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Subject: Did you like the Plasma Rifle in halo 1 better then in 2 or 3

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I like the Plasma rifle a lot better in halo 1. it shot better is sounded cooler and i think it was stronger.

What do you think.

[Edited on 08.08.2008 4:49 AM PDT]

  • 07.24.2008 6:49 AM PDT
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Definitely Combat Evolved. This weapon kicked ass, had a freeze effect, and I think head shots did more damage. It owned. In the subsequent games, it was nowhere near as useful unless you dual-wielded it.

  • 07.24.2008 9:07 AM PDT
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I agree completely with Master Kim, the CE PR is def better on all accounts. I do not like the double wield feature in 2 for anything except needlers. I cannot pass up the opportunity with Sputnik on to send Covies flying for miles. The drawback in 2 for a needler is that the pink explosion is not nearly as enjoyable! The CE look of the needler explosion is just very cool!

  • 07.24.2008 9:33 AM PDT

I love it in the first game. I'm still waiting for Bungie to add it to Halo 2 & 3.

  • 07.24.2008 10:28 AM PDT

somewhere in the heavens...they are waiting. I love the Marathon Trilogy.
Halo CE will always be the best game in the Halo franchise. What a perfect game.
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The Plasma Rifle in Halo 1 was almost better than the Assault Rifle maybe equal! I miss it...

  • 07.24.2008 11:26 AM PDT
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definitely better in most situations. I especially like the melee for some reason, as you just stun and walk up to them for an easy hit and kill.

  • 07.24.2008 11:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: GeneralKenobi
The Plasma Rifle in Halo 1 was almost better than the Assault Rifle maybe equal! I miss it...

thats wat i tink

  • 07.24.2008 1:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: womyfts
I agree completely with Master Kim, the CE PR is def better on all accounts. I do not like the double wield feature in 2 for anything except needlers. I cannot pass up the opportunity with Sputnik on to send Covies flying for miles. The drawback in 2 for a needler is that the pink explosion is not nearly as enjoyable! The CE look of the needler explosion is just very cool!
I don't like Halo 3's Needler, it's too powerful, kills people before they can react, is inconsistent, and the whole appeal to me about the weapon was that it took numerous needles, not something like five, to blow someone up.

  • 07.24.2008 2:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: womyfts
I agree completely with Master Kim, the CE PR is def better on all accounts. I do not like the double wield feature in 2 for anything except needlers. I cannot pass up the opportunity with Sputnik on to send Covies flying for miles. The drawback in 2 for a needler is that the pink explosion is not nearly as enjoyable! The CE look of the needler explosion is just very cool!
I don't like Halo 3's Needler, it's too powerful, kills people before they can react, is inconsistent, and the whole appeal to me about the weapon was that it took numerous needles, not something like five, to blow someone up.
Plus it was completely different from everything else, and completely original. And had a gigatic pink a-splosion. And actually worked, somewhat.

  • 07.24.2008 4:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: womyfts
I agree completely with Master Kim, the CE PR is def better on all accounts. I do not like the double wield feature in 2 for anything except needlers. I cannot pass up the opportunity with Sputnik on to send Covies flying for miles. The drawback in 2 for a needler is that the pink explosion is not nearly as enjoyable! The CE look of the needler explosion is just very cool!
I don't like Halo 3's Needler, it's too powerful, kills people before they can react, is inconsistent, and the whole appeal to me about the weapon was that it took numerous needles, not something like five, to blow someone up.
Plus it was completely different from everything else, and completely original. And had a gigatic pink a-splosion. And actually worked, somewhat.



The pink explosion helps.But in Halo 3 it takes a couple needles to go in for the explosion.And in Halo 2.You can dual weild them but they work worst in Halo 2.And halo 1's was pretty awsome.It has a pretty big clip in it and let the "Fear The Pink Mist".Never ever underestimate the needles!

  • 07.24.2008 6:13 PM PDT

Posted by: Master Kim
Definitely Combat Evolved. This weapon kicked ass, had a freeze effect, and I think head shots did more damage. It owned. In the subsequent games, it was nowhere near as useful unless you dual-wielded it.
Agreed. I liked it how it was actually useful by itself. It's just one of the many things I prefer in that game.

  • 07.24.2008 7:05 PM PDT

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i dont know how we got talkin about the needler but ya in halo 2 it was not that good

  • 07.25.2008 4:54 AM PDT

Oh wow definitely. That's easily the worst gimping of a weapon in the halo series. It was very useful, and it had unique properties.

  • 07.25.2008 6:41 AM PDT

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I loved it in the first one which was due to the sound quality being rough which added to its effect. The same applies to the banshee in halo 1 which screamed in a high pitch sound when you made a turn were in halo 3 its not like that at all.

  • 07.25.2008 7:11 AM PDT

Another point I'd like to make is about the needles themselves. In Halo CE, the needles would hit you, do damage, and a few seconds later, explode and do more damage. Now, they just hit you and disappear.

  • 07.25.2008 10:40 AM PDT
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Halo 2. Tapping the trigger makes it shoot faster... doing that in Halo 3 makes it shoot less rounds and overheat way faster. In Combat Evolved it isn't very accurate and shoots too slow for my taste.

Edit: As for the Needler, the CE needler was the weapon to have. Damage when the needles hit, more when they exploded. Halo 2 needlers seemed useless to me, taking up too much visibility, holding way too many weak needles. Tapping the trigger helps a lot but sheesh, it was useless unless dual wielded, which is when it became too much as well.

Brute plasma rifles... that's where it's at.

[Edited on 07.25.2008 12:54 PM PDT]

  • 07.25.2008 12:51 PM PDT

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in halo 1 the rate of fire not that high but idc i still like it

  • 07.26.2008 1:56 PM PDT
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I was playing CE yesterday and it brought back alot of memories. I love the origional PR, I don't know why they ever went down the whole duel wielding route.

I also loved the old Needler, it would detonate with only about 5 spikes, now it take almost a full clip.

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Posted by: gr8mohawk
I also loved the old Needler, it would detonate with only about 5 spikes, now it take almost a full clip.
Um, actually, it's more like the other way around. Halo 3's Needler takes too few Needles to blow an enemy up compared to the original's.

  • 07.26.2008 5:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: gr8mohawk
I was playing CE yesterday and it brought back alot of memories. I love the origional PR, I don't know why they ever went down the whole duel wielding route.

I also loved the old Needler, it would detonate with only about 5 spikes, now it take almost a full clip.

  • 07.27.2008 2:55 PM PDT

It was more accurate in Halo CE.

  • 07.27.2008 3:00 PM PDT
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In Halo 2, the plasma rifle felt like an alien weapon, the way it sounded was very cool, melee was improved, but not flashy, it was a little inaccurate at far range, but it was cool weapon, especially when duel weilded.

Halo CE, it sounded like a plasma pistol, that was semi automatic, but still not as useful as the plasma pistol. But it was accurate, goodness, you could easily kill anything with a plasma rifle or plasma pistol at hand.

Anyway, as I meantioned that the plasma rifle wasnt as useful as the plasma pistol, that was probably another thing bungie made in the game, as was the human pistol was more reliable than the assualt rifle.

  • 07.27.2008 5:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: chickenlittle
I love it in the first game. I'm still waiting for Bungie to add it to Halo 2 & 3.

Haha, indeed.

  • 07.27.2008 6:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: chickenlittle
I love it in the first game. I'm still waiting for Bungie to add it to Halo 2 & 3.

Haha, indeed.
I see somebody noticed!

  • 07.27.2008 8:02 PM PDT

It's like a retard riding a bicycle while eating hot wings.
Sometimes you have to take the bike seat off to really enjoy it.

Posted by: Master Kim
Definitely Combat Evolved. This weapon kicked ass, had a freeze effect, and I think head shots did more damage. It owned. In the subsequent games, it was nowhere near as useful unless you dual-wielded it.
QFT.

  • 07.27.2008 9:33 PM PDT

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