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Subject: Giant Needler/Phantom gun myth?

E4web

Hello. Just a quick question.

I remember back in the days of dissecting Halo 2 for all its secrets, there was a lot of talk concerning an obtainable Giant Needler weapon/Phantom gun on Delta Halo, specifically around the lake somewhere. I searched for this for a long time, with no results. I remember that it had some veracity as it was referenced in the game files, at least that's what the modders were saying.

Anyway, can somebody clear up the confusion for me? This has been bugging me for the last four years or so. What's the story behind the Giant Needler/Phantom gun?

  • 06.22.2010 5:04 AM PDT

if theres a file, its probably a dud to confuse modders

  • 06.22.2010 6:32 PM PDT
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All it took was a stew of whoopass.

Have you researched it around the web? People say the wiki is bad, I beg to differ. Let me look, if I find something, I'll edit it in. Can you give me some sort of lead? Like the name other than the one you gave yourself?

  • 06.22.2010 6:54 PM PDT

From what I've read, the phantom gun looks like a mod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9bg8nSeJ1s

  • 06.22.2010 9:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sparton 056
if theres a file, its probably a dud to confuse modders
It's not a dud, u nub.

The Phantom gun, is like the scarab, it shoots phantom projectiles and has the speed burst behavior of the needler.

It was used in the beginning cutscene of Sacred Icon, to shoot the Sentinel Enforcer, it was then deleted from the scene.

It's in Outskirts, Sacred Icon...don't know the other levels.

Oh, and get this, you have to mod inorder to retrieve it, that's not to say the gun is fake, it's real, but there's no way of getting it without mods.

There are some people who saved this weapon on Action Replay gamesaves.

[Edited on 06.23.2010 3:37 AM PDT]

  • 06.23.2010 3:32 AM PDT

''Why you looking at me?''

Just noting you . i may be banned. but when i mod H2V ( give me this one chance bungie to say this ) theres a projectile saying big needle { a projectile is what the gun fires } anyhues i saw it there and im thinking ''wtf i have nener saw a big needle gun'' ive never payed attention to it , since it looks boring to mod '-' well im just saying that its still programed in H2V

  • 06.23.2010 4:41 AM PDT

The Sausage King of Chicago.

There is a phantom gun. I got it through the Action Replay on Outskirts. It is basically the same thing as a scarab gun, plasma rifle with unlimited ammo, but it fires phantom turret rounds instead.

[Edited on 06.23.2010 4:10 PM PDT]

  • 06.23.2010 4:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: Samcrosby13
well im just saying that its still programed in H2V
That sounds really stupid.
It would suffice to say, nothing was removed when HiredGun ported the game.
It is not programming, it's files.
Modding is not illegal. Asking how to mod will get you banned from Bungie.net
Posted by: True Blue754
There is a phantom gun. I got it through the Action Replay on Outskirts. It is basically the same thing as a scarab gun, plasma rifle with unlimited ammo, but it fires phantom turret rounds instead.
Yeah, Phantom Rifle and Scarab rifle were mainly used for cinematic purposes, since Bungie could not run AI during cutscenes.

[Edited on 06.24.2010 1:06 AM PDT]

  • 06.24.2010 1:05 AM PDT