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Subject: Every weapon has its faults.
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Battle Rifle- The only actual perfect weapon but there's never enough on a map.
SMG- Terrible accuracy, refusive damage, and it's usually your starting weapon.
Rocket Launcher- Rockets don't appear half of the time when you fire and very hard to use at medium to close range.
Sniper Rifle- You can see the bullet trail.
Magnum- Effective in dual-wielding but there aren't many. Very little damge by itself. Pistol is better.
Shotgun- Random effect. Sometimes it kills in 1 one shot at point blank range, and other times it takes 3. Definitely doesn't work as a good counter for sword.
Sword- Gotta hate it. Never runs out of energy. Ultimate noob weapon. Doesn't lockon properly. Randomly kills in one hit sometimes even if you don't dash. For some reason it allows the wielder to run faster. Whichever team has it on either Lockout or Midship is most likely to win. Should be removed from matchmaking. No clue why they brought it back in Halo 3. BAD BUNGIE! BAD!
Carbine- The covenant equal to the BR except the targeting reticule is not as precise.
Plasma Pistol- Noob Combo weapon. Weak melee. Terrible rapid fire. Bad at locking on.
Plasma Rifle- For some reason, does explicit damage with an SMG at close range, but is terrible with another Plasma Rifle.
Beam Rifle- Overheats after 2 rapid shots. Can see energy trail
Needler- Too easy to dodge and is terrible at locking on.
Brute Shot- Extremely hard to handle. Does more damage with an absolute direct hit then it does with a bounce then direct hit. Melee precision is hard.
Brute Plasma Rifle- Rarely found on any map. Same as PR but overheats faster.

  • 09.16.2007 4:38 PM PDT
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SMG- The ultimate garbage weapon
BR- Ah, thats better :)

  • 09.16.2007 4:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: BLAZING ANG3L
Battle Rifle- The only actual perfect weapon but there's never enough on a map.

Sword- Gotta hate it. Never runs out of energy. Ultimate noob weapon. Doesn't lockon properly. Randomly kills in one hit sometimes even if you don't dash. For some reason it allows the wielder to run faster. Whichever team has it on either Lockout or Midship is most likely to win. Should be removed from matchmaking. No clue why they brought it back in Halo 3. BAD BUNGIE! BAD!

Brute Plasma Rifle- Rarely found on any map. Same as PR but overheats faster.



BR - Play Hardcore.
Sword - It's lunge is reduced in Halo 3.
Brute Plasma - It does more damage than the normal one.

  • 09.16.2007 4:50 PM PDT

its not that the sword user necessarily runs faster, it's that you run slower while running backwards. me and my friends discovered this about a year ago when we wanted to see if increasing look sensitivity made you run faster

  • 09.16.2007 4:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: BLAZING ANG3L
Sword- Gotta hate it. Never runs out of energy. Ultimate noob weapon. Doesn't lockon properly. Randomly kills in one hit sometimes even if you don't .




Of couse you run faster with the sword. Everyone runs faster with a sword! ( If you have know idea what I'm talking about, go watch some Pure Pwnage.)

  • 09.16.2007 5:35 PM PDT

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

br isnt perfect, if it was you wouldnt see people running around quad shotting. plasma pistol has good semi auto speed, but takes 10 to 15 shots to kill someone with no shield. plasma rifle is a good weapon, whether or not it is with a smg or another pr. shotgun doesnt kill someone at point blank only when you MISS, if the recticle is pointed at them at point blank it will kill them in one shot.

  • 09.16.2007 5:45 PM PDT
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Battle Rifle- The only actual perfect weapon but there's never enough on a map.

True, but loses to carbine. Carbine > off host BR.

SMG- Terrible accuracy, refusive damage, and it's usually your starting weapon.
Its really not that bad guys. I actually have a lot of kills with this weapon. More than the BR because I can never get my hands on a BR in matchmaking.

Rocket Launcher- Rockets don't appear half of the time when you fire and very hard to use at medium to close range.
What are you talking about, dont appear?

Shotgun- Random effect. Sometimes it kills in 1 one shot at point blank range, and other times it takes 3. Definitely doesn't work as a good counter for sword.

Eh. If you have host its the best. :)

Sword- Gotta hate it. Never runs out of energy. Ultimate noob weapon. Doesn't lockon properly. Randomly kills in one hit sometimes even if you don't dash. For some reason it allows the wielder to run faster. Whichever team has it on either Lockout or Midship is most likely to win. Should be removed from matchmaking. No clue why they brought it back in Halo 3. BAD BUNGIE! BAD!
The sword isn't that bad either. I've actually BXR'ed and BXB'ed sword before. Grenades and long range. And you don't run faster with it. If you walk backwards then you walk slower. Just turn around and run and set up in a place you can grenade and shoot.

Carbine- The covenant equal to the BR except the targeting reticule is not as precise.
Better if the BR doesn't double shot or quad shot. It shoots faster, just doesn't do well under latency. If you have host its good.

Plasma Rifle- For some reason, does explicit damage with an SMG at close range, but is terrible with another Plasma Rifle.
It's actually not that bad either. Most over rated weapon in Halo 2. This weapon with a BR is godly. You shoot the person twice then pull out the BR 1 or 2 shots.

Beam Rifle- Overheats after 2 rapid shots. Can see energy trail
Essentially you will never stop shooting until you run out of ammo if you know how to shoot.

Brute Shot- Extremely hard to handle. Does more damage with an absolute direct hit then it does with a bounce then direct hit. Melee precision is hard.
Melee precision? Thats like having a sword with a grenade launcher. 4 Bounce shots gets a kill 3 if you're host. Jump and melee is an instant kill.

Brute Plasma Rifle- Actually better then the regular one with the BR.

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  • 09.16.2007 6:03 PM PDT
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Carbine- The covenant equal to the BR except the targeting reticule is not as precise.
Better if the BR doesn't double shot or quad shot. It shoots faster, just doesn't do well under latency. If you have host its good

If you do double shot with BR it takes twice as long to fire again

  • 09.17.2007 5:21 PM PDT
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thats why you rrx yy.

the BR is probably the best overall weapon in the game, but its far from perfect. it sucks at anything longer than midrange. the carbine is actually better at range (assuming you are on host and dont lag).


Posted by: BLAZING ANG3L
Carbine- The covenant equal to the BR except the targeting reticule is not as precise.
Better if the BR doesn't double shot or quad shot. It shoots faster, just doesn't do well under latency. If you have host its good

If you do double shot with BR it takes twice as long to fire again

  • 09.18.2007 10:00 AM PDT

The Battle Rifle is a really good weapon at medium/medium - long range, but it will be beaten by a dual wielder at close range. It's not perfect because it's much harder to use in close range combat than "spray and pray" weapons. The Carbine isn't perfect either because it's horribly inaccurate (from my experience).

  • 09.18.2007 10:05 AM PDT
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i take it you havent unloaded an entire clip on someone from red to blue on middy then watch them walk away? the only somewhat reliable weapon at long distance are the two rifles, outside of medium range the br is shaky at best, and if you are off host, then you really are just wasting ammo.

  • 09.18.2007 10:10 AM PDT
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beam rifle--- you said that one of the bad things about it was that it over hbeats in 2 rapid shots... those tw2o shots are ownage if u are a good sniper... they can hit a person running.... just hit R really fast 2 times... it will shoot faster than the person has time to run out of your cursor area.... its good

  • 09.18.2007 11:54 AM PDT
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My ultimate close range weapon, believe it or not is the sniper. BANG, SMACK, DEAD!

  • 09.18.2007 5:14 PM PDT