, Bam. Grunts down. "Hero!" See? Simple as that.


 * So don't worry about gamers who look down at your choice of weapon, vehicle, equipment and armor abilities, if you're using it the right way. It's not your fault that the opponents are not aware of what your're using. If a player boosts his Ghost at you, and you use armor lock (and destroys his Ghost, his splatter spree), that player might whine about what a noob you are, you know he's just looking for excuse to make himself feel better. Cheers, — S331 Bubbleshieldhud.svg (Talk • Contributions) 22:20, 16 June 2011 (EDT)

Awesome answers! But try to tell that to people at bungie dot net. Most of thier forums are (sadly) dedicated to complaining about gamers like gamesager (anyways, he is what people call a banshee whore: 91,000+ kills w/ banshee and 2nd place was dmr w/20,000+ kills). I think he got banned for using the blackscreen to help him or something like that. Besides, the grenade launcher and armor lock are the hardest things in Halo to master. From everyone's favorite green-hatted mister, /\/\r.6r33&#124;\&#124; &#124;-&#124;@T 17:30, 17 June 2011 (EDT)

Armor Lock: Immobilizes you for invincibility. Use it about a second earlier than you think, as it takes about that long for it to take effect. Grenade Launcher: Bounce shots of ground or around corners. Banshee with most kills? You are simply a pilot. Tank with most kills? Heavy combat expert! Armor lock noob? Heavy ordinance deflector! You just need not worry of other's opinion, but how well you are in the match. I think like that, and are pretty good at reach, and are proficient with all armor abilities and weapons.--Blahmarrow 10:20, 18 June 2011 (EDT)

Just wait. I will bring the fight to them. I've done it before on other websites, I've done suicide charges at enemies during paintball, I've made myself a suicide bomber with plasma grenades. You'll be fine. Did you know I have a 45% success rate for one man fort storming online? And a 40$ success rate in paintball? It's true!--Blahmarrow 14:25, 24 June 2011 (EDT)

I think a good player is someone who uses different weapons at the right time and always has an eye on their radar. They also would have to have good working strategies no matter how cheap as long as it works.--User talk:Shadowklaw 20:51, 25 June 2011 (EDT)

A good Halo player? One that doesn't whine and bitch at every move you make, and instead seeks to find tactics to counter your tactics. Whiners make excuses.  Smoke Sound off! 23:57, 25 June 2011 (EDT)

I think a good halo player is someone that knows what it takes to help a team win. One of the major problems i have with the rating system in reach is that it puts more value on shear carnage (kills) than it does on efficiency. someone that gets 18 kills....and dies 18 times, will obtain a higher rating than someone that played smart, used teamwork, and went 10 kills, 1 death.166.70.140.70 18:50, 6 July 2011 (EDT)

In my opinion, a good Halo player doesn't leave games, or teabag, I have encountered these two way too often, it is these two things that really hurt my online experience, I don't leave, nor do I teabag anyone, even if they are losing by 20-30 points  Chris1002

I'm in agreement with Chris1002 here. Personally, if a player teabags me in a game, it proves to me they are an immature, stuck up player, who isn't worth trying to teach to be better. Sure I've teabagged people on a couple of occasions, but only in custom games with people I know and respect, as they know I'm joking.

And as for leaving in the middle of a game, I'll admit I'm not the best person around to ask about that. I do, if circumstances require it (E.G. feeding the cats, answering the phone if I'm expecting a call), but I try not to, all the same.

Then again, I can't make up your mind for you. It's up to you to decide what your version of a good halo player is. --Shadeseven 03:57, 9 July 2011 (EDT)

I believe a good Halo player is one that tries a variety of methods to succeed, and has his or her unique combat talents wisely ie: if your a good banshee driver, drive banshees in multiplayer when the opportunity arises, if your skill lies in the sword side of things, use a sword. I agree with Shadowklaw, on this matter. I also believe in Camping because if you think about it, it IS a tactic it IS a valid method, because its not like doing that stupid modding crap that certain "noobs" do, and is someone kills you when camping, they kill you when camping simple as that. If a Banshee pilot/driver shoots down lightly-armed infantry, is that the pilot/driver's problem: nope its down to the stupidity or lack of common sense of the infantry to try and take down a banshee say with an assault rifle without teammates helping. Thats what I belive makes a good halo player, someone who can play within the "established" rules of game but also use a variety of tactics or strategies to ensure success. --CookieMonstersayshello 06:57, 9 July 2011 (EDT)