- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: hOt ThE cHuNk610
erm, when u talk about the fuel rod cannon being too powerful, that doesnt really say much. there are also many other weapons much more powerful than the fuel rod cannon. The rocket launcher is fast, with 1 hit kills, and the plasma pistol takes down shields in 1 hit, and u can duel wield it. Yes, things u already know. But if u said that the fuel rod cannon would hurt/damage/kill the balance of weps in halo2 multiplayer, well id have to say "BUNGIE, YOUR WRONG!!!" 1st off, it doesnt lock onto things, although it has 6 shots per clip and it shoots at a fast rate. These are not things you cant change, and even if it did *disturb* the balance of weapons, i think that people wouldnt care as much as long as they have it available. O YEA, DID U GUYS FORGET OR SOMETHING??? Y NOT JUST PUT IT AS A WEAPON U CAN ACCESS IN A CUSTOM GAME??? HUH??? SERIOUSLY!!! U KNOW, KINDA LIKE THE SETINEL BEAM?!?! id say many,many more people that play halo2 could care less if it disturbed the o-so-sacred weapon balance than the ones that would oppress this. PLEASE, MAKE THIS A QUESTION IN UR NEXT WEEKLY UPDATE!
Another question, y does the shotgun suc? i mean, shouldnt technology IMPROVE over the course of 500 years, not decrease??? just a little bit more range, speed, and power to it. i mean cmon!!! a battle rifler can kill you before you can fire 2 shots off of your shotgun, (with an easy experiment i found this out.) again PLEASE ANSWER THIS AT THE NEXT WEEKLY UPDATE, BECAUSE *MANY* PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW!!! thanx a lot BUNGIE.
Okay, first of all, the fuel rod cannon has TWO problems:
1. Bungie feels that it disrupts weapon balance
2. It's a graphics HOG!
The first is pretty much all I heard you on, but you made some good points. They should allow it for custom games. If it didn't kill Xboxes. Unfortunately, nobody but Bungie will know how severe that is. Since they developed the game, I'm going to take their word for it.
Secondly, the shotgun does NOT SUCK. Trigger, melee, trigger, melee. When you're playing CTF or Assault defense, there are few quicker kills. Since the weapon balance update, it's only gotten better. Close-quarters fighting with the shotgun is hard to match, even with a sword. Having a shotgun on D on Coagulation when the rest of my team quit out on me was the only time in Halo 2 that I got a killimanjaro. It's a POWERFUL weapon, especially if you're the one getting the drop on people. They usually don't have time to react, I don't care what weapon they're using. If you can't snipe with it, don't snipe with it. Pretty freakin' simple.