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Subject: The Fuel Rod Gun, Friend or Foe?
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Poll: Is the Fuel Rod Gun rigged?  [closed]
Yes:  54%
(15 Votes)
No:  46%
(13 Votes)
Total Votes: 28

About 99% of people think that the Fuel Rod Gun is for noobs, I have myself flammed none stop about it, but think, say if you had the PAR, just run around the guy, let him try to shoot at you! He cant even move! It makes it usless, same goes for the rocket launcher or the flamethrower (a personal favorite)

  • 04.24.2004 2:31 PM PDT
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The fuel rod is only unfair when someone camps outside your base and spawn kills with it. Man I hate that.

  • 04.24.2004 2:36 PM PDT
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Ya, thats a ... you know what I wann say

  • 04.24.2004 2:41 PM PDT
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I think the Fuel Rod is too powerful. I was playing
1v1 Hangemhigh today, and was staying about
2 kills ahead, until i let him get his hands on a fuel
rod, then he was winning by about 2 kills. Then he
just quit. He was pretty good, but what bugs me is
he wasnt winning until he picked it up, and after I got
him, I pulled ahead again. Although I never pick up
the FR, I can still get 30+ kills in multi quite often, so
its still very questionable.

  • 04.24.2004 6:44 PM PDT
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i think fuel rod gun is a noob gun but its not a threat if u have a shotgun and u are 3 feet away

  • 04.25.2004 7:06 AM PDT
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The fuel rod gun is a bit cheap, but I havent seen anyone really use it well. But on Death island, when they camp above your base, prepare for one hell of a beating.

  • 04.25.2004 7:43 AM PDT
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Everyone tries to get the FRG, but only a handful of people can actually use it properly. If someone can use it right, it's a wonder to behold as they promptly slaughter everyone on the map. If they can't, you can laugh as they frag themselves.

I don't think that it's a noob gun, because only those with some experience can use it to it's full extent.

  • 04.25.2004 10:46 AM PDT
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whoever says it is a noob gun is an idiot
have you ever see anyone use it???
i know i haven't, the things a death trap, unless your brain automatically calculates the angles for you your goin to have n00bs shooting you in the back for the whole game.
It needs to be a bit easier to use, on sidewinder i was being shot at from a tank underneath me so i shoot at it and miss everytime...
most levels its useless...
same goes with the flamethrower, that would be best against the flood, i can't wait for HEK, then ill dump it in a level and flame like hell!!!!!!!

.................anyyyywwwwwwaaaaaaaayyyyyyy.................

  • 04.25.2004 10:59 AM PDT
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theres no such thing as a noob gun. pistol is just as mean.

  • 04.25.2004 11:12 AM PDT
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when im playing halo pc im alot more worried about that sniper perched over yonder than some noob firing blindly with the FRG. Besides, when i get in a battle, i usually find myself getting shot up by everyone (mostly because i end up in the 'no mans land' all to often)

  • 04.25.2004 9:57 PM PDT
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Good point the FRG does need some skill to use, but there a people who can do those angel calculations by instinct. The problem I have with it is the lag factor (at least for me). It seems to slow down the game display and that make it hard to get away from. Plus it doesn't over heat as quickly as other Convent weapons. (wouldn't it be funny if the thing blowup when it overheated :O.). In compression to the rocket launcher it can do comparable damage with a quicker reload. Compared to the flame thrower its is harder to kill yourself while using the FRG, at least the flame thrower can kill the user if his shields go down (burn baby, burn).

AMMO, that's what's wrong with it, ammo. Look at it, the FRG gets more shots/more damage than a human rocket launcher. When you first grab the rocket launcher you get 4 shorts. The FRG on the other hand gets Energy at 100 (not sure what the depletion rate is) which gives it more shots. Plus the reload times are a key comparison. When I face a rocket launcher I know that after two shots (missis) I can rush the guy and try to kill him before he reloads. The FRG doesn't provide that opening.

(I think the explosion on overheat would be fun, maybe a mod could be made for that....)

  • 04.26.2004 1:59 AM PDT
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it depletes about 3-5 each use
too often have come across someone on FLAT GROUND at a distance only for them to try and nuke me with a FRG, my pistol answers them and the drop
the only real time a FRG is dangerous is when its above you... but oh well it comes with the game

  • 04.26.2004 7:26 PM PDT
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HEY. no ones accuses us of being noobs cuz we used nukes. SHH

  • 04.26.2004 7:34 PM PDT
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I personal think it is some what of a cheat but then the rocket luancher does fire straght and almost garentes a kill with it's almost one hit kill. where as the FRC has to hit mostly twice to kill.

  • 04.26.2004 10:01 PM PDT
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In all fairness, it's very hard to tell if a weapon is balanced or not before a game ships. But I still think that the Fuel Rod Gun and the Flamethrower are unabalanced. I might just be me setting particles to half intensity, but the flamethrower seems to have much more range than it appears to. I've been killed numerous times when I though I was out of range.
As to the FRG, It's simply too good. It has the slowdown effect of a plasma weapon, the damage of an SPNKR, and the clip size of an assault rifle. As to the overheat time, it's nice to have a "DON'T SPAM THIS YOU NOOB" feature, but you shouldn't need more than 6 shots or so to kill everyone in the immediate area. The 'lobbing' effect makes it a little harder to use, but It took me about 2.5 seconds to get a good idea of how to aim it.

In conclusion, here's a brief wish list for the next patch:
*A mod that lets you run faster (the run speed is quite out of proportion with the jump height)
*A mod that lets you include or exclude certain weapons from a map (NOT just Covenant/ Human weapons only)

  • 04.29.2004 12:24 PM PDT