As the title reads, Sniping in Halo 5 doesn’t really feel like… sniping anymore.
I don’t know why but I really love the Sniper in H2A, H3, H2 & Reach and it felt great using the powerweapon.
In Halo 4 and Halo 5, sniping just feels kinda… off. I don’t know, is it the way it acts, the way it looks, sounds or what?
Not sure why but that’s how I feel about it. How do you feel about it?
Huge amount of bullet magnetism most likey. Takes a lot of the skill out of sniping. I for one suck at sniping in Halo 3, but in this one I can pull off beautiful headshots 90% of the time.
I don’t know, I think it’s the sound that throws it off.
My favorite game to hit a perfect sniper shot is Halo 2, I love it so much when you put a bullet through your victims’ visor and see their body go flying into the air.
It doesn’t feel as skillful but the weapon power is the greatest in the series. Really satisfying how far you send their rag dolls sometimes.
Strangely enough for me, it’s the other way around. In the original haloes, I could snipe decently, and I could land consistent headshots with the Magnum/BR/DMR. In Halo 5, the only weapon that I can trust (arguably, even), is the magnum. Whenever I get hit, I can’t correct my aim, despite playing at 4 sens, with no acceleration on either deadzone. The sniper in this game is horrendous for me. Whenever I land a “headshot”, it’s usuallly not even on the head. I guess, by normal standards, people would consider the halo 5 sniper too easy, but for me it’s frustratingly hard to hit an actual headshot. Either the game refuses to acknowledge that I just shot a guy in the face, or the game makes my bullets turn on a dime to hit a guy in the head, when I clearly shot beside or above his head, or even at his chest. I swear, it really is like playing with stilts in halo 5.
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> Huge amount of bullet magnetism most likey. Takes a lot of the skill out of sniping. I for one suck at sniping in Halo 3, but in this one I can pull off beautiful headshots 90% of the time.
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Do you think it’s too easy, OP?
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> Huge amount of bullet magnetism most likey. Takes a lot of the skill out of sniping. I for one suck at sniping in Halo 3, but in this one I can pull off beautiful headshots 90% of the time.
You realize people can look up your stats and see you’re grossly exaggerating right?
You’ve got a 46% accuracy rating with the sniper.
The increased magnetism in Halo 5 probably has something to do with how much faster Spartans move than in past Halo’s. Sprinting, thrusting, sliding, and combo’s of each change the game up quite a bit. They did tone down the rate of fire on the sniper though, I’m guessing to reward accurate headshots, and punish spamming shots.
I actually like the sniper halo 5 even though I’m only average with it. Not sure if there is more aim assist with it now but I have a lot of fun with it. In past halo games I almost always passed up the sniper rifle for something else.
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> As the title reads, Sniping in Halo 5 doesn’t really feel like… sniping anymore.
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> I don’t know why but I really love the Sniper in H2A, H3, H2 & Reach and it felt great using the powerweapon.
> In Halo 4 and Halo 5, sniping just feels kinda… off. I don’t know, is it the way it acts, the way it looks, sounds or what?
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> Not sure why but that’s how I feel about it. How do you feel about it?
They are less skill based now. Just shoot around the head and boom. DEAD. I have fun using the Binary Rifle. It is a skill based weapon now, and it’s so fun and satisfying.
For me, I feel as though the levels aren’t big enough in arena for sniping. Not a lot of room or area for them.
There are but a few spots I can find in warzone that are actually good sniping spots. I’ve explored and found some decent spots in Apex and Stormbreak (REALLY good spot), but beyond that, it seems pretty congested to snipe.
Any thoughts?
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> Huge amount of bullet magnetism most likey. Takes a lot of the skill out of sniping. I for one suck at sniping in Halo 3, but in this one I can pull off beautiful headshots 90% of the time.
head shots 90 percent of the time. Lol I Call BS.
I just feel the beam rifle is off. It is almost as if I have to intentionally aim above their head for the headshot. Anyone else have this issue with the beam rifle?
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> Huge amount of bullet magnetism most likey. Takes a lot of the skill out of sniping. I for one suck at sniping in Halo 3, but in this one I can pull off beautiful headshots 90% of the time.
I’m with you there. I was horrible at sniping in other games and now I feel like I can actually hit something in Halo 5, lol!
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> > Huge amount of bullet magnetism most likey. Takes a lot of the skill out of sniping. I for one suck at sniping in Halo 3, but in this one I can pull off beautiful headshots 90% of the time.
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> You realize people can look up your stats and see you’re grossly exaggerating right?
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> You’ve got a 46% accuracy rating with the sniper.
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> The increased magnetism in Halo 5 probably has something to do with how much faster Spartans move than in past Halo’s. Sprinting, thrusting, sliding, and combo’s of each change the game up quite a bit. They did tone down the rate of fire on the sniper though, I’m guessing to reward accurate headshots, and punish spamming shots.
Thank you . I was gonna do this. So with your 46% accuracy. I’d say less than 20% accuracy for headshots.
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> Huge amount of bullet magnetism most likey. Takes a lot of the skill out of sniping. I for one suck at sniping in Halo 3, but in this one I can pull off beautiful headshots 90% of the time.
Exactly as said above.
I felt like a Pro in Halo 4 sniping, it was so easy. Not quite as easy in Halo 5 IMO, but still easy. Try Sniping on Halo 3, head shots never felt so rewarding.
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> > Huge amount of bullet magnetism most likey. Takes a lot of the skill out of sniping. I for one suck at sniping in Halo 3, but in this one I can pull off beautiful headshots 90% of the time.
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> Do you think it’s too easy, OP?
Sorry haven’t had access to the forums lately;
Yes I think it’s way too easy to snipe. Bodyshots counting as headshots feels really cheap
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> > As the title reads, Sniping in Halo 5 doesn’t really feel like… sniping anymore.
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> > I don’t know why but I really love the Sniper in H2A, H3, H2 & Reach and it felt great using the powerweapon.
> > In Halo 4 and Halo 5, sniping just feels kinda… off. I don’t know, is it the way it acts, the way it looks, sounds or what?
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> > Not sure why but that’s how I feel about it. How do you feel about it?
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> They are less skill based now. Just shoot around the head and boom. DEAD. I have fun using the Binary Rifle. It is a skill based weapon now, and it’s so fun and satisfying.
That is so true! Damn I prefer having the power weapon take skill to use
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> For me, I feel as though the levels aren’t big enough in arena for sniping. Not a lot of room or area for them.
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> There are but a few spots I can find in warzone that are actually good sniping spots. I’ve explored and found some decent spots in Apex and Stormbreak (REALLY good spot), but beyond that, it seems pretty congested to snipe.
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> Any thoughts?
Yeah might be so. Not sure what I dislike about the sniper really. Just feels off…
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> I just feel the beam rifle is off. It is almost as if I have to intentionally aim above their head for the headshot. Anyone else have this issue with the beam rifle?
Yeah same here. It’s the complete opposite to the Sniper Rifle imo… Headshots aren’t headshots at all