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Subject: What gun do you detest the most in Halo?
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Poll: What gun in Halo do you think is the cheapest?  [closed]
M6D Pistol:  22%
(20 Votes)
M19 SSM Rocket Launcher:  11%
(10 Votes)
MA5B Assault Rifle:  8%
(7 Votes)
Plasma Rifle:  8%
(7 Votes)
M90 Shotgun:  6%
(5 Votes)
Plasma Pistol:  14%
(13 Votes)
S2 AM Sniper Rifle:  8%
(7 Votes)
Needler:  23%
(21 Votes)
Total Votes: 90

I personally hate the shotgun the most. The rocket launcher comes in second.

  • 06.10.2004 2:23 PM PDT

The Needler, like a lot of people. It's just so rubbish.

  • 06.10.2004 2:28 PM PDT
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pistol

  • 06.10.2004 2:37 PM PDT
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I'd have to say the shotgun.

  • 06.10.2004 2:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: Skorn
I'd have to say the shotgun.


Heh...You're not the only one.

  • 06.10.2004 2:58 PM PDT
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i voted needler the only use i have found for it is to randomly fire it will seek out the invisable person.

  • 06.10.2004 2:59 PM PDT
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[color=red] TO EVERY PERSON WHO IS ABOUT TO POST SOMETHING HERE[/color]

I have just one request: When you post something about the weapon that you hate the most, do me a favor and tell me the reason why. I'm trying to prove that the shotgun is the cheapest weapon...and so far, It's not going very well...

[Edited on 6/10/2004 3:07:47 PM]

  • 06.10.2004 3:06 PM PDT
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I didn't pick the shotgun but I can see what you're getting at PsychoAznMan1654. The thing is with the shotgun is that it is your best friend in singlr player flood levels but outside of that it just annoys people. The shotgun isn't about accuracy, or fire rate, its about that one shell taking out the enemy in the best way possible. So, in multiplayer stiuations, where you are in a close-quarters area with no motion tracker, you are pretty much screwed. You run round the corner only to get a shell-full of pellets through the skull.

The shotgun is one of those guns where no real skill is required, you just point and the blow the enemy to pieces. It is one of those guns that overwhelms all in close-quarter situations. It annoys me when people use it as a hell of a lot of skill is required to dodge the thing and kill its holder without getting your shields taken down and your health decreased.

I picked the AR simply because I hate the fire-rate and the inaccuracy of the gun. Even the short bursts strategy doesn't improve the accuracy of the thing. Yeah I can use it, but I usually choose not to.

  • 06.10.2004 3:23 PM PDT
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The Assault Rifle. It's SO weak and inaccurate!!!!

  • 06.10.2004 3:33 PM PDT
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Yeah, I'm going to have to agree the AR is very weak and I hate it. Simply because it's so weak and inaccurate, but the melee attack is stronger than most weps. On a side note, the shotgun rocks. Yes, given if you are playing a closed quartered map getting the shotgun will give you an advantage. I hate to break this to ya guys but there is some thinking involved with this FPS at least. Simply put: close-range + shotgun = kill, nuff said. But it shouldn't occur as often as stated, if it happens ALL the time then you are doing something wrong. Don't get me wrong I don't abuse the shotgun; pistol, on the other hand, is another story...

  • 06.10.2004 3:48 PM PDT
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Any gun that has the capability to kill with one shot is cheap in my oppinion.

  • 06.10.2004 4:08 PM PDT
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this poll is for the "cheapest" weapon. not worst weapon (cheap means unfair duh) and the shotgun is not a cheap weapon. only an idiot would run right into one (and the only way to die by one is you get right up into it),it takes an idiot to die by a shotgun. and its not unfair. if you have a shotgun then how do you plan to kill a sniper? you cant. because the shotgun is a close up weapon. its actually very easy to kill someone with a shotgun. here some ways.

-have you heard of a pistol?
-how about a sniper rifle?
-DUH. the cheapest weapon of all...THE ROCKET LAUNNCHER. it kills with one shot,it has huge splash damage (people say its not cheap cause the rocket moves slow. well i say it moves fast enoughg to hit a target!)

  • 06.10.2004 4:11 PM PDT
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I say rocket launcher. This one involves no skill. At all. If you're playing in an open map the rocket launcher so annoying. Just jump and shoot. Even n00bs can get kills that way. The needler involves skill and the needles travel really slowly, so that's not cheap, and the shotgun, well, just stay at medium range from the guy.

  • 06.10.2004 4:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: I KILL GRUNTS
this poll is for the "cheapest" weapon. not worst weapon (cheap means unfair duh) and the shotgun is not a cheap weapon. only an idiot would run right into one (and the only way to die by one is you get right up into it),it takes an idiot to die by a shotgun. and its not unfair. if you have a shotgun then how do you plan to kill a sniper? you cant. because the shotgun is a close up weapon. its actually very easy to kill someone with a shotgun. here some ways.

-have you heard of a pistol?
-how about a sniper rifle?
-DUH. the cheapest weapon of all...THE ROCKET LAUNNCHER. it kills with one shot,it has huge splash damage (people say its not cheap cause the rocket moves slow. well i say it moves fast enoughg to hit a target!)


Are you calling me stupid? I can beat the crap outta anyone using a shotgun with any weapon except the AR.

[Edited on 6/10/2004 4:19:22 PM]

  • 06.10.2004 4:16 PM PDT
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well then why do you think its cheap? if you can beat the crap out of peoplewho use it than whats the problem?

P.S. i can kill people who use shotguns with an AR. its my ewapons of chioce against shotguns.

  • 06.10.2004 4:21 PM PDT
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By the way, all melee atacks are equal in damage. They only differ in speed. Plasma pistol is the fastest. What makes an attack faster is if and how fast you are moving.

  • 06.10.2004 7:29 PM PDT
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The plasma pistol because it has absolutely no purpose at all. Then the sniper rifle because the projectile speed is so slow and it just takes the fun out of the game.

  • 06.10.2004 8:22 PM PDT
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I say the plasma pistol.. simply because it's cheap to take out a persons shields in one shot. I mean. You can expect those kinda results from weapons like the sniper rifle and shot gun. Because they have very powerful rounds. Plasma pistol should die a painful death.

  • 06.10.2004 8:36 PM PDT
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the Needler? the f**king needler??!?! u have never played legendary have you boy? the needler has saved my ass a few times and theres alwayz plen t of ammo which u'll need cos u'll get thru it like ants in sugar. look at it this way 1 bar health 50 AR bulets left no grenades and one angry f**kin elite solution? fill him full o needles from the safety of your cover and watch him blow up

  • 06.11.2004 4:15 AM PDT
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The cheapest weapon I think is the sniper rifle. Who hasn't come running out of their base, ready to kick some butt when you suddenly go spinning in the dance of death from a headshot, just to see a smoke trail leading off in some direction and distance that you curse the fellow that did it to you? The shotgun doesn't count because I don't generally have a problem with sticking a grenade on the one who uses it...

  • 06.11.2004 4:45 AM PDT

Driven to distraction. ^_^

I would probably say the sniper rifle, not because of any fault in its design but just the way it is used in general. It's the easiest weapon to spawn camp with on Blood Gulch. There is no way to counter a sniper on that level except for counter sniping or somehow getting close.
Getting a sniper rifle (or even a pistol) to counter snipe means exposing yourself to the sniper and setting up to kill them is near impossible because they will be looking specifically for counter snipers.
Getting close enough to kill them is also difficult because of the huge range that needs to be covered.

Personally i find long ranged weapons used from EXTREME range very cheap, mainly because they don't offer people a fighting chance of killing their user.

  • 06.11.2004 5:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: Thalanos
I would probably say the sniper rifle, not because of any fault in its design but just the way it is used in general. It's the easiest weapon to spawn camp with on Blood Gulch. There is no way to counter a sniper on that level except for counter sniping or somehow getting close.
Getting a sniper rifle (or even a pistol) to counter snipe means exposing yourself to the sniper and setting up to kill them is near impossible because they will be looking specifically for counter snipers.
Getting close enough to kill them is also difficult because of the huge range that needs to be covered.

Personally i find long ranged weapons used from EXTREME range very cheap, mainly because they don't offer people a fighting chance of killing their user.


What if you had the sniper in your own sniper spot .

  • 06.11.2004 7:11 AM PDT
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the sniper rifle is also cheap..its so easy to use in Halo. you can just run around in the middle of a map with a sniper and kil whatever moves. i dont even see the need of a "sniper spot" considering i can run around and just zoom in pop someone in the head. i hate that gun actually,the pistol is also better anyway. just find a sniper and startshooting,you'll kepp knocking the sniper out of scope and then hit his head.

  • 06.11.2004 7:46 AM PDT
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i hate the plasma rifle because you run out of ammo so damn fast

  • 06.11.2004 9:10 AM PDT
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Eh. The only weapon that I dislike is the needler, and that's only in multiplayer and obviously not because I think it's cheap. Everything else has it's use. I don't feel that any of them are cheap, because it takes much skill to own with any of them, except the M6D- and that's only when everyone's kinda a beginner, due to how easy it is to learn how to use it effectively: aim at the noggin, squeeze off three shots. The other guns catch up with it and even pass it when they're mastered, except the needler which doesn't work too well and the S2AM which does work too well. I don't consider it cheap to own me with superior skill and mastery of the guns. The shotgun's not cheap in my opinion because it's usefulness is so limited. It's only superior at extremely short range, and theoretically can be countered with the sniper rifle at that range anyway. I just avoid running around shotgun territory without one. The shotgun's best for a big hairball up close, but I think that the rocket tube's the best close range weapon for one-on-one encounters. It might even be intended as a counter to the shotgun!

Edit: It just occured to me that we might have varying ideas of what a beginner is. I didn't mean someone who is just learning how to aim and so can't take advantage of the pistol's accuracy, I meant someone who knows how to aim for the noggin but hasn't mastered the subtler aspects of the game. For most, I guess that would be intermediate. Heck, it might even be advanced for some.

[Edited on 6/11/2004 3:47:03 PM]

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