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Subject: What's your take on the needler???
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What's your take on this Convanent Weapon??? Some people tell me they use them 24/7 and they're great, others say they suck because they give out your position. What do you think????

[Edited on 5/26/2004 1:06:23 PM]

  • 05.26.2004 12:34 PM PDT
Subject: Needlers
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they're OK, not great. handy against covies on legendary too. i don't use them much in multiplayer but on some more open courses (or VERY confined corridors where dodging and strafing are almost impossible) they can be amazing.
all in all, an avaerage weapon, i prefer the pistol any day

  • 05.26.2004 12:46 PM PDT
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There good for killing Elites on Legendary,but thats about it

  • 05.26.2004 1:00 PM PDT
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It's funny to put 20 needles in a grunt....

  • 05.26.2004 1:01 PM PDT
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Cool and impressive looking and great in single player, multiplayer it becomes too easy to dodge

  • 05.26.2004 1:30 PM PDT
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they are ok, depends on what you want to do with tem, great on elites in multiplayer, but only one or 2, if you have a group of grunts DON"T USE IT!!! and in multiplayer if you are chasing them 2 clips will do the job just fine.

  • 05.26.2004 1:34 PM PDT
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Honestly i love the Needler for mp but when i play on Legendary i use a plasma pistol (not the over charge mode). i love the plasma pistol cause it shoots faster than the plasma rifle and ppl look at you like holy -BLAM- how the -BLAM do you get that pistols rate of fire up. then im like like this and my finger hits the trigger at like 120 mph on fire and puts out like 8 rounds faster than someone can run then i punch the Elite in the face like 5 times and he dies. and they just look at me like wtf mate and my girlfreind looks at me with that hey save some of that for me(she's quite happy with me for some reason-says she's VERY satisfied w/e).

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  • 05.26.2004 9:01 PM PDT
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Yeah Needlers are overall a decent weapon. But in Legendary I stick with the plasma pistol. ITs just too good at taking out shields. In my opinion, Jackals are the worst in Heroic and Legendary. THey just piss me off so much, they overcharge their pistol, blow your shields out, then just fire and fire and fire at the rate of a machien gun. AHH THEY PISS ME OFF!! BUt, all it takes it a overcharge pistol at them, knock out their shields, go poitn blank and blow them to hell with the shotgun, Hoo-rah!

  • 05.26.2004 9:11 PM PDT
Subject: What's your take on the needler???

bah

The needler is a great weapon to ambush someone with, but i never use it when they are facing me. The rounds are too slow and they can easily dodge.

  • 05.26.2004 9:12 PM PDT
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in Halo, my opinion of the Needler is just a gun used by a-holes that shoot dead bodies.....(the gun is only good for shooting dead bodies)

but, the double wielding of the needlers in a recently released Halo 2 screenshot makes me drool.....

  • 05.26.2004 10:12 PM PDT
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lol gunnysarge..... i'm sure your girlfriend loves your trigger finger

  • 05.26.2004 10:16 PM PDT
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I hardly use the needler, thats because it works a little too well close range against elites. I prefer to go for a little more challenging aproch, like blasting their shield with a Plasma Pistol then Gunning them down with the Assault Rifle.

  • 07.15.2004 2:26 PM PDT
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it's the best freakin gun for legendary

  • 07.15.2004 2:27 PM PDT
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i used to use it all the time when i first got the game but then my friends learned to dogde it so i switched to other gunsand on legendary i switch off between it and the pp

  • 07.15.2004 2:35 PM PDT
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I think that the Needler is compleetly useless in multiplayer (although it's exellent in single player for taking out elites or for making hunters bleed a lot). For one thing, a snipers like me don't use weapons like that because it gives a way your position (like someone already said) and its too slow. Not only that, anyone can dodge it. It doesn't matter if your in a narrow hallway or an open field, anyone can dodge the 20 needles.

But then again, if you manage to get at least 17 needles to hit, you'll be rewarded with your opponet exploding in a pink cloud of plasma.

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  • 07.18.2004 10:01 PM PDT
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I like the needler, its fun, and when the needles explode, its a hugely satisfying sound of glass shattering and an explosion. Theres nothing quite like that sound you hear when the blow up inside an enemy.

I think they are brilliant for taking down elites, provided the elite is not jumping back and forth to much. If I see a needler on the ground and an elite up ahead, I grab it always.

As for its use in MP on other players it takes some skill, but can be just a devestating. Its easy for them to strafe out of the way of incoming needles. Fun gun though. It dont suck thats for sure, if someone says that, they are using it wrong.

  • 07.18.2004 10:37 PM PDT
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Whoever says needler is no good in MP isn't sneaky enough. I love playing without radar on LAN games, sneaking right up behind them (about 5 feet) and unloading the 20 shots into them. By the time they realise what happened they are an exploding cloud of plasma. Works wonders on camping snipers too, always makes 'em move.

  • 07.18.2004 10:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: Matt In A Bubble
It's funny to put 20 needles in a grunt....



Damn true, but not as good as 40 needles in a grunt in co-op!

Needlers are good for clearing out anything,
exept jackles (although with out sheilds its eazy as pie!) and hunters.

GREAT AGAINTS FLOOD! the little ones wich flood around. need thouse pistol skills though.
(the fast traking ones)

  • 07.19.2004 3:05 AM PDT

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i think needlers are brilliant, they are always a backup weapon for me as they are quite specialist, useless against hunters, jackals and vehicles but everything else they do well. elites on legendary dont stand a chance, and if you're cunning the enueing pink explosion detonates fallen grenades and whole squads can be taken out.

a lot of people knock the needler but its essential for legendary. and now halo2 has an improved needler my fave covie weapon just could be my fave in the whole game!

  • 07.19.2004 3:30 AM PDT
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I think the needler is 'ok'-ish, but because of the damage delay you often die aswell in a head-on attack, some of you folks mentioned on how easy it is to dodge the needles, but I do not feel that this is the case. please tell me how to dodge them, ive tried circling targets, strafing etc. however it may be a time thing as oppenents (decent ones) only use the needle up close.

  • 07.19.2004 2:23 PM PDT
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the only cove weapon i use is the plasma pistol to noclk out the enemys shields then a shot in the head with a regular M6D baby oh yea gotta love it i used to use the needler though and some times i do on multi, they dont expect it and cant dodge at close range but i switch out right after for a shotgun or AR

  • 07.19.2004 2:37 PM PDT
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the needler's usefullness varies...

IN single player

obviously Jackels laugh at it, but elites and grunts are bombs after one clip

In multi player

only useful inside buildings, but I play outside maps like BLOOD GULCH

  • 07.21.2004 6:36 PM PDT

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The needler is perfect for a 400% shield match. It never fails me.

  • 07.21.2004 6:52 PM PDT
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I have noticed that in multiplayer, it takes 7 needles to trigger an explosion. OF COURSE IT'S 7! would you expect anything else from Bungie?

  • 07.21.2004 7:25 PM PDT
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Legendary- They're great

Anything else- Ehh.

  • 07.21.2004 8:30 PM PDT

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