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Subject: My Opinion Expressed Easily About The Fuel Rod Cannon.
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Poll: Do you agree with the post below?  [closed]
Yes.:  57%
(16 Votes)
No.:  36%
(10 Votes)
I wish for it to be tested, but not enabled.:  7%
(2 Votes)
Total Votes: 28

Why do people who control the Xbox live game-play and and the regular split-screen games limit you to using all of the normal weapons but 1? Why do they keep us from using the Fuel Rod Cannon. I personally like the Fuel Rod Cannon.
1. It does a fairly decent amount of damage.
2. It moves slow but can be very helpful in taking out such a vehicle like the Scorpion Tank.
3. I I have talked to some people that I know in the real world and they all enjoy using it in the campaign. They actually complain about how you can only use it in one level out of the whole campaign.
4. It's not like it does any more damage than the rocket launcher does.

The Fuel Rod Cannon is a decent weapon and should be able to be used within split-screen versus games and Xbox Live custom games. Matchmaking would be nice to play if it was enabled as well. It could be a test. You could gather certain Bungie community people that work at the office. Have them play a couple of games on a few maps. Take out a normal weapon that gets used and place the Fuel Rod Cannon in its place. See whether or not if they use it. Make sure to put in vehicles so there are a decent of number of uses for this weapon. It's not really used much in fire against other Humanoids. If it tests low then you can just forget the idea. If it tests high maybe you could consider enabling it please. It's just another one of my crazy ideas. You can ignore it, but please just consider it slightly.
(All others feel free to post your comments and complaints, post problems if you see any with me idea.)


This is just out of my own interest. This is completely my own post. I have not seen any others such as this. If any of you are going to fight with one another please duke it out within your own personal messages. (burp) Flame me if you will, ignore me if you want, just don't get this thread locked.

[Edited on 08.26.2007 2:03 PM PDT]

  • 08.26.2007 1:59 PM PDT

1) the thread gets named the same as the poll

2) it could be used far more then once through the campaign

3) I would absolutely love to use it more :D

  • 08.26.2007 2:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: SatansReverence
2) it could be used far more then once through the campaign


I thought it could only be used once, and when I say once I mean in one level. Sorry about the poll question and the thread Title.

  • 08.26.2007 2:05 PM PDT

w00t w00t to all the psychotic warthog drivers out there like me

fuel cannon all the way!!! and you can use it in 3+ levels in campaign i believe.... uprising, oracle, arbiter, delta halo, etc.

  • 08.26.2007 2:08 PM PDT

no problems with the title thing, it happen to me aswell :P

the fuel rods appear in

the arbiter
oracle (if you have on from the arbiter)
delta halo (thanks to above poster :P)
and uprising

not enough for me :(



[Edited on 08.26.2007 2:37 PM PDT]

  • 08.26.2007 2:36 PM PDT
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it causes lag in multiplay.. too much going on

  • 08.26.2007 2:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: dan gleeballs
it causes lag in multiplay.. too much going on

I don't seem to sound smart. Do you have any proof or could someone send me a link on how it causes lag. I don't believe it was ever in matchmaking. it moves at a slow pace as well, maybe that could cause problems being that everything else moves fast. Oh well, could I get a link or could anyone please express their own opinions.

  • 08.26.2007 3:06 PM PDT

I'd Rather Be A Smartass Than A Dumbass

I believe the reason it was not included was because of problems with it's animation in multiplayer sir.

Balance or power was not the issue at all.

If this is the case then we may be seeing it in Halo 3.

  • 08.26.2007 3:11 PM PDT
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If it does the same amount of damage as a rocket and it has 5 or 6 ammo in its clip, isnt that kind of unfair? It moves much slow than a rocket but you can just fire one shot at your enemy and shots around them.

  • 08.26.2007 3:11 PM PDT

I CAN"T WAIT FOR ODST TO COME OUT!!! W00T!!!

We have a rocet lancher it could be traded but still... NO!

Besides Once There was a moder that was shooting one out of his sniper rifle... 3 shots and the game started to freeze! Then the party leader booted him! : )

[Edited on 08.26.2007 3:29 PM PDT]

  • 08.26.2007 3:20 PM PDT
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Location: Outlaws' Summit.

As stated, it caused Frame Rate issues in multiplayer.

This was discussed/confirmed a looong time ago but I'll see if there's a linky somewhere.

*edit*

Ok I couldn't get the link but I could get the quote from Frankie's Q&A update a while back:

FrankDawg420 asks,


Why isn't the Fuel Rod gun available in multiplayer?



Two very good reasons, performance and balance. It's waaaaay too powerful for most of the Halo 2 maps, and it also chugs when you have more than a couple on screen at once. It would have been cool, but we have to make sure all the weapons are as balanced as possible and we have to keep the frame rate nice and smooth. Fuel Rod gun would have killed both.




[Edited on 08.26.2007 3:46 PM PDT]

  • 08.26.2007 3:38 PM PDT

How does the fuel rod cannon cause frame issues when it's shot is basically just a glorified Plasma Pistol charge shot? In big team battles, "team duals Xtra" matches have TONS of plasma weapons firing all over the place, and noob combos are always used in any match. Given all this, a few fuel rod shots are too much?

Heck, the Wraith basically shoots blue versions of the fuel rod cannon... yet the cannon itself is too much?

  • 08.26.2007 4:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: An average gamer
How does the fuel rod cannon cause frame issues when it's shot is basically just a glorified Plasma Pistol charge shot? In big team battles, "team duals Xtra" matches have TONS of plasma weapons firing all over the place, and noob combos are always used in any match. Given all this, a few fuel rod shots are too much?

Heck, the Wraith basically shoots blue versions of the fuel rod cannon... yet the cannon itself is too much?


I don't know really. Maybe its just another dumb problem like the one map that you cannot play in matchmaking because of the fog shimmer on the xbox 360. I forget that map. I liked the map though.

  • 08.26.2007 5:20 PM PDT

Posted by: glass
Posted by: An average gamer
How does the fuel rod cannon cause frame issues when it's shot is basically just a glorified Plasma Pistol charge shot? In big team battles, "team duals Xtra" matches have TONS of plasma weapons firing all over the place, and noob combos are always used in any match. Given all this, a few fuel rod shots are too much?

Heck, the Wraith basically shoots blue versions of the fuel rod cannon... yet the cannon itself is too much?


I don't know really. Maybe its just another dumb problem like the one map that you cannot play in matchmaking because of the fog shimmer on the xbox 360. I forget that map. I liked the map though.


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  • 08.26.2007 5:30 PM PDT
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Yeah thats it. I love that map, I have actually made a couple of threads about how the problem should be fixed after the also 3 xbox live is running well.

  • 08.26.2007 5:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: glass
I don't seem to sound smart. Do you have any proof or could someone send me a link on how it causes lag. I don't believe it was ever in matchmaking. it moves at a slow pace as well, maybe that could cause problems being that everything else moves fast. Oh well, could I get a link or could anyone please express their own opinions.


Look up in Youtube some obvious way to get it in Custom games...(oh guess you know what Im talking about) And see how it lags...Its a huge chunk of plasma that has a huge contrail makes a big explosion does big damage and is VERY loud...Besides...5 shots per clip...that outnumbers the RLs 2 and they both do about the same damage


Also think about how its laggy...Plasma is slow...when you have alot of it on screen at once it lags due to over loading...same goes for a spot that has too many spawned weapons (a Punch only fest in the top part of lockout) thats why its laggy

[Edited on 08.27.2007 2:41 AM PDT]

  • 08.27.2007 2:39 AM PDT
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YES CMON BUNGIE! PUT IT BACK IN!!!!!!!!!

  • 08.27.2007 5:17 AM PDT
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W00t! So just at least put it in custom games. It's not like if some parties are lagging because of them use its gonna take down all of Xbox live. Just put it in the customs. So many people miss it.

  • 08.27.2007 7:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: AchIles1108
no way!

Why not?

Edit: I hope he saved this threrad so he answeres me lol.

[Edited on 08.27.2007 1:12 PM PDT]

  • 08.27.2007 1:12 PM PDT
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On Lockout, the snipes only spawns when there is no other snipes at least on default settings. Same could be done here.
alex

  • 08.27.2007 1:21 PM PDT
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I think its been confirmed in h3 just faster to avoid lag(i saw it on sum1's bak in a screenshot)

  • 08.27.2007 1:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: h20 freak1
I think its been confirmed in h3 just faster to avoid lag(i saw it on sum1's bak in a screenshot)

What?

  • 08.27.2007 1:31 PM PDT
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No, not anymore, if you would read some other posts you would see tat i only want it enabled into customs now.

  • 08.27.2007 1:59 PM PDT

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