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Subject: Worst Weapons in the game
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I have had many troubles the crappy guns that you pick up during the game. I was wondering if anyone has had trouble with this as well

  • 05.15.2006 2:28 PM PDT
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which guns in particular?

  • 05.15.2006 2:33 PM PDT
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The Plasma guns, but I think that it could be that they just suck

  • 05.15.2006 2:49 PM PDT
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Plasma weapons take down shields faster than human guns.

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and it freezes their movement too...hehe...favorite tactic in Halo1...alas, it was not to be in Halo2.

worst gun would have to be the needler and the....well, the assualt rifle's awesome, but I would have to say that if I would have to catagorize them best to worst, the assualt rifle would be second to last

  • 05.15.2006 4:34 PM PDT
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Yeah pretty much every gun in the game is good besides the Needler. The only reason is the lack of weapons in Halo:CE which IMO dulls it down but either way you look at it. Halo:CE > Halo 2.

  • 05.15.2006 5:14 PM PDT

Its good wiht the weapons it has. Needler is good if youre trying to quickyl take down a flood or elite or set off a chain reaction or something. Although the AR was great, it wasnt the most reliable weapon, and plasma weapons werent good at killing....

  • 05.15.2006 6:12 PM PDT
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in single player, all weapons are useful.

but in online multiplayer (as in XBC, XLK, or HaloPC online multiplayer), the needler and the Assault Rifle sucked badly.

  • 05.15.2006 6:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: chickenlittle
Its good wiht the weapons it has. Needler is good if youre trying to quickyl take down a flood or elite or set off a chain reaction or something. Although the AR was great, it wasnt the most reliable weapon, and plasma weapons werent good at killing....


I agree with you. All of the weapons were pretty usefull if you knew how to use them.

Palsma weapons: good for taking down shields (especially plasma pistol)

AR: good for tearing through pretty much anything that doesn't have a shield at medium to short range.

M6D Pistol: good for one shot grunt kills, unshielded elite kills, and getting past those little holes on the jakal shields.

shotgun: very effective at close range, somewhat effective at medium range. although you can blast an elites shields away with this gun you can't shoot through a jakal's shields.

Needler: while not the most popular weapon, can be useful in certain situations, mostly desperate situations.

Sniper Rifle: good for...well...sniping.

Rocket Launcher: good for taking out vehicles and infantry in tight formations. Hard to hit wraith tanks from a distance because they don't come at you head on like ghosts and banshees, they can dodge the missle, which can be frustrating.

  • 05.15.2006 6:42 PM PDT
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Needler!

  • 06.27.2006 11:49 AM PDT

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It is funny to think that the covanent has 3 useable wepons, all of which, except pp if used carefully, suck.
the needler-doesn't follow well and makes me mad when all of them follow one dude instead of different grunts
PP-only good when charged, then swich to pistol
PR- decent, not good once shields are down, which doesn't matter alot considering 2/3 of the enemies are shieldless, grunts, jackals, flood, hunter,ect

  • 06.27.2006 1:55 PM PDT
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On a harder difficulty in campaign, I always try to pick up a Plasma Pistol or Plasma Rifle with an addition of a Human gun. Plasma weapons tear through shields easier than other guns.

But with multiplayer, I think any weapon will work... depending on the map. I particularly love the Assault Rifle for Xbox, but can't stand it on the PC. It works wonders on tiny maps like Wizard or even Hang 'em High, provided you have a power weapon to keep it balanced. And the Needler is the thing I try to use for Battle Creek. Best darn explosions. Pink 'splosions, too.

Basically, on Xbox, the weapon I don't use most is plasma pistol.
On PC, the weapon I don't use is the sniper rifle, when I don't have to. My hand is much to jumpy to get a head shot.

  • 06.27.2006 4:29 PM PDT

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Plasma guns do not suck. You just can't use them. I'm not a huge fan of the Plasma pistol, because it's not automatic, but I love the rifle.

  • 07.03.2006 2:45 PM PDT
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I hate the plasma rifle. It sucks because you can only fire like 12 shots on auto till it heats up. I don't hate the pistol, because it is more acurate, but the plasma rifle is just worthless.

[Edited on 7/3/2006]

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Posted by: moneyburner
It is funny to think that the covanent has 3 useable wepons, all of which, except pp if used carefully, suck.
the needler-doesn't follow well and makes me mad when all of them follow one dude instead of different grunts
PP-only good when charged, then swich to pistol
PR- decent, not good once shields are down, which doesn't matter alot considering 2/3 of the enemies are shieldless, grunts, jackals, flood, hunter,ect


I think you'll find that plasma weapons are infinitely useful on all difficulties, although I tend not to use them, what with human weapons being cooler and all. I agree that the Needler is fairly useless, but the Plasma Pistol is handy for taking down all sorts of enemies, what with the tracking of the charged shot and all. The Plasma Rifle has good automatic and burst fire, and does a considerable amount of damage.

  • 07.03.2006 4:21 PM PDT
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Don't diss the assault rifle, just cuz it can't tear through shields, doesn't mean it's horrible, I always go through Two Betrayals with rarely a shotgun, but an assault rifle, it tears through unshielded flesh easily, and it would own a Brute in matter of seconds if it was in halo 2, it was my best camaign companion, and also, in multiplayer, it's one of the most awesome run up to enemy guns blazing guns. I have personally teared through many players with ease with this automatic guns, and it's the most real sounding of all weapons, it's no way the worst gun, in fact, non of the guns are the worst, they are the best at their own tatics.

P.S. The Covies use four weapons, you left out the sword, and it ownz. This is a reply to sharpshooter's post.

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  • 07.03.2006 4:29 PM PDT

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Posted by: blackke0695
I hate the plasma rifle. It sucks because you can only fire like 12 shots on auto till it heats up. I don't hate the pistol, because it is more acurate, but the plasma rifle is just worthless.


That's why you DON'T OPEN FIRE. Just like the assault rifle, fire in short, controlled bursts.

  • 07.04.2006 3:43 PM PDT
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the needler is awful, but i would have to say the plasma guns -blam!-. i would consider taking them over the shotgun in haloCE and definetly in halo2.

the plasma rifle stun is wonderful. at short ranges you can switch to another weapon and have a fast melee attack to finish the enemy off after the shields have been killed. and at longer ranges, if you land 4 plasma balls, you can switch to any human weapon and kill extremely fast. the shotgun is my personal favorite.

with the plasma pistol, running in circles around the enemy is good fun. and both plasma guns make the overshields fairly worthless.

and there are 5 weapons: the sword and FRG. both of which are very powerful.

  • 07.04.2006 6:06 PM PDT
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Assualt Rifle most definately is the worst weapon. However, for Halo 2, I'd have to say the magnum... I miss TSK :'(

Since everyone here seems to hate the needler, let me stand up for the little guy (its not his fault you suck when you use him).

You hear the sucking of air - the sound of a needler being strapped on. A small crunchy sound signifies the reloading. Zooming in with the sniper rifle, you view where you know your opponent will come out. He does. But look at all those needles hurdling towards you. Do you take a shot and risk it? Or do you dodge frantically?

Needless to say, the needler and its needles are the ultimate anti-camper sniper weapon. My most common annoyance was the sniper camping spot on Danger Canyon (Halo PC). Now I'm not a that bad sniper myself, but the odds are still quite high for the camper who is already in position. So what do I do? I go inside the main building, strap on the needler, charge him shooting the needles rapidly.

The camper has no chance but to dodge, else he'll blow up in a cloud of purple smoke. He can't shoot due to the small fire area the sniper has, and the chances are he'll miss because of the dodging (or fall off the cliff). While he is occupied with the needles (and by the time they get there I should have reloaded by then and released another clip) I run across the bridge. Pulling out the shotgun, I pump a shell of lead into the sniper.

Replace needler with the camper's sniper and I'm ready to continue.

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All of the weapons have their strengthens. The assault rifle versus an enemy with shields was pretty useless.

  • 07.05.2006 11:17 AM PDT
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I loved the needler!

Especially on Hang 'em high...you wait in the distance, and when an unsuspecting victim runs by, you just fire a pink strand, he'll run into a group of more enemies, he'll explode, killing himself and damaging others, and then you whip out an AR or some grenades and finish off the rest.

  • 07.05.2006 11:55 AM PDT
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The Plasma Pistol is probably the Go 2 Gun when you are battling in legendary difficulty of Halo 1.

  • 07.05.2006 2:32 PM PDT
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First if your gonna diss the AR, try using it as a backup weapon, it really helps.

Anyway, id have to say that the plasma rifle is the least useful in both campaign and multiplayer.

  • 07.05.2006 4:19 PM PDT
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i hate the plasma pistol its a peashooter it annoys me

  • 07.05.2006 5:47 PM PDT
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Don't rip on the needler. It was the only reason that i beat half the levels on legendary. It is the go to gun for killing elites.

  • 07.05.2006 10:50 PM PDT

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