Aiming/Hitting your target

[Con]

Am I the only one who thinks that the aiming in H2V is a bit retarded? I've never played Halo 2 prior to yesterday, so I don't know if it's normal. I can hit people just fine when my reticule is red, but why is it that I can't hit shit when sniping? I aim right on the target and nothing whatsoever happens. Two clips, nothing happened. Does the reticule need to be red in order for it to do damage? I even tried a base-base snipe in BG, both of us standing perfectly still; same result. It's complete bullshit that I can't use my BR at H1'S mid range.

[the1]

hmmmm. oh everyone seen red vs blue
beta complex?
"i can't hit anything with this sniper"
"thats not a bug your just a shit shot"
closer range mb? don't forget the projectile may have a limited range and all that. and you have to take into account any error it has. it will be ever so slightly but it will be there.
and every time you doubble the distance away from the object your shooting at the error is potentially 4 times greater. to be exact. gotta love physics :P
its like sound waves.
a source generates a sound and the waves expand normally. all directions. each time the distance doubbles from any given point. the amplitude/strength of the wave is exactly 1/4 of the original size
sniper 1/4 the original accuracy. so 4 times more error.
that and yeah the projectile could have a max distance to which it will reach

[Con]

hmmmm. oh everyone seen red vs blue
beta complex?
"i can't hit anything with this sniper"
"thats not a bug your just a shit shot"
closer range mb? don't forget the projectile may have a limited range and all that. and you have to take into account any error it has. it will be ever so slightly but it will be there.
and every time you doubble the distance away from the object your shooting at the error is potentially 4 times greater. to be exact. gotta love physics :P
its like sound waves.
a source generates a sound and the waves expand normally. all directions. each time the distance doubbles from any given point. the amplitude/strength of the wave is exactly 1/4 of the original size
sniper 1/4 the original accuracy. so 4 times more error.
that and yeah the projectile could have a max distance to which it will reach

I assure you, I'm not a shit shot, and I don't need a crash course on bullet physics (thanks anyway); everything works fine in SP the way it's meant to. This means it's a MP related issue. I'm just wondering if anyone's found the same thing, or figured out the secret behind it.

[Shaunington]

Halo 2 Xbox had bad bullet range problems (off-host)

It is the same in H2v, though the BR is fine, its the sniper that doesnt hit.

No, you're not crazy. I've had it happen SO many times, even in the 2 weeks I've had the game. You'll even see the sparks/blood come out but the bullet wont count.

Its a problem with h2 that needs fixing, those of you who play H2 Xbox, the problem wasnt around before the 1.1 patch, and somehow after tht 1.1 patch the lag/bullet registry has been shithouse.

[Pooky]

I assure you, I'm not a shit shot, and I don't need a crash course on bullet physics (thanks anyway); everything works fine in SP the way it's meant to. This means it's a MP related issue. I'm just wondering if anyone's found the same thing, or figured out the secret behind it.

I assure you, conscars is not a shit shot :|

[Pope]

Am I the only one who thinks that the aiming in H2V is a bit retarded? I've never played Halo 2 prior to yesterday, so I don't know if it's normal. I can hit people just fine when my reticule is red, but why is it that I can't hit shit when sniping? I aim right on the target and nothing whatsoever happens. Two clips, nothing happened. Does the reticule need to be red in order for it to do damage? I even tried a base-base snipe in BG, both of us standing perfectly still; same result. It's complete bullshit that I can't use my BR at H1'S mid range.

Yeah I've been noticing the same too. I think it's just due to us being so used to Halo1 style...well everything. Sometimes you may lead without even noticing because you're so used to it in H1, but I think now that the problem has been solved so it may take some time getting used to. I even had to change 90% of my controls back to H1 just to get used to them...

And trust me...Conscars is a shit shot

[TheGhost]

Someone check the tags. There might be a range or something.

[WingedKirby4]

Hey, speaking of aimming, my brother says that if you use a Xbox 360 controller, something about it eing special i think, then you can auto-aim... Seriously, whats up with that?

Its built into the game

[Pooky]

Someone check the tags. There might be a range or something.

But most of the weapons in Halo 1 had a good enough range to be effectively infinite, why would they change that?

[MrUncool]

I don't know, but it really fucking bothers me when my gun doesn't hit when it's supposed to. I sorta figured it out though, there IS leading, its just not like halo 1 lag leading. It's a bit more like you have to aim ahead of them just because they move out of the way of the bullet...its a little hard to explain. But it's just like on xbox (even with split-screen) so yeah its just retarded.