Need Battle Rifle tips For halo 2

[Eternal Monkey Business]

I noticed when im stuck with the battle rifle as the default weapon I do bad or mediocre with low kills but 10-11 assists. It seems like i regularly get the enemy down to 20-30% but then they either run off or someone else kills them. I dont have this issue with any other weapon and my accuracy is usually fairly good. In halo CE i got headshots all the time but I cant kill ♥♥♥♥ with the battle rifle. Is something up with the shot registration ?

[Hellspawn]

FIrst and foremost, be aware of your range. The Battle Rifle kills a fully shielded Spartan in 4 bursts (with the last landing a headshot). Also keep in mind that in Halo 2 the BR is a hitscan weapon so there is no need lead your enemy to score hits.

[kripcision]

every shot has 3 bullets, make sure u steady ur shot for all 3 bullets to hit. perhaps focusing on moving and positioning more. but i seen a video where there is a hit detection problem for some users. are u able to land more shots in H2A instead?

[Pyrocitor]

Remember that only the later bursts - when you'll first be hitting them after the shield drops - needs to hit them in the head.

Against shields, a leg shot is as good as a body shot as good as a headshot - i usually aim for the torso if i'm fighting a fresh opponent, and only move up for the head when i know i've laid a bunch into their shield and it's about to drop.

[Eternal Monkey Business]

Although H2A has a definite different feel, I tend to be about equally as bad on both with the BR. Its hard to tell though. Perhaps im not getting as much damage as I think i am and its not registering? I find it strange though because most games including CE i get a LOT of headshots and have fairly good accuracy.

[Trippple Fang]

What these guys said, and also veteran Halo 2 players know all the button glitches like the BXR and Double shot. Worth looking up. Controller only tho :(

[Eternal Monkey Business]

I guess i should have specified I only do keyboard and mouse.

I suspect part of it is that my opponents have controllers and the videos ive seen of that a controller is like practically having an aim bot, but that still doesnt quite make sense of it.

[The Mighty Spin]

Using a controller smooths out the movement big time, also indispensable for driving and dueling. WASD and Mouse severely limits turning and mobility, as you only turn when the mouse is moving and therefore movement stops where your mousepad does, where as with the controller you just point the stick and it keeps going. I don't care what anyone says, driving a warthog with keyboard and mouse sucks...

[Exodus]

Originally posted by Pyrocitor:

Remember that only the later bursts - when you'll first be hitting them after the shield drops - needs to hit them in the head.

Against shields, a leg shot is as good as a body shot as good as a headshot - i usually aim for the torso if i'm fighting a fresh opponent, and only move up for the head when i know i've laid a bunch into their shield and it's about to drop.

Well ♥♥♥♥, that makes things a lot easier.

[Sifer2]

Originally posted by The Mighty Spin:

Using a controller smooths out the movement big time, also indispensable for driving and dueling. WASD and Mouse severely limits turning and mobility, as you only turn when the mouse is moving and therefore movement stops where your mousepad does, where as with the controller you just point the stick and it keeps going. I don't care what anyone says, driving a warthog with keyboard and mouse sucks...

Eh people whine but there are advantages to both controllers/mouse. The Banshee turns on a dime with the mouse, and is borderline overpowered. The mouse is also a lot better for hitting stuff at long range since lock on only works if your zoomed in on controller.

To the OP it's basically try to land 3 bursts center mass then start shooting at their head. If you see the lightning effect that means their shields are down so just start shooting at the head immediately.

[Eternal Monkey Business]

One thing I did not realize is that until the shield is down it doesnt necessarily matter where you shoot...I will def take that into consideration.

[^ One-Up ^]

To OP, I would not even waste your time shooting anywhere on the body on a fully shielded spartan. Just aim for the head and your kill time and skill will increase.

[Eternal Monkey Business]

So on H2A im noticing I do better as the aiming generally feels less sluggish. I tend to end up with more assists and my shots are registering but not killing, where as classic ive been doing plain bad when that is the default weapon. very odd. something about the aiming feels especially sluggish in H2C especially with that weapon.

[noob]

Could be related to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/gj8gd5/anyone_else_notice_that_shots_often_dont_register/

[Eternal Monkey Business]

Originally posted by noob:

Could be related to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/gj8gd5/anyone_else_notice_that_shots_often_dont_register/

Good find...Pretty similar experience to me...I suspect there is some amount of registration issues in H2C. Hopefully they patch this up.