Sniping: Difference between revisions

A lot like the carbine, the battle rifle is not intended for sniping, but thanks to its range and accuracy, it's an effective sniper or Designated Marksman weapon. And remember that it only takes four headshots (or three chest shots and one headsht) to bring down a Spartan or Elite with normal shields.

A sniper's secondary weapon should be a close to mid-range weapon, such as a [[Carbine]], [[Shotgun]], [[SMG]], or [[Battle Rifle]]. The [[Sword]] can be used, but securing two power weapons (i.e. the sniper and the sword) can be overly time-consuming and difficult, and the sword in particular can be a bad choice because of the time it takes to lunge and recover from a lunge, which are important things if faced with one or more enemies. Don't use anything excessively powerful (i.e. [[Rocket Launcher]]). Keep your secondary weapon reloaded at all times, and use it only in close quarters combat. It may seem that all that matters to a sniper is their sniper rifle, but secondary weapons are also massively important.

*You can practice sniping in Forge by having a friend throw grenades in the air and then sniping them. An explosion shows that you hit it.

*In a snipers match, if you can see them, they can see you. So dont stay in any one place for too long.

*Be aware of your surroundings. You can't see your motion tracker while zooming in on something so make sure you check the immediate vicinity for enemys waiting for you to drop your guard.

*And if you're an advanced sniper and your enemy is in a [[Ghost]] coming towards you, very quickly headshot in the little bit of their head sticking out of the cockpit.

Sniping is very different in Halo: CE for the PC/Mac. Because of the lag factor, players must lead their shots ahead of the enemy farther than on XBL. This makes mastering sniping even harder to do. Snipers will have to anticipate where the enemy will be after roughly half a second. This means that the enemies movement can't change, or else the shot will be ruined. Because the use of a mouse allows the sniper to make very fine last minute adjustments to shots. They will try to hit most any target, regardless of its movement. More experienced snipers NEVER use exposed area like ledges. They use a ridge line in the terrain and stand just behind it, facing the enemy. This makes it so that only their head is exposed, yet the sniper can see the enemy without trouble. To combat this, the enemy must get close, a tough thing to do against an experienced sniper. Even past that, snipers will move left and right erratically and non stop to prevent being hit. In sniper CTF where players don't have shields, counter snipers will often fire an entire magazine very quickly into their movement area, and hope that one round hits since a hit on a unshielded target with a sniper weapon is always fatal. Because of the lead, it is impossible to judge where the sniper would be.

In order for this trick to be successful you'll need a good Banshee pilot and a fairly capable sniper or an average or better Hornet pilot and a sniper skilled with no-scopes (Hornet passengers have the scope function disabled.) In both cases, pilot-sniper communication and cooperation is a must for success with this tactic.  

The pilot must be skilled enough to dodge [[Spartan Laser]], [[Rocket]], and [[Missile Pod]] fire, while still keeping his passenger firmly mounted and shooting. He must also be willing to set up shots for the sniper, since by taking on a passenger he is no longer a hot-shot top gun, but merely the taxi driver. Informing the sniper of planned maneuvers is a must for the pilot since no sniper wants to suddenly have his mount lurch off-target seconds before resulting in a missed shot and the waste of valuble ammo. The sniper also can call out targets for the pilot to take out with his main guns should they be too big or durable for his weapon to take out (i.e. tanks.)     

Before you try this, be warned that it is a risky maneuver. It is very suspicious to see a slow-moving [[Banshee]] period, especially if the smoke trails or particles beams that are raking the battlefield are coming from its roof. This will draw much unwanted enemy attention to you. Two bad things can happen from this. A [[Double Kill]] for the enemy... or the Banshee escaping to fight another day and the sniper killing anybody who dares to shoot back.