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Subject: The best PC weapon?????
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Is the better weapon still the pistol or does PC affect the success of it????????
The Fuel Rod Cannon in Halo PC is pretty cool but is it better than the Pistol or even the Assualt Rifle that we all know and love??? Please can somebody tell me of the best weapon on Halo PC!!!!

  • 11.14.2004 2:09 PM PDT
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FRG does get 3 hit kills...

  • 11.14.2004 3:59 PM PDT
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i'd say the pistol but most ppl say the rocket.really what the best weapon is what you can use best.can u visit my group?the ASSASINS OF STUPID ELITE

  • 11.14.2004 5:27 PM PDT
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my personal best weapon is the sniper rifle, then the pistol in close second

but its all about what you are good at

devise your own strategies, then choose the best weapon for that strategy
there is no "best" weapon

  • 11.14.2004 7:54 PM PDT
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I think he means the best overall weapon.
and that would be the pistol of course

  • 11.14.2004 9:49 PM PDT
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Actually I think the Fuel Rod Gun is the best, \

2 hit kill. The best for overall strategy anyway

  • 11.14.2004 10:25 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

The pistol is overall one of the best weapons for sure, I almost always have one with me, good at any range, and in many situations. Doesn't take up a lot of the screen (probably the least amount besides the plasma pistol), works decent on vehicles (I've killed many-a-banshees with a pistol when they tried to escape from me, lol), and 3 well placed shots to the head kills anyone with norm shield values.

fuel rod is n00b. Everyone whores themself to that and the rl. Dude, I could slap my stick on my mouse and still pwn with a fuelrod cause it's the n00bcannon, lol.... it also takes up a huge amount of space on the right side of the screen, which's annoying.

Overall? no, it's not that good. It's pretty hard to shoot far targets, can overheat easily, and is only really effective close range, and on vehicles (most notably the hog). In Halo2 they removed this blasphemy of a weapon cause it's too strong and easy to kill with...

The sniper rifle's great, but takes some getting use to for leading time (the pistols easier to learn cause ammo is plentiful.

The assault rifle has be dummbed down to one of the weakest guns in the game. Takes a lot of bullets to take someone down, is useless at medium range and up. But at least it's still got the nice fast melee attack. ;)

[Edited on 11/15/2004 12:02:54 AM]

  • 11.15.2004 12:00 AM PDT
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Well the flamethrower is probably the best however it has its weaknesses. first it has no range, and second uses ammo like no tomorrow. Come to think of it, the needler is my second favorite because it's practical AND fun. Practical: auto-tracks target, high rate of fire, can do alot of damage. Fun: empting an entire clip into an enemy never gets old ;) And then there's the Fuel Rod Gun. It's a nice weapon, but lacks the killing power of the rocket launcher. It's also hard to hit the target because it's not a direct-fire weapon. But that can be a good thing (you cant make a rocket land on the opposite side of a hill can u?). In CTF games on large, open maps (ex: Blood Gulch) I like to sit just within range of the enemy base and sit there lobbing fuel rods at em.

[Edited on 11/20/2004 6:07:07 PM]

  • 11.15.2004 7:51 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

Yeah, flamethrowers are nice, but lack the range needed to be too effective. It's weird how the flamethrower's flames vary a lot in damage. Sometimes 1 small spurt will kill off a guys shields and a bit of his leath, while the next one could barely even tap his shields...

Also, in a lot of maps lots of noobs use it and end up getting banned for tking too much.. I've seen this happen a lot, especially on longest. I think that map was built mainly for flamethrowers cause it's so narrow, and nowhere to side-step...

  • 11.15.2004 9:31 AM PDT
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I dont care wot u say, needler ownz

  • 11.15.2004 3:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: DaGopher
FRG does get 3 hit kills...

...or 1 direct hit kills,
or 2 miss splash kills
FRC rocks
espically in a FRC/ sniper combo on sidewinder
btw, best weapon: Assault rifle for vehical takedowns

[Edited on 11/15/2004 7:19:17 PM]

  • 11.15.2004 7:17 PM PDT
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The Fuel Rod is the best if you have a real lack of skill. Good hit and splash damage, and you can get 5 shots in pretty quick succession before it overheats. Otherwise, it would be the pistol, it's like a mini cannon. It zooms, has a good clip size, is automatic and does a good deal of damage per hit. My personal favorites are the needler and plasma rifle. All my friends call me the Elite, since i just about never use any other gun.

[Edited on 11/16/2004 4:11:29 PM]

  • 11.16.2004 4:10 PM PDT
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I like the assult rifle and shotgun combo, mostly for close in combat, but you can soften up an enemy from mid-range with the assult rifle and then knock them out when they get close with the shotgun before they know what hit them

  • 11.16.2004 4:14 PM PDT
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ok first of all i'd have to say that the pistol is the best weapon overall, like who likes the fuel rod gun it's for noobs. the assalt rifle is only good for cars and stuff.

  • 11.16.2004 5:03 PM PDT
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I prefer the shotgun because i think that close range combat is actually exciting. Snipers are -blam!- for hiding away and just getting a bunch of kills and vehicle campers are -blam!- to. especially the tank. ppl say that its not so great cuz it is slow. thats cuz they are tank campers and they want nobody else to take their tank. tank campers just sit at a base and as soon as u respwn they shoot u. there is no help for you. they are wussies

  • 11.16.2004 7:19 PM PDT
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fuel rod gun yah wooooooooooooooo hooooooo!!!!!!!!! then pistol

  • 11.16.2004 8:34 PM PDT
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the best is the pistol i would say but my favourite is the shotgun. and thats my combo you get range with the pistol and great close combat with shotty

  • 11.18.2004 1:17 PM PDT
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Edit: bad conection

[Edited on 11/21/2004 6:11:23 AM]

  • 11.21.2004 6:08 AM PDT
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You like the AR? It sucks, the plasma pistol pistol combo is the best (charge, change, HS).

  • 11.21.2004 6:10 AM PDT
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.....except if the target moves
(real easy to throw of the tracking)

  • 11.21.2004 8:43 AM PDT