Posted by: Pokeh
The Spartan Laser.
The Laser in Halo 3 is an improvement over the Homing Rocket Launcher in Halo 2. However, my problems with the Spartan Laser are these:
1- It's too easy to use. My grandmother could pwn teh nubs with this thing. When you zoom in with it you get a stupid amount of aim-assist for a weapon of this power. Simply put, it's too easy to aim.
2 - It lags. Bungie decided not to include the Fire Bombs in Halo 3's matchmaking. Well, i'll be damned if I ever see the Laser actually Fire and kill me.
3- Going back to Point 1, it's too easy to use. It's virtually a hitscan weapon. Combined with all of the aim assist, it makes vehicles pretty much a death trap.
I'm in a tricky situation on Valhalla and i'm being spawn camped? What's the best thing to do? Hog it up. But oh wait, they're camping in the middle with the Laser. Dead within 10 seconds. The Laser is also one of the reasons why Heavies maps are so unenjoyable (Along with the Gauss Hog, which has also become too easy to use, now that I think about it).
Instead of the Laser, we should have something similar, but you should have to lead the shot. It would make the "Laser" a worthwhile weapon in the right hands, and wouldn't completely nerf the vehicles.
Feel free to flame, comment, or whatever it is you people do these days.
To summarise what I am saying:
1- Make the Laser so that it is not a hitscan weapon. Make it so that the user has to lead the shot a little bit.
2- Less aim-assist. Make it a little bit harder to aim.
That's it. It could either be a Laser, or you could re-skin it so that it's a Guass Cannon or something like someone suggested earlier. The Laser would be "removed" but replaced with a slightly harder to use equivalent.
Like I said, the Laser is awesome to use and stuff, but it kind of ruins the fun in Big Team maps.
You do realize what you are asking for right? You are asking for bungie to Slow Down the speed of light. Having the laser be a hitscan weapon is actually one of the more scientifically accurate things bungie has done in the entire Halo franchise.
Despite this though, I do see the need for the laser to be toned down. Perhaps the laser should be an over time kill weapon. For example, you point the gun at somebody and it warms up. Next, the laser starts to gradually fire up to total capacity. In the mean time, you can sweep it back and forth, but it only does a little damage. After a certain point though, it reaches full capacity and a single hit will kill whatever crosses the beam. This would give you a chance to dodge out of the way or even throw down a bubble shield.