Halo 3 Multiplayer Advanced Tactics Tips
How to rank up quickly and win every online match
Dec 19, 2008
Anyone can play Halo 3 online, but it takes a certain amount of skill and experience to climb the ranks and become something more than the average gamer. It takes drive, practice and, most importantly, patience.
Tactical Movement Is The Key to Halo 3’s Xbox Live Multiplayer
It is easy to assume that a Spartan’s shield will offer enough protection during a firefight, but this simply isn’t true. To win a straight battle, such as a free for all slayer match, they key is to move tactically, taking the map corner by corner and using the environment to get an advantage.
For example, on a small map such as the Pit, having prior knowledge of a map will allow a player to plan an approach. Try to plan the route to include weapon spawn points, allowing a team to be assaulting a base armed with the best of weapons- thereby denying said weapons from other players.
Also remember that asset-denial gives a gamer an excellent advantage- running ahead of teammates and blowing up enemy vehicles- or better yet, stealing them- puts the enemy at a serious disadvantage.
While moving, try to avoid travelling in a straight line, especially in wide-open spaces. Strafe, stop and back up or crouch to distort the route being taken and throw off the enemy’s aim, and if a sniper is taking pot shots, never jump, ever.
Jumping is a useful tactic when approaching a target from above, but while trying to outrun a sniper, jumping simply slows movement and allows more than enough time for the sniper to put the two slugs required for a kill straight through the gamer’s Spartan.
Teamwork Will Win an Online Match In Halo 3’s Xbox Live Multiplayer
Although it can be difficult to work with a team over Xbox live, be it because of language, time or just not liking teammates, working together will always offer opportunities for an easy win.
Communicate constantly within the team, calling out targets, routes and tactics. If it’s a big team game, such as capture the flag on Sandtrap, offer to guard the flag or go on a suicide run to take out the enemy’s vehicles or steal the best weapons first.
Split the team up into component parts to try different styles of assaults, and be patient, because not every gamer will want to work in a team- but that is always useful as a distraction.
Use Weapons Correctly and Remember To Melee In Halo 3’s Xbox Live Multiplayer
As covered in earlier articles, correct use of the weapons and vehicles will always present a gamer with a serious advantage, especially if this knowledge can be combined with tactical movement and teamwork.
The basic Assault Rifle is a weak weapon for example, but though its range is short, firing in bursts extends the range considerably, and picking away at an enemy shield while their shots are going wide opens them up for the melee- securing a kill for the team.
Combine this with grenades- bounce them off walls or over obstacles, throw them into grav-lifts or stick them onto a passing vehicle- even a slight amount of damage from a grenade gives a gamer an advantage in combat- the slightest shield drain on an enemy makes them open to attack.
As covered in the special weapons section, use tactical movement to get these better weapons first, and practice how to use them to lethal effect.
Remember that using them has a demoralising effect on the enemy, but also makes the gamer a target- use this to draw targets into a bottleneck and throw grenades, or coordinate an attack with teammates- fight alone, die alone.
Practice and Patience Is the Key to Success in Halo 3’s Xbox Live Multiplayer
At first it will be difficult to play Halo 3 online, as some gamers devote so much time to it that they know every spawn point, open area and sniping position, but with practice, winning, and winning well, becomes easy.
Practice offline with friends or join a clan to learn more from experienced gamers, and don’t be afraid to ask who has a mike and is willing to work as a team in team-based games.
If gamers don’t listen, be patient and play the match anyway, capitalising on the chance to practice tactical movements or basic weapons skills- remember that quitting early deducts EXP points from ranks and gains a negative reputation- losing is better than quitting if ranking up is one of the main goals for time spent online.
Overall, combining tactical movements, situational awareness, weapons proficiency and patience will allows gamers to rank up quickly and improve all-round Halo 3 skills.
Read more Halo 3 gameplay tips here.
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