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"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstien
I do not consider the Laser overpowered either. I consider the weapon too advanced for previous UNSC use. it wasn't until after extensive covenant combat the UNSC was able to gain personal shielding, let alone the only light based weapon in the UNSC arsenal EVER. If spartan lasers had been around earlier, they would probably have been the replacement for MAC cannons on UNSC ships. Canonically, the Spartan Laser is a mess only because of Halo Wars.
The ONLY reason I was accepting of Halo Wars having weaponry from later in the series was because of the technology tier that led up to it during game play. But I do not consider those canonical developments in the slightest. I also don't consider first appearance to be first use either. But the Halo universe would not make sense if all these weapons existed from the get go. There is a definite, logical timeline for these guns to appear. Advancements which are directly related to the human-covenant war. Let me explain:
Human weaponry had one advantage over Covenant weaponry in both space and ground warfare: range. The MAC had superior range to all Covenant weaponry, which is why the Covenant developed a ship which utilized a high concentration plasma cannon at Reach. It was perfect because it was able to fire outside the effective range of the MAC defense grid.
This ship was similar in appearance to the Beam Rifle, which was developed afterward when the technology was finally reduced in size and became applicable to infantry combat - AKA Halo 2. This was done in concert with the Covenant's adaptation of the new human rifle - the BR. They developed an equivalent gun called the Carbine which competed with this weapon. This is the Covenant's key trait, the borrowing of technology.
Because human technology was so poor at destroying covenant armor, the UNSC decided to create a new gun specifically made for the obliteration of the Covenant armored column. This gun was probably called the Spartan Laser not because of it being in the hands of a Spartan, but because of its ability to change the tide of battle. This weapon was completed during the events of First Strike, and was put into circulation during the events of Halo 2 just before the battle of New Mombasa (which is why it was only in the hands of Earth forces at the time).
[Edited on 11.02.2009 4:56 PM PST]