- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
A good point, but when I usually manage to get behind people, unless they're standing still (in which case melee is perfectly equal for all weapons) they're going to be strafing from side to side or advancing (away from you). Unless you've got a 1hit kill weapon (RL, fuel rod, shotgun) the only advantage you'll have is the first shot (on a still moving target), at which point the other person will turn around and fight back usually. With a needler, you can kill a single target moving without alerting him.
Admittedly the situational use for it is very small and it's still easier to use a pistol/nade or hvys, but I'd certainly swap the plasma pistol and AR out for it, just for kicks.