- Manbearpig0
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Posted by: bansheeownz
I somewhat disagree, but hear me out first. I've been sticking true to this idea for a while and I think you should hear this. Weapons are balanced the way they are for a reason and the end result is the process of intense trial and error on the testers part. So here's my suggestion. Forget about power level of weapons altogether. What we the fans need to focus on is what features weapons should have.
So what would I say above all that? Yeah sure, it could be a little more powerful, but what about if you were to do this first? What if each shot had about as much tracking power as a Halo 2 Plasma Pistol charge shot, each headshot stunned the target like it did in Halo: CE, and the weapon stayed duel-wieldable? Still think it need a bit more power? Perhaps, but not nearly as much as what you're suggesting.
True, but what I was suggesting was not to make the Plasma Rifle TOO powerful, but to simply change the characteristics of the weapon to make it more like the Covenant equivalent of the Assault Rifle - a powerful close-to mid range weapon that is useful enough in its own right, but is outmatched by weapons purpose built for different ranges (Like the Shotgun or the Battle Rifle). You know how the Covenant Carbine is the Covenant equivelant of the Battle Rifle? I was suggesting to do the same thing with the Plasma Rifle. Turn it into the Covenant's Assault Rifle.
Now, obviously the Battle Rifle and the Carbine are two different weapons. They function differently, and the Battle Rifle is the more commonly used of the two. But this is more due to the Carbine not being a starting weapon, or even that common in the game rather than the difference between it and the BR. The same might be said about the Plasma Rifle, but there is a key difference between the two - the Carbine is useful against everybody most of the time. The Plasma Rifle... less so. Only at close range, in surprise attacks, against opponents who are either equipped with the wrong sort of weapon or simply don't know you're there.
I don't want the Plasma Rifle to be overpowered... I simply want it to be the sort of weapon you see commonly used, alongside the Assault Rifle and the Battle Rifle. And to accomplish this, it needs to be upgraded a good bit. Still, it's up to Bungie in the end and I'm sure they'll do what they think is right for the game. And that's really all anybody can ask of them.