This game desperately needs a plasma weapon that can not only strip shields but deal damage as well.
Enter the storm rifle. Stand alone or a pulse carbine variant. A weapon that can match the lethality of the AR in TTK. Sacrifices mag size (over heats faster than the ar needs to reloads) for increased accuracy.
I’ll take any new or previous plasma guns over the Pulse Carbine. Why not just give us the Plasma Rifle from CE?
That too with the ce knock back damage. However that gun is still more of a shield -Yoink!-. Was thinking something that could challenge the AR. I’d like both but I think the storm rifle is more necessary atm and could be easily implemented via a modification to the pulse carbine as aposed to designing a new gun in infinite from scratch.
The trick to the pulse rifle is distance, the rounds are homing like a needle can home at a decent range
Ya. But this post is about a short range plasma weapon that can hold it’s own against the AR
Of all the things the game “desperately needs” right now. I would put a close range Plasma weapon that can rival the AR to be pretty far down the list lol. Besides throughout most of Halo’s history Plasma weapons were always something you use to strip shields then finish off with bullets. I do agree though that the old school Plasma Rifle should already be in the game. Since the Pulse Carbine is designed as a medium range weapon, and is crap up close. Of all things they did with Infinite removing old Shotgun, and Plasma Rifle makes no sense to me.
I’m good with the shotgun. You had 2 options. Corner camp or be a bullet sponge noob while you rushed for a 1 shot. The bulldog takes a lil more skill. The shotty always beat the sword. I’m cool with that meta change 4 one game. Plasma rifle is cool but it just strips shields like 3 other weapons do in this game. And as far as all the other things this game needs…well theres thousands of posts covering those 3 or 4 topics
That’s the worst idea I’ve heard in a long time. Such a weapon would be nothing more than Halo 2’s BR. A weapon that is too powerful and makes all the other useless.
Infinite finally brought back and improved the gameplay of the arsenal, with plasma and shock weapons to destroy shields, and ballistic and precision weapons to finish the enemy. This forces players to either carry two complementary weapons or coordinate with a teammate who carries the complementary weapon.
It’s a depth that makes Halo combat much more interesting that other FPS games, where people always use one weapon for everything.
What are you talking about. That weapon has been in the last 2 halo games. And is a fan favorite
I think he means if it does both shields and health
very very well then what’s the point in any other weapon?
The original storm rifle did shields and health well. The flip was you needed to to be fairly close and you had to be accurate because it overheated pretty fast. It was considered a second tier weapon that could outclass the AR. But couldn’t hold it’s own against ranged weaponry
It was OP and I’m pretty sure band from a lot of games. It should always be ballistics do health and plasma does shields with maybe a one or two swaps for each if they’d like, but nothing should do both. Besides things like snipers, rockets, swords etc.
Eh I wouldn’t call it OP. Maybe before the original nerf. But the current AR completely melts shields with decent health damage. With the exception of the bulldog and maybe needle which dont appear on every map. Theres nothing that can contest it in its class at its range. Imo having a default weapon being a master class is a real problem for the sandbox. Which is why I’m suggesting the stormrife because where the AR is excelling as a offensive weapon. The stormrifle has traditionally offered an option that plays better defensively and as an ambush weapon
The BR is still better than the AR, and so is the commando if you can hit your shots. All the guns are pretty balanced in my opinion, minus the Pulse Carbine which is useless. Only thing I’d change about the AR is maybe shorted the range a bit.
So you say the sandbox doesn’t have anymore room for shorter ranged weaponry then?
Where did I say that? Never understood this can’t have more than one gun do the same job thing. You don’t have to have every gun in every map. One map could have a sword, one the bulldog and another with the old m90.
Honestly, I see a buff to plasma pistol semi-auto and a rework to the Pulse Carbine being more likely.
The Pulse Carbine would feel so much better with faster non-homing projectiles. (They could even do a thing where the projectiles “ramp up” in speed over distance to keep it less effective up close than it is farther away).
And the Plasma Pistol semi-auto being buffed to actually strip shields and kill in a reasonable number of shots, somewhere around 3 for shield drain, and 8-9 to kill, would pretty much nullify the need for a Plasma, Repeater, or Storm to be added to the game. Especially since the Disruptor honestly feels like a buffed re-imagining of the Plasma Rifle anyway.
I didnt say you did. I just asked you. And I agree about redundancy. However my take is that the AR is too spammy. It needs tweaks. However it’s current state should be transferred over to the storm rifle. The ARs current attributes including ttk would better mesh with a weapon that overheats quickly if controlled bursts are not used. And the current AR needs to fill in the roll of an SMG without bringing back yet another kinetic fun that’s similar. But that’s my take. I respect your opinion
Sorry about that, sounded like that’s what you were saying I was saying. Your idea could be one solution, but both Bungie and 343 want the AR to be more of a AR than SMG, which is the reason the SMG replaces the AR in Halo 2 because it’s how Bungie saw the original AR. I think the problem with the idea of a overheating AR is that in Infinite you can discharge plasma weapons at any time now which results in more consistant fire.
If they did bring back the SMG, maybe it could be a faster ROF with much closer range. Maybe bulldog range?
If I was to bring back the Storm rifle if give it the same TTK as the AR but swap the shield and health damage around.
I don’t know what 343 has against the plasma rifle’s look. The pulse carbine could easily have just been the new plasma rifle.