- Garland
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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.