Why to ppl keep dropping and picking up the flag??

I only throw the flag once I've already been spotted, but once you drop the flag for a few (2-4 seconds) you back to being "hidden" when you pick it up again. I've seen juggling, but I prefer stealth. Running solo, you cannot always depend on your team. Also, stealth in CTF is one of the only things that can even up a a shorthanded team. I've been on teams where a player quit (early on) & we still won. With all the new movement modes in H5 boosting your running speed, & the closet sized maps, the enemy knowing your location is one of the LAST things you need.

This has got to be a troll topic TC is getting us all

HERKFOOT21 wrote:

So far none of these reasons are legit. You don't win by being "faster" you win by being smarter. It's just like the game of football, just because your faster doesn't mean your better and are gonna score all the time. You gotta be smart and sneaky. When i see enemies doing that i aim right for them, whereas when idk where they are i panic when trying to find it

Generally in higher level games the players are smart enough to know where the flag runner is, whether he's running it or not. Not running it is just too slow.

If you watch pros play. They often run the flag. Why? Because it's most effective.

You're an inexperienced player. You shouldn't assume you know best.

If you combine your Spartan abilities properly it can be soo much faster than normal, just watch this : https://youtu.be/Rxxn_x4D1sQ?t=558

AftermaTh XCVII wrote:

HERKFOOT21 wrote:

AftermaTh XCVII wrote:

HERKFOOT21 wrote:

So far none of these reasons are legit. You don't win by being "faster" you win by being smarter. It's just like the game of football, just because your faster doesn't mean your better and are gonna score all the time. You gotta be smart and sneaky. When i see enemies doing that i aim right for them, whereas when idk where they are i panic when trying to find it

They aren't legit? I can tell you're a new player to Halo because you have no idea what flag juggling is. But it is a legit tactic and works well.

Edit: flag juggling has been around for over 10 years and still works... hell, they even made it a "feature" in Halo 5. So just because you're too new to understand it doesn't make it bad.

lol I like how you keep thinking i'm "new to halo" and then you don't even think i know what the flag dropping is when this whole -Yoinking!- tread is exactly about that lol. When you drop it it gives you a fraction of a boost, yes i know it gives you a boost but the tiny amount to me is not enough vs the tactic of playing smart. Before on the halos it always showed where the carrier is but now your only shown if youve been hit. You must be new to halo to understand that. I'll take being sneak and having ppl not know where i am. Hell i just played a game on Altar CTF and every time they captured our flag i wasn't sure which way to go to try and find them to get it back. I was hoping they would drop it and pick it up again and us that "strategy" but they didn't. You might wanna know where your talking to there because you assume i'm new there bud.

Did you just call me new? Take a look at my profile, I've stated I've been around since at least 2004.

And the only reason I assume you're new is because you asked about something that's been in since CE, so 15 years this year. No old player would question it, "newbie". So get more salty, please, and give more excuses.

Ps, there's a difference between "your" and "you're".

#REQ'd lol

You throw the flag further ahead of you while jumping so you can sprint/thrust towards it. You can get your flag back to your base probably 3+ times faster than if you walk it if you don't suck at running it. Walking is only good when your whole team is dead and you are trying to hide, it's useless to walk it back to your base thinking that "they won't find you" because any good players will ignore you and run straight to your base and take your flag/wait for you.

If you're playing arena ctf properly with skilled players then you're slaying before pulling the flag and your positioning is forcing your opponents to spawn in certain areas. Flag juggling is typically the best option because you're trying to run the flag as quickly as possible. At diamond and onyx tier most players are able to predict where the flag runner is so being stealthy usually gets you killed.

It doesn't make a difference to flag juggle in halo 5 anyway because you can thruster with the flag now.

youre dead for 8 seconds. doesnt matter if you know where i am. flag will already be capped by the time you respawn

Seto wrote:

It doesn't make a difference to flag juggle in halo 5 anyway because you can thruster with the flag now.

It makes a huge difference.

All you guys saying that flag juggling doesn't make a difference, need to go into custom games, load up Ctf and time yourself just running with the flag and throwing the flag and running. It's considerably faster.

They way I play ctf (granted im not very good) I just play slayer until we are in a half decent position and we have 2or 3 dead on the other team. At that point we cap and race the respawn. Juggling will get the flag where you need to go considerably faster. Stealth caps just don't work as well once you start playing against other teams. Even if you are not spotted they wil have an idea where you're going and will be setting up to counter cap or come and end you. Both of these are less likely to happen if you're much faster.

Btw throwing the flag on truth to teamaates makes for an unbelievably fast cap, like seconds. You're missing out on a very valuable technique by not utilizing this.