I know why sniping is easier...

[E Nomini Patri]

It's a pretty trivial thing actually, but people are saying sniping is so easier because of the auto-aim. Well the Tru7h is that the zoom has been changed to 5x. That really does make a difference because an opponent's head becomes a larger target as opposed to the 2x zoom. So there you have it. It made sense to me when I noticed it, I just slapped myself in the head because I didn't notice sooner. :p

[Whisper]

is it so simple that it's actually right?

[lllusion]

Honestly, Every one is a "Sni3p3r 1337" since that update

[rpgreligion]

Eh, either way, I still suck. Especially at no scoping..I never have got that down.

[MikeMan91389]

1. sniping was easier when h2 came out
2. sniping seems even easier since the update, minus the tremendously laggy games.

[FB-Gollum]

I'm with you ero, what a stellar analysis. Seriously. It's kinda like the zero gravity pen that cost the US 10 million. Sometimes the answer is so simple you overlook it. Like using a pencil.

[Soundscape]

damn, i didn't even realize that.
but does no scoping seem easier to anyone else?

[FB-Gollum]

does no scopes seem easier to anyone else?

Honestly no. Kinda like the shottie. I don't see a difference. I don't think it was really as bad as everyone made it out to be and now that there's been an AU people are seeing through their own misconceptions because an unknown variable is challenging it. Either way, the game is 6 million times (exactly) better than it was before. Except for the customs I played earlier. They were hurting and Soundscape is a cheater. That's my excuse I'm sticking to it. :bang:

[Soundscape]

well, i noticed a big difference in the shotty right away after dl'ing the AU. it seems to be kicking ass for just about everyone now. i've been getting alot of 1 shot kills with it and it seems like everyone else has been too.

i never really thought sniping in general was easier, just no scoping. after i dl'ed the update i hopped into a game of no scopes at lockout and i was pulling off no scoped headshots better than ever before. maybe i was just having a good day, but i dunno. everyone in the party seemed to agree that it def. felt easier. but it seems kinda strange that out of all changes to be made that they'd make no scoping easier, y'know. so it could just be in my head.

[TOTTEN]

That could be it but still the auto aim still has to have something to do with it. You are able hit people through walls if you lead up.

[E Nomini Patri]

How can you make no-scoping easier? There is no auto-aim whatsoever with the sniper when you are unzoomed. But I agree that I feel better at it, and the game in general since the update.

[FB-Gollum]

I think that due to the fact the AU apparently addresed some net-code issues we're probably facing less lag/latency/whatever the hell you want to call it. But most of all, due to the fact that we all feel so much better about the game in general now, we're for the most part being less critical than we were.

[Soundscape]

How can you make no-scoping easier?
i have no idea. all i know is that it felt much easier for me after the update. i didn't really get a chance to test it out again last night or today...so i wouldn't be suprised if was just having an exceptionally good game or something and there's actually no difference.

and ironsight said that the game has always had 5x and not 2x. i don't guess i ever really noticed.

[MikeMan91389]

yeah, zero your wrong, for once!

it always had 5x in halo2, that was one thing i didnt like, i liked my 2x!

[FB-Gollum]

I don't think it matters whem it was introduced, it didn't even occur to me that you meant after the update. Bottom line is 5x is easier to snipe in than 2x, therefore it makes sniping easier in Halo 2. Which is what people hace been saying all along. What they fail to say, is that it makes the sniper less useful at close range. Which is how it should be.

[Dj Logical 1]

I still think sniping requires skill, its not like a noob can pick up the remote the day they get h2,, and go online and have 20 snipe kills in one game

[MikeMan91389]

depends if its matchmaking.

[Madhattr]

I still think sniping requires skill, its not like a noob can pick up the remote the day they get h2,, and go online and have 20 snipe kills in one game

Nice to hear some common sense once in awhile.

[E Nomini Patri]

yeah, zero your wrong, for once!

it always had 5x in halo2, that was one thing i didnt like, i liked my 2x!

I always knew it was 5x. I didn't say that it was changed to 5x in the update. All I did was have an epiphany that happened right after the update was out that's all. At least I explained why it is easier to snipe people in Halo 2. ;)

[LoRd StOnEpAw]

Wouldn't a bigger zoom make it harder? It'd be easier for them to move out of the way. Also, sniping is mainly easier because of sweeping and the fact that you don't need to lead. In H1, 85% if the time I used 2x b/c it was easier than 10x.

What they fail to say, is that it makes the sniper less useful at close range.
The H2 Sniper is rather useful at close range.

[Whisper]

i was getting 1-shot kills before with the shotty so i dont find a difference there.. I haven't used the sniper much since the AU so I don't have an idea yet

i dont find a difference with the SMG+Plasma Rifle combo

the brute shot is now teh rockz0rs.

no cheaters is good.

[FB-Gollum]

Wouldn't a bigger zoom make it harder? .

Only at close range. It makes it easier further away, which is what sniper are supposed to be for. Targets that are far away.

The H2 Sniper is rather useful at close range

Sure is. But a 2x zoom is still even more useful at closer ranges.

[MikeMan91389]

damn - nice recovery zero -


10x sucks, haha, i seriously wish it was 2x and 5x and then like 5x + white button for 10x or some combo - because 10x is useless cept for at some big maps. i still only use five x at burial mounds.