- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
as it stands there is very little difference between covenant and human weapons....sure the covenant weapons do more damadge to shields and the projectiles travel slower but other than that the only difference is how they look.
for instance the plasma rifle and smg, if both weapons are fired continually they will overheat and run out of ammo at the same time. there is basically little difference when you actually think about it.
the carbine is essentially a battle rifle except that it fires single shot projectiles.
what i am asking for is greater discrepancy between weapons so you actually must choose the correct weapon for the correct situation, i believe that halo 1 orchestrated this perfectly due to the fact that most plasma weapons had a freezing effect, were semi automatic and overheated in a much longer time than the current plasma weapons do.
i can think of several situations where this could come into play.
example 1: you have a plasma rifle and assault rifle and are running around the map when you see a player wielding a shotgun with his back towards you. the first idea that pops into your head is to empty a clip into him but then you decide that if you use the plasma rifle to freeze or slow his movement he will not be able to turn in time to use the shotgun.