[Locked] Any other Lone Wolves out there?

seaguard500 wrote:

rL NoOdLE wrote:

For pretty much all the time I've played Halo (since the start) I've been a Lone Wolf, meaning that I usually play by myself, no matter the gametype.
While it's true there were many a time I wished i had a friend to help me with a sticky situation, or hop in a vehicle with me. But there's something very satisfying about mixing things up on the battlefield single-handedly, or helping lead your team to victory by yourself. That's not to say I don't welcome help from teammates or don't give it.

The bigger gametypes like BTB and Warzone are the best to solo for me, especially Warzone now. I'll have to toot my own horn here but I can say with certainty there were times my team would never have won without me. I've always enjoyed taking out vehicles (yeah I'm sure I'm hated, but somebody has to do it) especially when nobody else seems to notice they are there. And I love how theres always more than a few ways to tackle a situation like that. After teammates and myself keep getting killed by a vehicle I say to myself, "fine, I'll take care of it". Capturing a flag, delivering a bomb, taking out a pesky camper, taking out a Warzone boss, I've done it all by myself or with the help of teammates, even if i do things solo i'm usually the only one who knows i made a difference.

So idk how many of you play the same, taking matters into your own hands when your team can't keep up or get the job done right. Just the other day on Warzone Assault on Urban, when attacking the garage our spawns were almost entirely across the map, so i ran back to our spawn and our teammates spawned in, rushing the garage and moving us forward. A pretty proud moment for me at least.

Not since halo 3. I believe the current "arena" playlists aren't fun.

Raptor WMD wrote:

Reading some of these posts I'm surprised by some of the comments. When I started playing Halo 5 at launch a lot of my buddies irl were playing as well. But as time went on and they moved on to other games and I found myself isolated once more. So I began using my microphone in game, even if no one responded. I would relay information on objectives and make call outs. Eventually people begin acknowledging them and make callouts of their own. Immediately after the game I would send them invites and we would keep playing. After a few games if they were cool individuals I would send them a friend request. Now once that was established I would send them invites whenever I could and eventually I built up a reasonable list of avid Halo players. Now whenever I hop on I have reliable team mates I can invite to form a fireteam no matter the time of day. It doesn't bother me if they are from a different spartan company or even their nationality, they all enjoy playing Halo and make the experience so much better :)

(this is geared to those who say it's hard to make friends and form fireteams)

CastNoShadow512 wrote:

Always been a lone wolf. Partly because I hate talking over the mic and partly because I like listening to other things while I play. Besides, I enjoy the nonverbal communication so much more when it happens. When someone honks at me to hop in their warthog, when a guy notices you're covering a doorway and he covers the other one, when you pick up a flag and the other dude follows you providing cover. The silent teamwork is a great payoff when it works and happens organically.

Plus Warzones rewards lone wolves. While everyone focuses on taking over the mid base in a huge firefight, I slip away and eliminate the 25 vp attackers. Helps my bottom line and keeps the team afloat if we lose the mid base. I enjoy that Halo has always been enjoyable no matter how you prefer to play.