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  • Poll [22 votes]: 5-shot Fuel Rod or normal 4-shot Rocket?
Subject: 5-shot Fuel Rod or normal 4-shot Rocket?

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Poll: 5-shot Fuel Rod or normal 4-shot Rocket?  [closed]
5 shot Fuel Rod (no spare clips):  27%
(6 Votes)
4 shot Rocket (1 spare clip):  73%
(16 Votes)
Total Votes: 22

I want to see if people could see any competitive use of the Fuel Rod gun.
Pros + Cons of this debate:
Rocket pros:
- The most basic and go-to heavy weapon in mostly all maps, simply because it's seen a lot and is quite a balanced weapon if set in a map properly.

- Very good splash damage can make or break games, namely exterminations, minor multikills.

- Anti-air Lockon ability.

Rocket cons:
- Close quarters situations, where if you have a guy bolting you with a sword or is going to slap you with a fist, you have no other choice but suicide.

-Very slow moving bullet, but faster than fuel rod overtime.

Fuel Rod pros:
- The Fuel Rod is a very underrated but overpowered gun if it has too many clips in. By underrated, I mean it is only in 3 maps, Spire, Timberland Anniversary, Asphalt and formerly Cragmire.

- Takes a little more skill to use than a rocket, instead of blasting the crap out of your enemy, you have to shoot at them deadset due to the wimpy splash damage.

- Has a higher fire rate than rockets do.

- Has more than twice the clip of a rocket, but this has no backup clips.

- Safe to use in CQC situations.

Fuel Rod cons:

- For a second the Fuel Rod has a faster bullet than a rocket, but after that it's slower than a rocket.

- Has no anti-air lock-on, not to be confused with the Banshee bomb with is a Fuel Rod with Rocket splash damage.

- Has a habit of ricocheting off walls.

I'd actually would like to see the Fuel Rod in use a bit more in 4v4 Slayer maps.

[Edited on 04.06.2012 10:41 PM PDT]

  • 04.06.2012 10:48 AM PDT
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Doesn't the Fuel rod cause frame rate lag?

  • 04.06.2012 10:50 AM PDT

Every single pummel I have is unboosted.
I play GGL. (Grifball)
I hit inheritor 14/1/12. 16 months after release. I have a life fellas.
Every single killionaire I have is unboosted. 22 from grifball, 4 from LD.

I don't think so.

  • 04.06.2012 10:53 AM PDT


Posted by: Bungie fan no7
Doesn't the Fuel rod cause frame rate lag?
Not in Reach as far as I know.

I wouldn't mind seeing it a bit more frequently. I have noticed it can be slightly unreliable online with the bouncing effect though.

[Edited on 04.06.2012 10:56 AM PDT]

  • 04.06.2012 10:55 AM PDT
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Fuel Rod has more ammo.

  • 04.06.2012 11:11 AM PDT

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Rockets are better. People spam the fuel rod and it has a higher RoF, taking the skill out of using it methodically and just emptying it to rack up quick kills rather than save it for important kills.

  • 04.06.2012 11:16 AM PDT

Ever wonder what's up there?

I always thought that the Fuel Rod should come with 1 clip, 5 bullets total.

It could then be placed as a power weapon in more maps.

  • 04.06.2012 11:18 AM PDT

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

Fuel Rod con: it bounces off walls, the floor and ceiling, and the person you are shooting. Unless you aren't me.

  • 04.06.2012 11:18 AM PDT

Pros:
Rocket launcher, because it has a larger damage radius/more damage per shot and faster.

Cons:
Reload time is slower than Fuel Rod Gun. However it does bounce off corners with can help if you wanna shoot around a corner. Also terrible...because it bounces off walls.

  • 04.06.2012 11:28 AM PDT

I takes a little bit more grace to properly operate the FRG, so ill vote that.

  • 04.06.2012 1:58 PM PDT

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Fuel rod gun can shoot faster and bounce of close by walls.

  • 04.06.2012 6:23 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
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Fuel Rod gets you more kills if you're good with it.

  • 04.06.2012 6:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: RustedEdge
Fuel Rod gets you more kills if you're good with it.

  • 04.06.2012 6:50 PM PDT

rockets are more powerful fuel rod is underpowered unless up close it shouldn't even be a power weapon

  • 04.06.2012 6:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: Inb4BadassBilly
Rocket pros:
-is quite a balanced weapon

You sir are hilarious.

  • 04.06.2012 7:13 PM PDT

Every single pummel I have is unboosted.
I play GGL. (Grifball)
I hit inheritor 14/1/12. 16 months after release. I have a life fellas.
Every single killionaire I have is unboosted. 22 from grifball, 4 from LD.


Posted by: CrazyT
Fuel Rod has more ammo.


But it has no reload. Once it's gone, it's gone for 2-3 minutes.

Posted by: analbumcover
Posted by: Inb4BadassBilly
Rocket pros:
-is quite a balanced weapon

You sir are hilarious.

Good sir, your the one with the Mongoose ToD. :)
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[Edited on 04.06.2012 10:47 PM PDT]

  • 04.06.2012 10:40 PM PDT

Every single pummel I have is unboosted.
I play GGL. (Grifball)
I hit inheritor 14/1/12. 16 months after release. I have a life fellas.
Every single killionaire I have is unboosted. 22 from grifball, 4 from LD.

Bumping, I don't this thread to die... yet.

  • 04.07.2012 7:17 PM PDT