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Subject: AR or Needler
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Poll: The following weapons are in front of you. Which one do you choose?  [closed]
Assault Rifle:  54%
(20 Votes)
Needler:  46%
(17 Votes)
Total Votes: 37

[EDIT] You're in a MP game... and you have either Assault Rifle or Needler to choose.
Which one do you pick up?

[Edited on 8/12/2004 9:17:22 AM]

  • 08.12.2004 9:10 AM PDT
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SPAM.

i would pick up both DUH. trade in the pistol for the AR. pick up the needler. AND is this in SP or MP? this is SPAM.

[Edited on 8/12/2004 9:15:04 AM]

  • 08.12.2004 9:13 AM PDT
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in MP. and you can only choose one.

  • 08.12.2004 9:16 AM PDT
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the ar is pretty good but i like adding insult to injury by killing some one with a pink splosion

  • 08.12.2004 10:27 AM PDT

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It depends on the shield setting. If it's normal 100% shield, Assault Rifle. If it's 400% shield, Needler.

  • 08.12.2004 10:30 AM PDT
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I would rather melee someone to death with an empty needler then pick up an AR. No kidding.

I'm good with the AR, but I think it's kind of pathetic. We have better technology than that today, let alone 500 years in the future.

[Edited on 8/13/2004 8:11:53 AM]

  • 08.12.2004 12:11 PM PDT
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How do they fit 60 bullets in the AR clip, them being so small might explain the AR's pathetic damage...

  • 08.12.2004 12:54 PM PDT
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I'd pick the Needler up, just because it looks more painful. The AR is a poorly tuned gun in Halo... I wish they could have made it slightly stronger and more realistic.

  • 08.12.2004 5:25 PM PDT
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I personally think that the AR is crap and I get rid of it any chance I can.

I can see how people don't like the Needler as it does have drawbacks (for example: damage delay and determined maximum range). Thing is, I think that its advantages (homing rounds, explosive capability and quick clip emptying) far out weighs the drawbacks.

  • 08.13.2004 5:59 AM PDT
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well,this post is stupid if you can only choose one i would pick up both.

but it would depend on the map,in a small map i would choose the AR,while i hate it (and would pick the shotgun or PR anytime over the AR) its still good in small maps.

in a big map i would choose the needler. just stay far away from the enemy then just fire clip after clip with it.

  • 08.13.2004 8:09 AM PDT
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i dont noe y every1 hates the AR so much...its ok when u use it right, i actually enjoy it w/ the plasma pistol...however nothing beats the needler for elites...admitedly tho the AR is one of the only parts of halos story that just flat out doesnt make any sense...i mean our own standard weapons in the military are much more accurate, and possilby more powerful (ive never shot an elite w/ a modern assault rifle)...the battle rifle is much more realistic...but anywayz it depends on the situation

  • 08.13.2004 9:03 PM PDT
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Simple, if we're talking single player the AR is absolutely useless outside of popping the squidy bastards, and the needler works just as well at that task. Multiplayer, the AR is a choice weapon; it's the ultimate anti-sniper weapon due to its ROF and spread, controlled bursts and dodging at medium range can soften overshield or stealth opponents reguardless of their weapons loadout (aside from rockets of course), and in close quarters (fifteen-round burst + melee) * 4 = killtacular without reloading!

  • 08.13.2004 9:32 PM PDT
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Needler, ar is weak.

  • 08.14.2004 6:36 PM PDT
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The assault rifle is a sick nasty close range weapon. When playing against people who arent shotgun gods, i prefer the assault rifle as my close range weapon. If you know how to use it, anyone within 10 feet of you is basically dead. Just run at them holding down the R button and hit them with a melee without stopping, just keep running. Instant death, assuming they dont have an OS, and all in 1 second. The needler aint got nothin on that.

  • 08.14.2004 7:11 PM PDT