- Shai Hulud
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- Exalted Mythic Member
With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.
I'm with ya, Billiam.
Uses and Pros for the needler:
1.) Homing feature is incredibly effective and sometimes hard to dodge.
2.) 7 needles = BOOM! Usually will kill anything except hunters and higher-ranking elites.
3.) 20 needles = 3 BOOM!s. Will kill anything except hunters, and also blows up grenades that are dropped, killing and damaging other enemies as well.
4.) Second best anti-elite gun at short range (topped only by Plasma Pistol overcharge), and second best anti-grunt gun (topped by pistol) at short to semi-long range (for those who know how to use it well).
5.) Looks cool.
6.) Face it. Watching things blow up several times is damn fun.
7.) VERY effective against the Flood at out-of-the-shotgun's range (except carriers).
8.) Best anti sentinel gun. Plasma Pistol is good, but its overchage-homing feature doesn't adjust to movement as well as needles.
9.) One of the coolest weapon concepts ever made.
Those are a little opinionated, but if you know how to use the needler to its fullest, then we'd agree... to an extent, anyhow.
Cons:
1.) Clip/Max ammo carriage are too small.
2.) Is terrible for killing Jackals and Hunters (But fun to kill hunters with... just not effective).
3.) Can hurt you if you're dumb enough to stand close to the BOOM!s (unless you like watching yourself die... as we all sometimes do).
Extremely cool future uses:
1.) DUEL NEEDLERS! 40 NEEDLES = 6 BOOM!s, PEOPLE!
3.) (Possibility) You melee someone with the needler, and all the needles come out of the top of the weapon and stick into the person when you hit them.... Hehehe I'd love to see that.
Again, this may be a little opinionated, and I don't mean to offend anyone in posting this. These are just the pros and cons I've found.