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Subject: Halo 2 fuel rod launchers?
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I heard a rumor a week ago that Halo 2 will have fuel rod launchers.........any one heard anything?

  • 06.30.2004 11:40 PM PDT
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They should put it in, the pc version had them halo 2 should have it.

[Edited on 6/30/2004 11:59:04 PM]

  • 06.30.2004 11:43 PM PDT
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whatever, the FRG was completely unbalanced as a weapon. it was an automatic grenade launcher with too much ammo, and the brutes weapon is too similar, so i dont count on it making an appearance. i hope its gone for good. or that we can use the hunters version that charges up.

  • 07.01.2004 12:00 AM PDT
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Then flamethrower and FRG are not making an apperance in Halo 2. Bungie said so. And I'm glad, those were both crappy weapons anyway.

  • 07.01.2004 12:28 AM PDT
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no flamethrower? i thought they said they wouldnt have it until they had destructable enviroments, which they do in halo2.

and i liked the flamethrower, it sucked, but was was wasy to use and fun...

  • 07.01.2004 12:33 AM PDT
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Personaly, I think that the fuel rod gun should appear, at least to make happy the people that have xbox halo and never got a chance to use it, and its not crappy, unbalanced yes, but its great to have an explosive weapon with all that ammo!

  • 07.01.2004 2:45 AM PDT
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I think the Fuel Rod gun should be in Halo 2 but it should be changed.
Like many of you said it was too unbalanced in Halo PC. It could fire rapidly, did a lot of damage, caused splash damage, had loads of ammo and took ages to overheat.
In Halo 2 it should have a much lower rate of fire. In the main game on Halo the Grunts using it didn't fire 50 shots per second. It should be more like it was in the main game, much slower. As a bonus to its slowness it should be a little stronger. It should have much less ammo and overheat quicker to stop trigger happy individuals over using it, which they often did on the PC version.
It would be a shame to see it go, as it has the potential to be a great balanced weapon, plus it looks cool in that large oval purple kinda way.

  • 07.01.2004 2:52 AM PDT
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i couldn't agree more

  • 07.01.2004 2:54 AM PDT
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I disagree with the fuel rod being stronger; it's not - try getting hit by it in SPC (xbox) and the directly hit by a rocket.

I agree about charging it up like the Grunts/Hunters do, but it's natural strength should be that you can charge up 10-20 shots (not the 30-40 that you get on PC) before it's battery runs out.

  • 07.01.2004 3:42 AM PDT
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the rocket launcher as 10 shots, the fuel rod gun should have 20, get overchared after 5 shots in a row, should have a bit slower rate of fire (not much) and should do the same damage.

  • 07.01.2004 3:47 AM PDT
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I think the point is
Is their any need for it...?
All of halos weapons are designed for a purpose so what will be the pupose of the FRG...?
People have said it is too close to the brute weapon, but i think not.. i think the brute weapon is some kind of covie shotgun... it would fit the brutes style of agresive play...

  • 07.01.2004 3:49 AM PDT
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the point is that they're the rocket launcher version of the covies

  • 07.01.2004 3:51 AM PDT
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Dont get me wrong i think they will have it...
I cant remeber anything official to say they will not have it (open to any one that can provide a link)
Just who will use it hunters and grunts again... ?

  • 07.01.2004 3:54 AM PDT
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The fuel rod gun really wasnt that useful on PC. People generally prefer the rocket launcher.

  • 07.01.2004 5:04 AM PDT
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Posted by: NiteMonkey
Dont get me wrong i think they will have it...
I cant remeber anything official to say they will not have it (open to any one that can provide a link)
Just who will use it hunters and grunts again... ?


Before the first Halo was released, Elites were able to use fuel rods guns (theres a pic of it in the prexbox section) but they removed this, maybe they can in halo 2?

  • 07.01.2004 5:08 AM PDT
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Yeah i remeber seeing that now...
Jesus this game is just immense, name any other FPS with such balanced opponants, weaponary, vehicles (destructible i might add) , destructible environments, dual wielding, live muliplayer, an amazing story line, supurb graphics, supurb 5.1 sound, list goes on and on...

Its true its halo, but with flaming ninjas in a hospital... I WANT HALO 2 !!!

  • 07.01.2004 5:27 AM PDT
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Dont get me wrong i think they will have it...
I cant remeber anything official to say they will not have it (open to any one that can provide a link)
Just who will use it hunters and grunts again... ?
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i don't think it was ever official but i think its safe we can assume that, because bungie is working pretty hard to have all the weapons balanced, and it would only make sense for them to have a convenant rocket rocket launcher.


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  • 07.01.2004 6:42 AM PDT
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and i liked the flamethrower, it sucked, but was was wasy to use and fun...


that's one of the craze craze craziest sentences I've ever seen.

  • 07.01.2004 6:56 AM PDT
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The FRG is good because you can use it as a motar. Sit behind a base a fire blindly ahead, it would stop any incoming attacks. You can shoot all across the map easily.

  • 07.01.2004 7:41 AM PDT