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Subject: needler

I think they should balance the needler by giving it the heat seeking abilities of the halo 1 needler, giving it a larger clip, but decreasing the damage by a noticable (a lot) amout. what do you think?

  • 10.25.2009 8:10 PM PDT

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Halo 2's Needler was the most balance, and the most fun :D

  • 10.25.2009 8:11 PM PDT

Yeah that would be a good idea. The needler is a little too cheap right now.

  • 10.25.2009 8:12 PM PDT
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THE NEEDLER IS BY FAR THE BEST AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE WEAPON IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, REAL OR NOT REAL!!

  • 10.25.2009 8:13 PM PDT

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Posted by: CmdrScott1701
THE NEEDLER IS BY FAR THE BEST AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE WEAPON IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, REAL OR NOT REAL!!

Your post is not related to the topic whatsoever.

I agree that the Halo 2 Needler was the most balanced of the three variations, and I would like to see it return.

  • 10.25.2009 8:16 PM PDT

I am just some guy who likes video games

needler ftw

  • 10.25.2009 8:16 PM PDT

I feel halo 2 just weakened it unessicarily to have another gun for the new dual weild feature, only to be replaced by the spiker. I like the halo 3 version better, it is effective. But only at the correct range. To far and they dont lock. To close, they are easily avoided

  • 10.25.2009 8:18 PM PDT

"Belive me, or what'cha see is what'cha get."

Making the needler have the seeking abilites of H1, would need to make it to where half of the clip can "explode" soembody, i have halo 1, those needler bullets make me want to play some kind of "dodge the asteroids" game.
Short: H1 needler bullets were too slow.

  • 10.25.2009 8:21 PM PDT
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  • 10.25.2009 8:27 PM PDT

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if it aint broke, dont fix it.

its broke

  • 10.25.2009 8:42 PM PDT
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The needler is only effective in mid range.

However when in mid range the needler eats you alive.

  • 10.25.2009 8:44 PM PDT

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  • 10.25.2009 9:06 PM PDT
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I love the current needler

  • 10.25.2009 9:15 PM PDT

Posted by: Ziuh Prin
I love the current needler

  • 10.25.2009 9:34 PM PDT

Sometimes when I pick up the needler in Halo 3 I think it's way too OP, other times I feel like it's just garbage. I really don't know what to think about it anymore.

[Edited on 10.25.2009 9:54 PM PDT]

  • 10.25.2009 9:54 PM PDT

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Yea they need to make it more deadly and a bit faster. Make a stream of explosive crystal instead of a cloud of sharp pink stuff that floats lazily in your general direction

[Edited on 10.25.2009 9:59 PM PDT]

  • 10.25.2009 9:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: Xharpan
it doese'nt look nextgen , looks good but not nextgen
If by next-gen you mean crappy, dark and colorless, I agree. It doesnt look next-gen at all.

I wouldn't even call it effective in mid range since its easy to evade IF the person knows you are shooting at him with it but you can say the same for basically any weapon. The needler is more of a silent killer. Once you notice that a needle got you, you are already dead because it wont give you enough time to react to the other 8-9 that will follow.


I like it as is. Great weapon in single player and somewhat balanced in multi.

  • 10.25.2009 10:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: CookieMan
Halo 2's Needler was the most balance, and the most fun :D
Halo 3's Needler is by far the most balanced, let alone most usefull. Dual Weilding ruined everything, including the Needler.

[Edited on 10.25.2009 10:12 PM PDT]

  • 10.25.2009 10:11 PM PDT

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I love the current needler

  • 10.25.2009 10:15 PM PDT

bungie has proven that a bunch of monkeys sitting in front of keyboards can randomly type out a masterpiece. the thing is, when you go to play the masterpiece, you cant help but notice all the monkey s**t smeared all over it.

it gets real old having to wait months for someone like mlg to clean off all the monkey poo.

halo 3's needler is perfect. i can kill noobs with it while noobs cant kill me with it.

strafe sideways and the needles dont hit. run around the middle of the map not paying attention, you deserve to die. if the needler hadnt have gotten you it would have been a snipe, laser, nade/br, rocket, anything else.

the halo 1 and halo 2 needlers were useless. the projectiles traveled too slow.

[Edited on 10.25.2009 10:22 PM PDT]

  • 10.25.2009 10:20 PM PDT

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What about Dual Wield?

  • 10.25.2009 10:22 PM PDT

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You guys keep complaining about how there aren't enough mid range weapons to compete with the BR but you want to nerf the Needler, a potential candidate? I say, make the suckers duel-wieldable again, but don't change anything else. Then they would be freeken beasts.

  • 10.26.2009 1:40 AM PDT

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Halo2 Needler is definitely the most fun weapon. Halo3 version is just boring and Halo1 was only cool because of the new explosions.

Big part of Halo1 was the "Should I take these few rockets or that full Plasma Rifle". Halo2 Needler added to that by making me look for another Needler. Single Needler was pathetic but 2 was great.

  • 10.26.2009 4:04 AM PDT

Its a trap!!!

Posted by: General lou2
I feel halo 2 just weakened it unessicarily to have another gun for the new dual weild feature, only to be replaced by the spiker. I like the halo 3 version better, it is effective. But only at the correct range. To far and they dont lock. To close, they are easily avoided


Exactly. This guy has it right.

Yes at times it feels cheap but you can only use it in certain circumstances making it very unreliable at times. I say its balanced and if you are prepared to go against a needler you usually come out on top

usually a needler gets people who are off gaurd

like not suspecting someone using it on narrow mancannon
or a back attack
or if the person is unprepared going down a narrow hallway

The first 2 things are just lack of awareness issues and the 3rd can be avoided by using your head. Like grabbing rockets on the pit. You know you should be careful picking them up because the needler spawns near it

so basically the Needler is a weapon for catching people with their pants down

  • 10.26.2009 4:13 AM PDT