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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 all plasma weapons in Halo CE better, because they were real weapons, As of Halo 2 they are incompetent at everything except lowering sheilds.

  • 07.28.2008 7:47 AM PDT

Posted by: Rhudebaker
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.

Dude, it is FAR more accurate and has a MUCH longer range in CE compared to 2. Does more damage to health as well plus has a useful freezing effect.

  • 07.28.2008 8:07 AM PDT

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Posted by: Turkeybacon777
I like all plasma weapons in Halo CE better, because they were real weapons, As of Halo 2 they are incompetent at everything except lowering sheilds.

The plasma pistol was great.

  • 08.08.2008 4:48 AM PDT

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Halo CE will always be the best game in the Halo franchise. What a perfect game.
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The pistol actually did damage.

  • 08.08.2008 10:41 AM PDT

Loose talk is noose talk.

It had less ammo in the first one.

  • 08.08.2008 4:01 PM PDT

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Halo 2 had the best looking PR, plus the BPR. They were better than h1 because they could dual-weild.

Though halo 1 had better looking PPs. They could actaully do damage, and were great in combos. They could damage shields as well.

But they're not bad in h2. I shot one in juggernaut, it followed the target for 30-40 feet, even taking a tiny right turn, like it was heat-seeking.

  • 08.08.2008 7:16 PM PDT

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The pistol actually did damage.

  • 08.09.2008 6:40 PM PDT

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Brute plasma rifles are and always will be the greatest.. if they had stun effects like in the first game, they's be almost too good.

Bungie made them wayy too weak in the third game. They burn through people.. you'd think that'd be damn effective on a person.

  • 08.09.2008 9:50 PM PDT
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I respect your opinion, I'm probably just going to disagree with it.

Posted by: snoozy9420
Brute plasma rifles are and always will be the greatest.. if they had stun effects like in the first game, they's be almost too good.

Bungie made them wayy too weak in the third game. They burn through people.. you'd think that'd be damn effective on a person.

Haha, definitely too good then, but you know, I still preferred the Elite Plasma Rifle... dunno why.
It would be ultra effective in 'real life' (aka. in the books), but they have to balance the game, so I guess it wouldn't be fair otherwise!

Halo 1's PR sounded godly. Not all high pitched and pathetic. It was like 'scheaumph scheaumph!' not 'pew pew!'. Having said that though, this weapon is still a force to be reconed with in Halo 3. It takes but a few shots and a melee to kill someone.

On the needler, I'd like to establish something.

Halo 1: Takes 7 needles to cause the super explosion. Impact from needles do no damage but they detonate moments later, doing individual amounts of damage.
Halo 2: Fire rate is slowed, more ammo per...um...set of spikes? Takes 8 to superexplode now. Impact and secondary explosion do damage. I think it homed less too, to allow for dual weilding.
Halo 3: MUCH faster ROF, less ammo, takes 7 needles in a fairly close proximity to each other to cause a super explosion. Impact of needles do damage, but they remain embedded for a long time and individual detonations do no damage, giving a greater chance of causing a super explosion later. Needles move faster and home a bit more. Also, none of the AI can cause a superexplosion with this weapon, making it useless in their hands.

Just as a side note, I don't think the needler is over powered. It's amazing in confined spaces at short to medium range, and open spaces out to medium range, but very close, very far away, or areas with intermittent cover and it is damned near useless. If you are careless around it then it punishes you very very quickly; I think people find it overpowered because people don't use it when it isn't any use, and so they only experience it in it's full glory.

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  • 08.12.2008 6:45 AM PDT

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Posted by: snoozy9420
Brute plasma rifles are and always will be the greatest.. if they had stun effects like in the first game, they's be almost too good.

Bungie made them wayy too weak in the third game. They burn through people.. you'd think that'd be damn effective on a person.

I liked the plasma rifle better

  • 08.13.2008 6:56 AM PDT
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YEAH THE HALO CE PLASMA RIFLE WAS MUCH BETTER

  • 08.13.2008 12:59 PM PDT
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AND THE HALO 1 NEEDLER IS THE BEST

  • 08.13.2008 1:02 PM PDT
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WTF DOES "CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL" EVEN MEAN?

[Edited on 08.14.2008 5:29 AM PDT]

  • 08.14.2008 5:29 AM PDT

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What?

  • 08.14.2008 2:21 PM PDT

Posted by: Master Kim
WTF DOES "CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL" EVEN MEAN?
Kim, something wrong with you?

  • 08.14.2008 2:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: Master Kim
WTF DOES "CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL" EVEN MEAN?
Kim, something wrong with you?
Someone posted a couple of replies to this thread, and they were in caps. I'm assuming he got blacklisted, which is why his posts aren't showing.

  • 08.14.2008 2:53 PM PDT
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Halo 3 completely useless. Halo 2 completely unbalanced. Halo CE perfect.

  • 08.14.2008 6:26 PM PDT

Posted by: bananabro95
Halo 3 completely unbalanced. Halo 2 completely useless. Halo CE perfect.
QFT.

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  • 08.14.2008 7:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: bananabro95
Halo 3 completely useless. Halo 2 completely unbalanced. Halo CE perfect.

  • 08.15.2008 2:28 PM PDT

Halo 1 ftw, it was beastly!

  • 08.19.2008 9:16 PM PDT
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the halo 1 PR was godly even though u couldnt dual wield with it. the worst part is that bungie wont bring it back in any new halo games bcuz it is too powerful. like the halo 1 shotgun.

  • 08.21.2008 5:38 PM PDT

The reason they won't bring it back is because there's no longer a set health system in place. The health was the reason why it was so effective.

  • 08.21.2008 7:05 PM PDT
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I think all of the Halo CE weapons look better.

  • 08.21.2008 7:53 PM PDT

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The plasma rifle from Halo 1 was definitely on of the most useful weapons in the game. It was my primary assault weapon. It was accurate (unlike the assault rifle), it was good against energy shields, and the Elites usually used them so a replacement was usually available.

  • 08.22.2008 9:32 AM PDT
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Halo 1, it was so powerful

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