When I see an enemy coming towards me on the radar I crouch to get off the radar. Then when they’re visible on my screen I stop crouching and open fire and kill them. Is that a noob move? But if they’re moving away from me I either not crouch at all and let them go, or stalk them and kill them if they’re alone. But I snipe from far and mid range with the DMR, too, but with the AR I do the things listed above. Is my playstyle disgusting to you? Does my playstyle make me a noob? Is the way I play nooblike? What’s your playstyle? Same as mine? (High-Five) Am I asking too many questions? Of course not.
havent seen ‘noob’ in a long time.
Play more aggressive.
Rely on teammates and team shots. Crouching should only be done in certain situations. Like if youre shields are down, maybe if you have powerweapon, or if youre flanking and know you can get away with it.
Your playstyle is similar to most beginners. Nothing wrong with it but itll be hard to win serious games.
I’ve got nothing against using stealth but I don’t play much big team so I can’t say what is noob when it comes to the DMR even though I thought the problem was fixed.
I take advantage of the crouch on the radar all the time it’s pretty essential if you’re entering an enemy base and they probably have a power weapon. Plus there’s the increased shield recharge time so crouching is definitely ok in that situation.
It’s a good question though. Where is the line when it comes to crouching.
I don’t like labeling strategies of any kind. There’s no overly good strategy or overly bad. Just do what works best for you, and if that stops working try something else. Labeling something as nooby or non nooby is silly. If they killed you with a certain weapon or tactic, learn from it and find a way to counter it.
Unless you’re jetpack AR’ing in FFA gametypes. That in particular I can’t stand.
> Play more aggressive.
> Rely on teammates and team shots. Crouching should only be done in certain situations. Like if youre shields are down, maybe if you have powerweapon, or if youre flanking and know you can get away with it.
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> Your playstyle is similar to most beginners. Nothing wrong with it but itll be hard to win serious games.
This, if your playstyle revolves around grouching you might catch some flak for it. Other than that if you’re not using Camo, that’s pretty much how the majority of the population plays Big Team.
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Always taunt noobs, always mock noobs, always pwn noobs, but never hate noobs, for without noobs, we will not be leet.
It’s not a noob thing. You just simply play smart.
A noob dose not watch his or her radar and just run n’ gun.
Your playstyle probably a bit weird for most of the Halo players, but it’s works.
You doing it right if it works but I highly advise to try out other playstyles. The more you know about the better you will be.
I would try going into FFA and ARing/jetpacking. That’s what I do, and it has worked for me.
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What Winter said, but while you’re practicing your jetpack/assault rifle combo, you should also spam sticky nades and use the grenadier perk so you can throw 3 stickies. Profit.
Try using the AR Halo 3 style.
- Spawn
- Spam grenades
- Spam AR while running in straight line.
- Simultaneously melee opponent; trading kills.
- Respawn.
- Repeat.
It works for me…
Hi Cyber-optics!
I’m gracing the forums with my presence tonight and I came across your tantalizing post. I think I might be able to help ya out.
Your play style is NOT noobish(?).
As long as the enemy does not see you when you you decide to crouch you are officially not a noob.
For real, that tactic is as old as halo C.E. so do not be ashamed to use it. MLG kids will freak out but that’s why there’s no MLG in H4 AM I RIGHT?!?!
Hello Cyber,
Although your strategy shouldn’t be labeled “noobish,” there is a point where it breaks down and you would greatly benefit from other strategies. A more competitive Halo game involves lots of communication and firefights aren’t isolated at different points of the map. If you ambush an enemy, he will either have an escape route or at the very least will call out to his teammates, so your location will almost always be known.
Even if you personally benefit from ambushing with an AR, you are doing a disservice to your team. Halo at a high level requires team-shotting and coordination. By camping, your teammates will probably be outnumbered for much of the game. By the time enemies are approaching you, your team will be dead waiting to respawn and you will be outnumbered. Precision weapons promote teamwork.
It’s frustrating when teammates refuse to assist you in firefights, but it’s just as frustrating when you are putting shots on someone and the guy next to you is firing an assault rifle, or even worse, a needler at the same guy. Those weapons have their place, but aren’t conducive to teamwork.
Crouching has its time and place: when you’re trying to regain shields or ambush with a power weapon. However, in everyday situations, it slows game play and won’t benefit you very much. Unnecessary crouching is generally an indicator of what you’d call “newbishness.” If you see a teammate with sniper on Ragnarok crouching as he looks across the map, he’s probably bad. If your teammate is crouching with a shotgun in the back of your base on slayer, he’s probably bad. Don’t be that guy 
Honestly OP, if you’re using stealth as your preferred gameplay style then more power to you. I’ve done that before and as far as I’m concerned if you’re standing up and the enemy team member is lying on the ground then you’ve done your job.
It’s kinda like those folks who use an AR. Some of them come on here asking if they’re noobs and such when they really don’t need to. Play how you want to play and let those people who hate you for it hate you. There’s nothing you can do about it and you shouldn’t change the way you want to play for the sake of some people you’ll never meet in your life.
So I say no, you’re not a noob.
> When I see an enemy coming towards me on the radar I crouch to get off the radar. Then when they’re visible on my screen I stop crouching and open fire and kill them. Is that a noob move?
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> But if they’re moving away from me I either not crouch at all and let them go, or stalk them and kill them if they’re alone. But I snipe from far and mid range with the DMR, too, but with the AR I do the things listed above. Is my playstyle disgusting to you?
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> What’s your playstyle? Same as mine? (High-Five) Am I asking too many questions? Of course not.
> I don’t like labeling strategies of any kind. There’s no overly good strategy or overly bad. Just do what works best for you, and if that stops working try something else. Labeling something as nooby or non nooby is silly. If they killed you with a certain weapon or tactic, learn from it and find a way to counter it.
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> Unless you’re jetpack AR’ing in FFA gametypes. That in particular I can’t stand.
thats what I’ve said several times in the past, If you are killed by any weapon or vehichle , Learn to use it and Learn how to defeat it. There are no “Crutches” so to speak. They are just weapons or abilty’s being used to their full advantage.
(I know , I think I just Defined Crutch), you just need to find and exploit the Weaknesses in each weapon or ability to overcome it.
I have no problem with it, I’m a all around player I play all styles!
> When I see an enemy coming towards me on the radar I crouch to get off the radar. Then when they’re visible on my screen I stop crouching and open fire and kill them. Is that a noob move? But if they’re moving away from me I either not crouch at all and let them go, or stalk them and kill them if they’re alone. But I snipe from far and mid range with the DMR, too, but with the AR I do the things listed above. Is my playstyle disgusting to you? Does my playstyle make me a noob? Is the way I play nooblike? What’s your playstyle? Same as mine? (High-Five) Am I asking too many questions? Of course not.
Yeah, I wouldn’t call you a NOOB per-say but damn that’s a pretty lame way to play. Not only does that slow the game up for everyone, you are basically camping half your games which is cheap (I sincerely hope you don’t use camo because that would be ultra-lame), and you simply are not improving your skills by doing that crap.
You found an effective but very low skill strategy and will not progress if you keep at it. Ultimately you will not every get really good at the game because you rely on camping and not other strategies like strafing and playing with teammates and aiming and a hundred other things you learn from losing battles and ultimately learning to win them.
I actively seek out enemies BTW and get my hands on a sniper rifle if at all possible. I am very CQC oriented so I quite often snapshot with it (which feels awesome when you learn to do it), strafe with the BR and carbine, seek action and evade with the thruster pack if necessary, I love dexterity and explosives, and I will use the LR or DMR and plasma pistol/grenades on BTB (even though I don’t like the latter in loadouts along with the despicable camo). I am good at long range too - a very good sniper but I don’t rely on it. I play at all ranges and am constantly learning different strategies to take down enemies and improve my speed/accuracy. I wouldn’t say I’m REALLY good most of the time except for those days when I put the pedal-to-the-metal so to speak. Then I wreck -Yoink- up.
I started to use bumper-jumper even though it was painful at first like everyone said but I believe it will pay off. Do yourself a favor and get out of your comfort zone and get out there and fight like a Spartan.
Nope, you aren’t a noob. Noobs use the SAW and bunny-hop like the floor is on fire, or jetpack straight up in the air for no apparent reason. I would mind playing against someone who plays like this, or only use the boltshot.
@Spongy
The SAW is a power weapon that you have to actually obtain. Although overpowered, you aren’t a noob for taking advantage of its presence.
Jetpacking, I can agree with you, can be gamebreaking.
Jumping is a very useful tactic. Obviously jumping straight up and down for no reason as you put it isn’t necessarily what most people are doing.
However, your stats don’t completely give you the qualifications to be deciding who is and isn’t a noob.
All tactics are fair game. Yours is no more or less valid than any other play-style.
As a matter of fact, I typically do what you do to avoid situations I know I can’t win; better to survive than give the other team a point.
There is no such thing as “noob-tactics” IMO, especially if they are yielding results.