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Subject: Which is better?
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Poll: Which is better?  [closed]
Carbine:  58%
(21 Votes)
Needle Rifle:  42%
(15 Votes)
Total Votes: 36

This thread is about the effectiveness of the carbine, or the needle rifle. The carbine fires radioactive rounds, which can kill if given enough time. However, the needle rifle's needles detonate after a short period of time, killing much quicker. It also fires full-auto, but has a rate of fire slower than if you mash the trigger. So in your opinion, which is better, the Carbine, or Needle rifle?

  • 03.01.2011 4:41 PM PDT

"The blood I bleed is black indeed."

I like the plasma pistol better....

  • 03.01.2011 6:52 PM PDT

:P

Foman is awesome!

The tank.

  • 03.01.2011 7:05 PM PDT

If only it was that easy, story teller.

"It's not about the languages you know, but the concepts that reside within all of them.

Personally I like the Needle Rifle better. Has more of a feel to it and isn't all toy-like compared to the Carbine.

  • 03.01.2011 7:08 PM PDT

I had waaaaaay too much fun playing SWAT Carbines on Warlock to like the needle rifle better.

  • 03.01.2011 8:01 PM PDT

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"Ignorance is a plague."

Close, but the plague killed those infected with it, and the ignorant are still alive.
I wish ignorance was a plague.

I prefer the needle rifle. In Halo 3, I rarely would take the carbine over the BR. In Reach, I like to use the needle rifle over the DMR sometimes.

  • 03.01.2011 9:07 PM PDT

The tide is turning, brothers! Let us take our kingdom back!

Hmm... probably a tie. I couldn't decide between them.

  • 03.01.2011 9:23 PM PDT
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It depends on the Halo game from which the two weapons were from.

If it's Halo 2, then I will absolutely say that the needler was second to the best weapon in the game (the Scarab Gun), but only if it was dual-weilded. While that combination may have been ridiculously overpowered, it was awesome to use against the enemy.

In Halo 3, I would say that the carbine is the best choice. I get a feeling of pinpoint accuracy when using it in anything and I feel more confident to pull off a stylish headshot with it rather than a weapon such as the Beam Rifle.

I haven't played ODST or Reach, so I don't have an opinion for those two games.

  • 03.01.2011 10:25 PM PDT
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UWG

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I like them both, for different reasons.

The Needle Rifle feels more precise, but the Carbine feels more powerful.

  • 03.02.2011 2:32 AM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.

I miss the Carbine.

  • 03.02.2011 3:28 AM PDT

I am a practicing traditional Catholic.

Needler Rifle. Simple mathematics.
Cooler + Explodes Enemies = Better.

  • 03.02.2011 4:37 AM PDT
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More precise reticle + Supercombine.

  • 03.02.2011 6:20 AM PDT
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Carbine feels like a joke unless you're ridiculously close at somebody headshotting.

  • 03.02.2011 7:07 AM PDT