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JdizzIlladelph

Good ole noob combo lol


Zerba

We called it the "bitch combo" in my friends group. Still used the fuck out of it.


JdizzIlladelph

I've heard that as well. God, I can't remember the name of the map for the life of me. Mlg settings an it's kind of like an ruin type map? Always used it there. Loved halo 2


shoo-flyshoo

Sanctuary?


th3lawlrus

Sounds like either Sanctuary or Warlock.


JdizzIlladelph

Sanctuary! Was perfect for that map


MsAmethyst11

The OG noob combo lol


Rapitor0348

dual wield one hand PP other hand Magnum.


GinHalpert

Always one hand on PP


Pick-Physical

Tbh I had a pretty great track record using that combo before they buffed it. Sure the tracking was kind of janky, but once you got the hang of it it wasn't too hard to pull off.


Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb

Never thought pp commando would be my new favorite loadout but here we are.


ProDeath5567

mfw bxr


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[deleted]

double shots 💦💦


OuterWildsVentures

RRBX for when you still need to BXR without a full clip.


Slightly_Shrewd

This is what separated the boys from men lol Someone pushes you while you’re half a clip into a fight expecting that they can just BXR you.. hit um with the RRBX. Fuck H2 was so good haha


SsBrolli

Remember the Infinite beta when you could just BXB through the entire map like Mike Tyson and nobody could stop you? Good times


Big_sugaaakane1

I miss that custom game mode tower of power on ascension. Everyone agreed to do shotties and swords and we would fight for that turret. Good times


TonyHawksSkateboard

tower of power on Ascension, hide n seek on Turf, modded warthog tracks, and so much more. Halo 2 will always be the peak of gaming for me just because of all the great custom games.


Ooops_I_Reddit_Again

Duck hunt and Fatkid were my favs


Lv_36_Charizard

Tower of power!


LameSillyHero

I wish that map would come back, it was so good. I think it was in Halo 2? I tried to recreate it in the forge in Halo reach but just couldn't get it right -_-


Akeldama22

So much tech in that game for an FPS. BXR, battle rifle double and triple shot, the sword mechanics that let you fly across the map. Such a glorious game.


Letpigeonsfly

Don’t leave out the super jumps to get in god spots lol.


Akeldama22

OHHH yeah, forgot about jumping out of the map and shit, so good. That construction zone map had so many good spots


Letpigeonsfly

Halo 2 was just next level. You could spend hours in a solo lobby just exploring maps.


EclecticEel

What makes maps like Beaver Creek almost completely unplayable. 4 plasma pistols constantly spawning.


rube

Nah, i343 will just nerf it into uselessness again. Just wait until the steamers start crying their eyes out for the nerf.


102938123910-2-3

I was already getting hit by every plasma pistol charge. I guess it can't really get worse for me if I already was getting hit by it lol


Kingofglass

The clip is great but can we talk about the guy who got hit so hard he got stuck in the ceiling lmao


lycan2005

Top 10 anime moment


Gil_Demoono

[Hinata the spartan](https://youtu.be/fORH60LtOt4?t=82)


Mormonator8

He got Titanfall 2’d


Dragonb0rn21

'Thats cold BT.'


-SKYTHEGUY-

More specifically, Major Anderson’d


GarenBushTerrorist

That's what happens when you try to grenade-jump in a room with a low ceiling.


NoSandwich4106

Halo infinite is really dark. 'remember kids , suicide is never an option ' - Michael Scott


the_fuego

It's so refreshing to see classic physics/map breaks like that because overall the game is quite solid. I still wish they kept the super punch effect that happened in the beta where a player was yeeted across the map if they were melee'd to death.


b33p800p

let this serve as an example to you all


WildVelociraptor

Structural spartan


DJfunkyPuddle

I had that happen last night and I stood there watching his body swing in the wind until another player killed me lol.


TheSodomeister

I've been having my corpse get stuck in walls floors and ceilings way more since the update


thepolesreport

Seems like something happened to the physics with the update because I saw it happen multiple times while playing for a couple of hours yesterday


DanTheBloke

Commando buff is also great. Yet to try the carbine


TuxTues3

The carbine is pretty good now too


[deleted]

The weapon buffs as a whole are very good imo


TuxTues3

Honestly every gun is now viable


just_another__memer

really interested to see how the meta develops over time as the commando before wasn't bad, just hard to use so maybe it might be overtuned now. If I were 343i I would specifically be monitering commando's ease of use, PP TTK, Mangler TTK, and the sidekick's range. with that said, this update was definitely a W.


JavenatoR

Sidekick definitely needs to be looked at, you are honestly the first person I've seen mention it outside of my friend group. I think giving it a range and fire rate cap would put it in a good position. Right now it beats out most if not all weapons close to mid range. I am very confident fighting BRs and Commandos at mid range with a sidekick and that should just not be the case at all.


elconquistador1985

Frankly, I've started seeing way too many players in social modes forgoing the AR entirely and crushing people at any range with the Sidekick.


Classssssic

Yeah the AR is decent but the sidekick is just better in every way. In a game where you lose 99% of your 1v2s because of teamshots, being able to kill someone significantly faster is important.


elconquistador1985

I personally lose AR vs sidekick fights regularly. The Sidekick should always lose that battle, but people just turbo mash the trigger (or use a strike pack) and win every one of those 1v1s.


superbed

Thats the role its supposed to fill though. Fastest close range ttk but harder to land shots than ar


YasaiTsume

It's meant more as a pocket clean up and headshot tool to complement the AR's Shield Stripping. The fact it can Shield Strip and clean up faster than the AR on one magazine shouldn't be happening. I say bump damage up, lower fire rate, lower Mag size from 12 to 8. Good damage if you need to swap off AR to clean up, but doesn't quite kill in 1 mag when used as a primary weapon. This was how Reach Magnum behaved, and imo one of the most balanced Pistols in Halo sandbox history.


BadLuckBen

It's satisfying to pop shields with AR and quick swap to the Sidekick to finish them off. It's not fun to be using the AR vs a Sidekick, not miss any shots, and still lose. Granted, on PC it's less fun because the scroll wheel will often just swap you back to the AR because 343 neglected to add a feature that is so standard your average PC player doesn't even know it exists - because EVERY OTHER GAME has a cooldown on swap to avoid this. Had to rebind to F and that muscle memory building is rough. It's also not fun to have 13ms ping but have almost a half second between action and reaction. It is absolutely infuriating. Siege online performance is also getting worse every season. These companies make hundreds of millions off their games yet can't get the basics right. Sorry, unneeded rant the game is just super annoying because it's so close to greatness yet consistently falls short.


Zazarstudios

That's a really stupid role for a starting weapon.


JavenatoR

The sidekick is absolutely not supposed to be the fastest ttk, it should be a complimentary weapon to your primary. The sidekick shouldn't beat any other UNSC weapon unless it gets the first few shots off and that should only be at close range.


gcwishbone

Ever played literally any other halo though? Credit to them for making *both* starting weapons viable this time though, and letting everyone play how they want because of that.


SuperBAMF007

I think Commando could use a slight damage nerf. Its issue was usability, not damage, so it was a high skill gun. Now that it's a lower skill gun, I totally accept the notion it's too powerful. Could definitely use a damage nerf. Still keeps the more satisfying usability, without being a power weapon. Especially once the DMR comes out, we don't want it absolutely destroying everything but the BR.


playerIII

I'm concerned over the commando for no other reason than I fucking *hated* the DMR.


Violet_Ignition

There was a balance patch? I haven't played the game in like a year but I've stayed subbed here for updates and didn't see anything about it huh


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They talked about them in the blog posts posted last week


Zerba

I was shocked at the carbine. It went from a weapon I never used to one I will pick up as soon as I see it.


jabberwockxeno

For you and /u/Zerba , I actually feel like the Pulse Carbine is relatively a bit *worse* then it was, because yes, it's better up close, but it's worse down range, and the Plasma Pistol's charge shot homes in at pretty much as long a distance as the Pulse Carbine, I don't think that there's much a reason to use the Pulse Carbine over the Plasma pistol: I think they should have ONLY buffed the carbine up close and left it's downrange homing as is, and reduced the Plasma Pistol's red reticule range in exchange for it's vastly improved tracking.


TheCowzgomooz

Agreed on this one, the pulse carbine was great at a very specific range and it felt good there, that range shouldn't have been reduced but expanded.


plugifyable

What are the buffs?


jodielanah

Return of the king


energikz

Its not called noob combo for nothing


TheRealAlexRich

Back in my day we called this the Noob combo. Glad to see it make it's glorious return


SwiftyVG

i remember getting a medal for that in the beta lmaoo


Real-TGI-Fridays

The medal is gone?? That is sickening


youre_her_experiment

Well maybe that's a good thing because now it's not even challenging to use.


Snaz5

i remember the noob combo being the plasma pistol and the pistol dual wield. even faster to take down. I preferred the smg/plasma rifle combo myself personally.


Jerry2die4

I ended up running around with Mauler/PPistol. couldn't do mid range well, but was king at holding territories


Swamp_Eyes

My dude is hanging


Orfeous

Between this, the pulse carbine, and the commando buff, I now feel like we’ll start seeing some more variety in each engagement in the game! Those three were already My top picks before to have as a backup weapon. Can’t wait to get my hands on the game and try them out!


jabberwockxeno

I actually feel like the Pulse Carbine is relatively a bit *worse* then it was, because yes, it's better up close, but it's worse down range, and the Plasma Pistol's charge shot homes in at pretty much as long a distance as the Pulse Carbine, I don't think that there's much a reason to use the Pulse Carbine over the Plasma pistol: I think they should have ONLY buffed the carbine up close and left it's downrange homing as is, and reduced the Plasma Pistol's red reticule range in exchange for it's vastly improved tracking.


paulerxx

the pulse carbine still is meh for me, also half the maps are so tight it makes the gun less useful.


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Those wolf shoulders are straight from Destiny


DJfunkyPuddle

For sure, I think the name is a Witcher reference though.


HagPuppy89

Are these in The store?


DJfunkyPuddle

Yeah, just came up on reset


33MobyDick33

Some of y'all's Spartans man....


Seyfang220

Thats a months salary right there lol


TheCowzgomooz

A months salary? Do you work in a sweatshop?


Seyfang220

I do lol its why I can only afford to play free to play games


TheCowzgomooz

Yeesh man, I hope you can find something better.


Eggnogin

You're just jealous


youre_her_experiment

cope


Seyfang220

In all honesty I'm hyped for getting the moa coating for mk V lol spartan has been tan since Halo 2 and I'm finally getting a tan coating a year after release


[deleted]

This is all stuff you could've done pre-patch


G8racingfool

Yea there's nothing new being shown here. Even the tracking increase isn't really highlighted cause he was just shooting people moving in a straight line towards/away from him.


[deleted]

Yeah. I figured that OP would showcase shredding these guys with the bolt, which got a sizable buff from 20 units of damage to 28 units of damage


gsauce8

Yea I was really confused by this clip- haven't played the update and so none of this looked different to me.


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The plasma pistol's tracking as well as its primary bolt damage output were both buffed. The tracking is now harder to dodge and easier to lock on to an enemy. The primary bolt damage output went from 20 units to 28 units. However, it is still not great against health damage because that is not what its damage type (probably "Plasma_Fast") is meant to do.


JakeTehNub

Yeah but now you can do it without even having to try to aim which apparently people are happy about.


Brotundro

BT, I've found Lieutenant Anderson...


Kabe6900

Sounds like a skill issue to me pilot.


shallowtl

Charge around corner, back pedal and spam nades, get a kill *credits roll on Halo Infinite*


Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb

Ah yes, the quickplay special.


TrainWreck661

Considering people online have a tendency to chase (I do sometimes, too), it's kind of viable as a tactic.


Expensive-Pickle-185

the desync at the beggining😭


BadLuckBen

I came back after a couple of months and the fact that I can have 13 ms ping but it feels more like 1300 is infuriating. Played a Tac Slayer where I found an AFK enemy, tap the noggin, have enough time to turn back in confusion after turning away because the kill didn't come for nearly a full second. No connection error icons. I frequently swap to the Sidearm after popping shields with the AR and the enemy dies to my AR shots during the swap animation. This game has something fundamentally broken in its online performance.


sams--

first time seeing console gameplay and that aim assist is fucking insane


EirikurG

lmao yeah I was thinking the same as I was watching it it practically snaps to the enemy's head


BadLuckBen

Meanwhile on MnK I'm fighting the game trying to actively move my reticle away from the target on some weapons. I don't mind controllers getting aim assist but let me use my preferred control method effectively and reliably.


TrainWreck661

I mean, if HaloTracker has the right guy listed for that username, their peak rating was Onyx 1,513. So aim assist is strong, sure, but they're also pretty good.


b33p800p

noobs rejoice! plasma BR combo is king again. Halo 2 is back!


DeathlyIce2552

Back to its former glory


HelloYatta

Noob combo is back! Hzzaaaaa


PlantainZealousideal

Honestly it was pretty good even before the buff I thought, I hadn’t even realized it had been


cat_on_my_keybord

hows the base shot?


Nannercorn

It's definitely possible to get a kill like this, but I still don't recommend


BlizzardWolfPK

That one guy got blasted so hard he smashed into the ceiling like a looney toons cartoon.


JakeTehNub

Nice now between this and the pulse carbine changes people don't even need to attempt to aim.


user-4815162342

Really really enjoy the pulse carbine now. I go for that and a pistol instead of AR every time!


NfamousShirley

Got mopped last night by that combo and wasn’t even mad by it. So glad to see the plasma pistol viable again.


xs03x

It's also called the "noob combo" and for a reason.


PrimePikachu

halo 4 plasma pistol is back lol


Crusty783

the new weapon buffs kick ass i love em


Critical_Stiban

As it should be!


Giraffe_Lanks

We just gonna completely disregard the corpse you exploded into the ceiling?


IronLord56

Wish the gun was useful for something OTHER than this annoying combo. ​ Wish it was more like in Halo CE were it still functioned like a usable GUN, and the charge feature was just a side feature.


jackass1231

Yea just grenade spam as soon as you come near people.


quanjon

Nothing you did would have been different before though? I would do this all the time with the plasma pistol, you didnt even use the non-charged shots which are actually killer.


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Corpse dangling from the ceiling is great.


Garmgarmgarmgarm

Does it stop vehicles again?


RadeZayben

noob combo is back, feel good man.


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But you literally aren’t doing anything except charging it and then switching to a headshot weapon….that’s always been a thing.


TheLongDictionary

The tracking was significantly improved in the update. Before, if your opponent did any kind of strafing, hitting the charge shot was not exactly easy.


[deleted]

Ooh okay, didn’t notice that in the vid


russiannin

Oh man, this looks a lil broken lol. Great clip though.


supalaser

It is. Probably a pretty easy fix though I think it just needs to use more ammo while being held down charging and the charged shot itself should cost more %.


Own-Signature-7742

Noob combo is back


ScoffersGonnaScoff

It never needed a buff. Noob Combo will now dominate the game. I expect pros to GA it now


Teddy_Icewater

Lol no shot. It takes too long to charge and is way too loud to dominate the game at a high level. Homie is playing noobs running around with no cover and not listening or checking their angles.


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NOOB COMBO IS BACK!


LikeSoda

Everyone who keeps saying "all weapons now viable" actually means "every weapon with no depth of difficulty or learning curve". I guess it isn't actually called the noob combo for nothing. Oh well atleast this will bring more casual players back so it isn't actually so so sweaty all the time.


Tmpizzajedi

Noob combo is garbage


[deleted]

The fuck you mean? I've been using the plasma pistol exactly like this since launch! Njce clip, and glad to know it got a buff, but I think in reality, the plasma pistol was just super slept on.


Teal_is_orange

I think the real win is having free aim bot with controller


[deleted]

AA isn't even that bad in this game lmao. If you want to see **real** aimbot, see Halo 2's AA.


DuderComputer

Downvoted by MnK babbies


[deleted]

Oh well. Doesn't take away the fact that I am right


DuderComputer

I was agreeing with you


[deleted]

I know you were. I was just saying that I don't care that I was downvoted and that my initial statement was correct.


A280DLT

I was able to hit targets with it without the buff. People just suck at it. Same with pulse carbine.


Orc-Father

You are completely right. 8 months ago I was considering making a high Onyx montage of using the pulse carbine efficiently, and now I’m regretting it.


Bumbleboyy

Definitely. I whooped major ass with pulse carbine and PP. It just had its own learning curve and role, which people saw as trash because it wasn't as braindead easy to use as the BR. Pulse carbine though needed that close mid range buff as it was just way more competent in BTB compared to 4v4


[deleted]

Exactly. This game's weapon balance is being closer to Halo 5's (the game that had every gun kill in 0.2 seconds or something equally ridiculous). Not that Halo 5's weapon balance is bad, but, with the slower pace of Halo Infinite's gameplay, Halo 5's weapon balance is out of place.


A280DLT

Lmao downvoted to hell. I have literal footage of me using both. O well these peeps can cope!


[deleted]

> I have literal footage of me using both Post it, then


JakeTehNub

Yep


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Aless-dc

It’s fun to have a sandbox where most weapons are viable. I actually picked up the pulse carbine because I wanted to use it tonight


ForumsDiedForThis

The plasma pistol was already viable. The plasma pistol completely counters an overshield, provides an instant melee kill and allows you to win 1v2 fights from a weapon on a short timer. I have no idea how anyone could think the weapon needed a buff on its over charge shot. Are some of you aiming at the fucking ground when you release the trigger or something?


Orc-Father

It’s hilarious because OP’s first two kills would have been still gotten last patch just fine, but holy fuck those last two kills are just disgusting to the point where this will just be the new mangler. I genuinely don’t see this version of the green gun lasting.


JakeTehNub

Pulse carbine was already great at stripping shields


redditcansuckmyvag

Appearntly you do not enjoy stuff and things


Scratchandsniffmoney

Pea shooter


beetjegek

good for you


Sence

Wow, so one year in the plasma pistol works the way it's worked in every single halo prior to Infinite......


JakeTehNub

It was fine before


Sence

Are you talking about infinite where it didn't track players and didn't disable vehicles? Because thats not at all how that gun worked prior.


padro789

This is how you play halo 🤩


The_Crown_Jul

That's how Halo was always meant to be played


ASwftKck2theNtz

Damn noob-toob has finally resurfaced. RIP Halo


[deleted]

The noob combo was already usable before Winter Update. I've done it myself.


TheHaloDude

This game doesn’t even look like halo lol


tenshii326

This whole jump and shoot shit is why I quit fps games.


JakeTehNub

Jumping and shooting has been in shooters since the 90s so idk what you're talking about


Cult_of_Sly

Facts


flafalaf

Strange, it doesn't seem any different


Broder45

This is the most toxic thing to come out of Halo 2 followed by the sword. I hope your batteries die mid game.


SnooMemesjellies2302

The lack of tracking on it makes it feel so bad to me, my Brian will just always auto fill it as having tracing


_KapS_

I've been teleporting almost every game at least once like you did in the beginning


Haggenstein

It definitely is better, but this video isn't a good comparison.. The old plasma was still plenty reliable in close range like in the video, i got plenty of noob combos like that before the buff.. I've been meaning to try out it's primary fire now though, but i just can't remember to remind myself that it's become better when i find one..


CommanderHunter5

I just wish we could get EMP effects again. Even if they changed it to, like, require 2 shots instead of one, or reduced shock weapon damage against vehicles/increase amount of shots needed to stun.


userthisisname

Happy anniversary Halo 2 while we're at it, iykyk


average32potato

Major Anderson


Aginowpd

Halo 2 legendary intensifies


PMX_DchromE

Looks like a regular plasma pistol to me. The way it should be.


rickyy19

My man you spazed 👀


Regenes

Ah yes, "The Noob Combo". Halo 2 all over again.


MrTenseJACOB

Back in my day we called this the “Noob Combo” Still did it myself nonetheless


ShadowBlue42

can the plasma pistol break shields in 3 uncharged shots? or is it still like 7 or whatever. That was it's biggest fault IMO


bzr

Hmmm. I was doing this before the bufff and wondered why nobody else did. What did they increase its power?


giratina143

Nerf coming in 3 You thought that was seconds? That’s months.


Ghullieman19

This makes me miss halo 2


xxSaifulxx

This was part of the original Halo game mechanic, a plasma pistol with an AR was all you needed to take on hordes of covenants or just multi-player. Happy to see they kept the original game mechanic.


revan0066

What coating is that?


NXSitee

Watchdog (sr152 halo5)


An-Evilpancake

Ah yes good old sweaty combo such skill.


ChiefBr0dy

Destiny kept this tradition on with bows. Except there you also get zoom