- Hylebos
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Posted by: Rune174
And finally, it would not be a single hit kill weapon, it would take one shot to rip through the shielding, and the second to kill them. Still it would only be one kill for grunts or drones or anything unshielded. The tech from the Covies are so vast, it would be understandable that the sword is not as superior to the energy sword, but it would at least combat it.
So what you essentially want is an AR with no bullets that can "clang" with a energy sword?
Yeah, nobody is ever going to use a weapon like that.
Against non-energy-sword equipped opponents, you are better off having a normal gun, since that kills with two melee hits anyways, with the added bonus that you can take down opponents at range.
Against sword equipped opponents it would not work in the slightest. Even with "clang".
You have your "Hummingbird", I have an energy sword. You run up to me, and I'll let you have the first strike. So you slice me, killing my shields. Then I slice you, killing you outright. So long as I am careful not to swing at the same time that you are swinging so there is no "clang" that will neutralize damage, I'm going to win every single time.
You can notice this effect if you play enough Pit of Joy in Actionsack, if you have full overshields as you enter the hill and you are fighting someone with only normal shields, you can just wait for them to slice you and attack them before they can block you and kill them.
You want a weapon to combat the sword? Its called the shotgun. If you have played any infection, you should know how powerful the shotgun can be against an untrained sword user.
You have also not explained how the sword is going to even try to beat the hammer in melee range combat. It doesn't matter, Halo isn't "Rock Paper Sissors" anyways.