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Subject: why did the halo universe get rid of the plasma rifle?

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this was an icon of halo, it was even shown on the front of the cover of first strike. why was this gun removed from reach and halo 4? i enjoyed the gun and used it to pwn many a noobs back in the day.
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  • 12.05.2012 11:34 AM PDT
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Posted by: mvyorkie009
this was an icon of halo, it was even shown on the front of the cover of first strike. why was this gun removed from reach and halo 4? i enjoyed the gun and used it to pwn many a noobs back in the day.
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The plasma rifle was in reach.....

  • 12.05.2012 11:34 AM PDT

Butt ugly ape” remarked Sergeant Johnson always making fun out of the situation even though he had been hit by a spiker round in the arm. He mustered up the strength to continue and the team moved on. The Arbiter informed him that the next room held The Prophet of Truth and this was the final room before extraction. Jun proposed that he takes a shot from a distance the prophet and they all head back to the ship bay for extraction. The team agreed on this and breached the last door…

Storm Rifle.

  • 12.05.2012 11:35 AM PDT

Posted by: IrIsHmAn04
no its legit, i used coordinates, set weapon timers the works.

Because the Covenant are tired of being equipped with useless weapons that continually allows them to get their ass kicked every time a battle breaks out.

  • 12.05.2012 11:37 AM PDT

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I liked the plasma rifle too, nothing like two plasma rifles in Halo 2 or 3.

But I'm pretty sure Reach had it too..

  • 12.05.2012 11:37 AM PDT

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That gun made us more susceptible to genital wort wort worts.

  • 12.05.2012 11:37 AM PDT

Nevermind.

[Edited on 12.05.2012 12:47 PM PST]

  • 12.05.2012 11:38 AM PDT

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=39477223


Posted by: Big Black Bear
There was no Plasma Rifle in Reach.

There was a Plasma Repeater.


Not quite.

  • 12.05.2012 11:39 AM PDT
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Posted by: Big Black Bear
There was no Plasma Rifle in Reach.

There was a Plasma Repeater.
No.

  • 12.05.2012 11:40 AM PDT


Posted by: Big Black Bear
There was no Plasma Rifle in Reach.

There was a Plasma Repeater.


How did you...


...not see the Plasma Rifle?

  • 12.05.2012 11:40 AM PDT

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Posted by: Big Black Bear
There was no Plasma Rifle in Reach.

There was a Plasma Repeater.


Then this is a Hax.

  • 12.05.2012 11:40 AM PDT

Because no one in matchmaking ever said, alright rush for plasma rifle, we need to get it before them, that way they'll have rockets and sniper rifles, but its okay, ill take them out with my plasma rifle.

thats why.

  • 12.05.2012 11:40 AM PDT
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Because in Reach, they had the bulky Plasma Repeater, which the Covenant decided to streamline into mass-produced plasma rifles for the duration of Halo 1-3. Then the Storm faction split off and they decided to use their own rifles.

Maybe. Who knows.

  • 12.05.2012 11:41 AM PDT
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Actually, you're wrong, it's in both games, but for Halo 4 it's just in the prologue cutscene.

  • 12.05.2012 11:41 AM PDT

Okay, so I'm an idiot... There is a Plasma Rifle and a Plasma Repeater. Clearly it's been a while since I've played Reach.

So, what the hell was the difference between them, then?

[Edited on 12.05.2012 11:45 AM PST]

  • 12.05.2012 11:44 AM PDT


Posted by: Big Black Bear
Okay, so I'm an idiot... There is a Plasma Rifle and an Plasma Repeater. Clearly it's been a while since I've played Reach.

So, what the hell was the difference between them, then?


The repeater does more damage against flesh, opposite for the rifle

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Posted by: Big Black Bear
Okay, so I'm an idiot... There is a Plasma Rifle and an Plasma Repeater. Clearly it's been a while since I've played Reach.

So, what the hell was the difference between them, then?
The plasma rifle didn't suck.

  • 12.05.2012 11:45 AM PDT

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Posted by: Big Black Bear
Okay, so I'm an idiot... There is a Plasma Rifle and an Plasma Repeater. Clearly it's been a while since I've played Reach.

So, what the hell was the difference between them, then?


The Plasma Repeater sucked.

Seriously though the Plasma Repeater shot faster but had terrible accuracy, the Plasma Rifle was still very similar to past Halo games.

  • 12.05.2012 11:45 AM PDT
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Posted by: Big Black Bear
So, what the hell was the difference between them, then?

-- Each shot of the plasma repeater is .5% of the battery, making a total of 200 shots possible. Each shot from the plasma rifle is .25%, for a total of 400 shots possible.
-- The plasma repeater takes 18 shots to kill a spartan, while only 16 are needed with the plasma rifle.
-- The bolts fired from the plasma repeater travel faster than those of the plasma rifle (at 50.00 meters, the repeater's shots take .5 seconds to reach the target, while the plasma rifle's take .6 seconds).
-- The bolts of the plasma repeater have a purple hue, in contrast to the blue hue of those from the plasma rifle.
-- The firing rate of the plasma repeater decreases over time; the plasma rifle's increases.
-- The accuracy of the plasma repeater increases the longer it is fired (due to the decreasing ROF); the plasma rifle's remains constant.
-- The plasma repeater can be manually cooled, either all at once or in several intervals, while the plasma rifle is forced to vent excess heat all at once.
-- The plasma repeater features aim assist for the Sangheili, but the plasma rifle lacks such targeting aid.
-- According to Bungie, the Plasma Repeater is the Covenant's equivalent to the UNSC's MA5 Series.
-- The weapon was designed primarily for Multiplayer for balancing purposes, but it also appears in Halo: Reach's Campaign and Firefight,[4] appearing before the Plasma Rifle does.
-- The Plasma Repeater actually never overheats, building up heat which slows its rate of fire and accuracy until it is either vented or runs out of battery. This makes it one of the few battery-operated Covenant weapons to not be burdened with a necessary cool-down.

  • 12.05.2012 11:52 AM PDT


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Posted by: Big Black Bear
There was no Plasma Rifle in Reach.

There was a Plasma Repeater.
No.


lol, OP is 'tarded.


Anyways, yea, the plasma rifle was in halo reach, and it was probably more effective at killing than any other plasma rifle in the past halo games.

  • 12.05.2012 11:54 AM PDT

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If you had an electron microscope, you still couldn't find the -blam!- I don't give.

Halo reach I understand it not being in campaign, H4, it's non sensical that it is not in mm.

Also, WHERE THE HELL DID THE RED PLASMA RIFLE GO?

  • 12.05.2012 11:57 AM PDT

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Posted by: Vien Quitonmee
That gun made us more susceptible to genital wort wort worts.
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Storm Rifle is basically just a better Plasma Rifle. More practical, more accurate and a higher RoF, much like the plasma repeater, but the repeater didn't do as much damage.

  • 12.05.2012 11:59 AM PDT

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I liked the gun, but I can see why people simply didn't care about it. The plasma rifle did bring down shields as quickly as a charged plasma pistol, or kill people without shields as quickly as a human weapon. It didn't have the accuracy of a needle rifle or a carbine. It was really only useful when dual-wielded, and it's normally not a good sign if you have to dual wield something for it to be moderately effective.

  • 12.05.2012 12:13 PM PDT

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Posted by: Big Black Bear
Okay, so I'm an idiot... There is a Plasma Rifle and an Plasma Repeater. Clearly it's been a while since I've played Reach.

So, what the hell was the difference between them, then?


The repeater does more damage against flesh, opposite for the rifle

Yeah, and the Repeater had a faster firing rate and lower accuracy and was like a reverse chain gun (starts fast then slows down)

  • 12.05.2012 12:20 PM PDT

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