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Subject: A gun they should not carry over to Reach

The Spartan laser should stay. Just force people to aim at the driver, engine, gas tank, and make the areas so small they have to aim at these areas. Maybe give it the ability to melt tires, and slow down the warthog a bit.

The homing rocket sucked. It was inconsistent. It didn't reward skill with aiming, and it was basically just a wait and see weapon like the needler. Wait for the right range, and a predictable pattern. Lock on quickly so they don't escape and shoot. An anti-vehicle rocket launcher that is laser guided like in BF2 with limited turning capabilities would be best.

Also, the gauss gun. It's about time we get a portable gauss gun. Of course, the projectiles should be smaller, and it should much more skill than a gauss hog cannon.

Finally, we should only get a few pieces of equipment and anti-vehicle weapons per maps with long respawns. Vehicles should also be balanced so players don't get extra shields when on turrets or in warthogs. Everyone should be able to snipe a player out of the hog with their carbine with normal damage.

  • 11.02.2009 8:27 PM PDT

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Posted by: disgruntledfan2
Also, the gauss gun. It's about time we get a portable gauss gun. Of course, the projectiles should be smaller, and it should much more skill than a gauss hog cannon.

Look up the Halo 2: Combat Evolved modification. This original xbox mod has a guass rifle in it, and it is a 1 hit kill but extremely hard to hit with.

  • 11.02.2009 8:29 PM PDT

Personally, I think an actual "skilled" person in Halo 3 is someone who knows how to win with every weapon and combo in the game, not just a single weapon like the BR, Sniper, or even the AR. Of course, that excludes me, as I have yet to get a kill with dual plasma pistols. :D

The mauler. It's like a Shotgun, only with even worse range and lower damage to boot. The only real advantage is that you can dual-wield it, since the melee boost is negligible and the reloading-a-whole-clip-at-a-time thing is only good if you've, for some reason, used the entire clip without reloading, which is just stupid.

In short, it's a sucky Shotgun downgrade that was probably supposed to be a sidegrade but really isn't. Remove.

  • 11.02.2009 10:17 PM PDT

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BR. Definitely

  • 11.02.2009 10:18 PM PDT
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BR. Worst. Gun. Ever.

Well Best Gun Ever, but Noobs Overuse it.

+ I agree Spartan Laser should go .

Or Maybe even just modify it so it doesnt destroy vehichles just give it an EMP style effect.

  • 11.02.2009 10:52 PM PDT

keep the laser. there is gonna be alot of spartans

  • 11.02.2009 10:55 PM PDT

Its a trap!!!

Posted by: KOOL AID MAN777
Posted by: Meteor78
Laser is an awesome weapon and makes it so vehicles aren't so overpowered.

You are right. The laser makes sure the vehicles are not overpowered. In addition, it makes them not even a factor in the game. I can't tell you how many times I have been lasered in a vehicle in matchmaking. And before you tell me I suck, let me make my case.

In H3 matchmaking, there are only several different vehicles that appear (excluding Heavy as it is not a normal playlist). The laser dominates everyone of them to the point that no one usually want to drive/fly them.A great example is the laser on regular Sandtrap.

As soon as someone grabs it, the banshee is immeadiatly taken out of the fight, the warthogs are high priority targets as they are usually just drivable double kills, and anything else is doomed. Now you might tell me that the laser has a very limited ammo supply and it respawn is very long. This is all true. In addition to the laser, the vehicles have a rather long respawn as well. the warthogs seem to respawn every 30 sec., the mongoose(s) a little faster, and the banshee/hornet spawn time is a joke.

The laser, as it exists in H3 matchmaking right now, seems to be the only way people take down vehicles. this is sad because it prevents the use of other great tactics such as the power drain/ plasma pistol, the sticky grenades, and the good ole' fashioned jacking.

Realistically, the laser should not even be in the game due to the continuity and canon of the franchise, but I hope my arguement is proof enough of its deserved removal.


I half agree. I hate heavies and how their are a million lasers. Large maps should have only 1 laser.

Sure it still pwns a vehicle but team weapon control would be a better strategy. So if you want to rack up the kills in that hog then coordinate your team to control that weapon.

Heavy maps are rediculous. Laser in the base, laser at default map spawn, laser in the middle of nowhere. Laser everywhere.

Lasers should be on the middle of most maps and not easily avaliable at the doorstep of a base

  • 11.03.2009 1:49 AM PDT

Its a trap!!!

I propose no Powerdrain, Bubble, Regen in MM

If powerdrain makes it in MM keep its Emp effect and the ability to drain only overshields even in the invincible five seconds that the overshield is picked up. Pressing X and making the whole team one shot isnt very skilled

Even cooler. Electric grenades Emps a vehicle but doesnt destroy it. Can electrocute a spartan to death. Will in the same time a flame grenade can kill.

  • 11.03.2009 1:55 AM PDT

The plasma pistol. Is aggravates.

  • 11.03.2009 2:29 AM PDT

well, if the BR is in reach...will the spread be different? OMG i did not just post that, NERD RAGE!!! LoLZ

  • 11.03.2009 8:11 AM PDT
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only weapon to be romeved ? NONE. The Mauler is one of my favorits, The BR should just be less common, not removed, Power Drains, Regens, Bubble should also not be removed, they add more fun to the game. You dont want it like Halo CE Multiplayer: Very Stale and kinda like CS, very repetive and no true goal in it. Well, its no true goal in any game, but i think you get my meaning.

  • 11.03.2009 8:26 AM PDT

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Posted by: ultratog1028
BR-used by UNSC to defend Harvest 2525.

Poor defense and wrong. Only two were on Harvest. The guns were in development stages until Halo 2, when they were put into mass production. Even the Spartans hadn't seen these guns, so they were definitely not on Reach.


Nope. There were more than two, and if you read the book you'd see that. Two were given to Johnson and Byrne, and each of them got two to give to the two recruits of their platoon that they thought should get one. Jenkins and Forsell got them in Johnson's platoon, not sure about Byrne's.

And to be honest, just because a weapon isn't in Halo: CE doesn't mean it didn't exist at the time. Remember, only one ship with whatever was on it at the time was there. Powerful weapons like the Spartan Laser and weapons such as the BR (which was technically still in the developmental stage, but was an active weapon) would not be on a regular ship. Reach, on the other hand, is the most powerful military outpost of the UNSC. If anything, not only will weapons not be removed, but there will be more weapons that are prototypes.

  • 11.03.2009 8:36 AM PDT

Nothing to see here, move along.

Laser. It's far too powerful, it doesn't give the person in a vehicle a chance to defend themselves. You hear the lock-on warning bleep then boom, your dead.

  • 11.03.2009 9:01 AM PDT

Take out one of the useless weapons no one uses like the Spiker etc.

(Although my very first kill in Halo 3 was with a spiker.)

  • 11.03.2009 9:11 AM PDT

Time to die.

Flamethrower, because of the damage, like 0.1 flame and your dead. It should be around constant flaming for around 4 seconds and a 2 second burn after effect, max time before cooldown should be 4 seconds.

BR, because when people use it, they get cocky, they shoot in the head BANG instant kill and insult you on chat. This time, bad scope, more recoil, less damage.

Gauss Turrets, two shots to kill a person, fix the radius damage too, if your beside where it hits you die, you should be in the explosion.

  • 11.03.2009 9:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: WEE MCKINNON 08
Take out one of the useless weapons no one uses like the Spiker etc.


And leave the AR, BR rocket launcher and sniper rifle... Thats the weapons everybody uses.
No seriously, just because you do not use the spiker doesn't mean that no one else uses it :)

  • 11.03.2009 9:25 AM PDT

Time to die.

Posted by: TheyCalMeLudlam
uhhhhhh needler, i dont know it takes like 3 needles then ber-co-boom! you fly across the map thinking "dang..."


You my friend don't know the Needler Avoidance Skills, walk backwards when you are shot at, bunnyhopping to the left or right then make a run for the guy shooting your weapon and doing a beat down, problem solved. No more noobs using Needlers to get in the top half of Rumble Pit.

  • 11.03.2009 9:29 AM PDT

When faced with a life or death situation, what would you do? Some say to run is cowardice. I say, would you rather live a "coward", or die a fool?

Assault rifle & spiker:WAY too weak.
The needler is for those who have no skill,and need a guided weapon.needler definitely should go.
Flame thrower is basically pointless,enemies when on fire just jump on you and kill you,defeating the purpose.

  • 11.03.2009 9:32 AM PDT

Pie anyone?

Posted by: dpking1
Why the hate for the br? just because you guys suck with it and have no clue how to use it, you shouldn't hate it. Btw maybe you should stop using your assault rifle at long range. it's a close range weapon and should only be used close up. You guys hating on the br obviously suck with it. You guys just don't know the brs potential, but once you do, you will love it. Believe me, i know from experience. I started loving the br at lvl 15. It makes you better. Believe me.

Anyways, on topic, get rid of the missile pod. It locks on for fukks sake and it just destroys vehicles. I don't want to get in a vehicle if i know six seconds later i will start to hear that ticking noise and then blow up. YOu have lasers and rockets for anti aircraft and other vehicles. Oh yeh, the spiker and smg should be powered up, the plasma rifle should be able to kill instead of quickly draing health, and plasma pistols should also be able to kill.


Obvious troll is obvious.
Seriously, you think we suck just because we "can't" use the BR (which is a retarded weapon, always has been).
EVERYONE can use the BR!

Q: The BR's potential?
A: Jack -blam!-. It's just "aim at the head and shoot"

And you don't use an AR at long range, for that you use a sniper.

SO, get your facts right or GTFO.

  • 11.03.2009 9:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: BERserXHAloguy5
Assault rifle & spiker:WAY too weak.
The needler is for those who have no skill,and need a guided weapon.needler definitely should go.
Flame thrower is basically pointless,enemies when on fire just jump on you and kill you,defeating the purpose.


It's a Halo classic! Just because it is stronger in Halo 3 than in halo ce and 2 doesn't mean you have to scrap it

And the AR is way to easy to use, if you want a noob weapon, AR is your choice. Just aim and push the trigger

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  • 11.03.2009 9:35 AM PDT

Because aliens.

The Mauler and the Sentinel Beam. No seriously, both weapons are pointless and idiotic. And why did they invent the Sentinel Beam? It's never in matchmaking, and it is a weak weapon that nobody uses. As for the Mauler... We already have a Shotgun, thank you.

But I want to see more Firebombs. They were almost never used in either Campaign or Matchmaking, just on the Ark. But it is a bit more common in ODST, which is good

  • 11.03.2009 9:37 AM PDT

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Spartan Laser.
What? Why? I love the laser!
Same here, Spartan Lasers actually take SKILL to use, if you don't know what I mean, then you obviously don't have much Splaser experience.

THe Splazer is my favorite wepon. And it is not overpowered. It takes 2 shots with it to hit a scorpion. ANd takes skill to use.

  • 11.03.2009 9:37 AM PDT

Because aliens.

Posted by: dpking1
Why the hate for the br? just because you guys suck with it and have no clue how to use it, you shouldn't hate it. Btw maybe you should stop using your assault rifle at long range. it's a close range weapon and should only be used close up. You guys hating on the br obviously suck with it. You guys just don't know the brs potential, but once you do, you will love it. Believe me, i know from experience. I started loving the br at lvl 15. It makes you better. Believe me.

Anyways, on topic, get rid of the missile pod. It locks on for fukks sake and it just destroys vehicles. I don't want to get in a vehicle if i know six seconds later i will start to hear that ticking noise and then blow up. YOu have lasers and rockets for anti aircraft and other vehicles. Oh yeh, the spiker and smg should be powered up, the plasma rifle should be able to kill instead of quickly draing health, and plasma pistols should also be able to kill.


Seriously. The BR was a massive mistake by Bungie. It made most weapons useless (like the sword or AR) and because everyone starts with it, it's almost no point of taking the power weapons. Just look at the M16 (or M14 if you're extreme) in CoD 4. Yes, it works like a BR, but at least you CAN fight back and don't have to be PWND every second by the same player over and over again (unless he's spawncamping, but that's a different story). Just miss a shot and you're doomed.

As for the missile pod, I wouldn't take it away. It is a replacement for the homing rockets in Halo 2, yes I know, but if you're at a distance you can easily dodge/get behind some cover.

[Edited on 11.03.2009 10:02 AM PST]

  • 11.03.2009 9:44 AM PDT
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The Mauler and the Sentinel Beam. No seriously, both weapons are pointless and idiotic. And why did they invent the Sentinel Beam? It's never in matchmaking, and it is a weak weapon that nobody uses. As for the Mauler... We already have a Shotgun, thank you.


And we have a sniper rifle, delete the beamrifle. And we have a BR, scrap the Carbine. Wouldn't it be a bit boring with just one shotgun?

  • 11.03.2009 9:45 AM PDT

When faced with a life or death situation, what would you do? Some say to run is cowardice. I say, would you rather live a "coward", or die a fool?

[quote]Posted by: MATO
And we have a sniper rifle, delete the beamrifle. And we have a BR, scrap the Carbine. Wouldn't it be a bit boring with just one shotgun?

Yes,I agree,mauler should stay.

  • 11.03.2009 9:52 AM PDT