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Posted by: MLG Cheehwawa
Nah.
Scrap the Laser. Keep the Homing Rockets out. Keep the Missile Pod, and add a new anti-vehicle power weapon to replace the Laser. The Gauss Rifle (the one Johnson used in Contact Harvest).
Same power (can kill most vehicles in one hit), firing rate, but you would actually need to lead with it, unlike the laser, so it would take skill, unlike the laser.
To balance it against infantry since it wouldn't have a charge rate, it could drain your shield generators in order to accelerate the slug... in other words, you pull the trigger, your shields are gone.
The problem I have with the missile pod is it is a spray weapon. Just yank the trigger till what you're shooting at dies. It has no skill gap or tactical decision making. The homing rocket on the other hand was a tactical gun. You had to choose what to shoot at because of the low ammo. Other issues are that the rocket was far easier to dodge than the missile pod, making it even more of a skillful weapon than it. Sure you are a walking target with the missile pod, but that isn't enough. The gun is awkward and easy for anyone to use.
As much as I love the laser, canonically it wasn't at Reach. So, homing rockets should return, in my opinion. If anything, just for air vehicles. It gives the weapon a strategic advantage an importance unlike in Halo 3, where Rockets are hardly a threat anymore. The only reason I really don't use rockets much is because 65% of the time my rocket gets deflected by some random grenade which makes utterly no sense. My good aim is rewarded with nothing most every time I use the gun. So while we are speaking of rockets, please for the love of god remove the deflection mechanic.