If any of you have seen IGN’s latest video, you may have noticed (no, you definitely noticed) that the Halo 2/Halo 3 Beam Rifle is coming back in the next update. How do you guys feel about this? I personally am a little excited to see how differently it functions in comparison to the Beam Rifle we already have. I’m guessing they’re going to call this version the Particle Beam Rifle, as it was called in Halo 2 and Halo 3.
Thoughts?
it’s probably going to just end up being like how the rocket launchers are and is practically the same thing.
Not a weapon I would’ve liked to see back. The brute shot would’ve been preferable.
Anyways, update looks awesome!
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> My reaction.
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> Not a weapon I would’ve liked to see back. The brute shot would’ve been preferable.
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> Anyways, update looks awesome!
What’s the point of a Brute Shot when we have the Plasma Caster, though? Unless you mean the Halo 3 Brute Shot, then I’m on board.
I’m a bit skeptical, but I think that, like the Wasp, we have to wait and see how it plays in-game.
Would’ve preferred it being a different weapon that we don’t have, like the sticky detonator, brute shot, concussion rifle, etc.
But overall still very excited for this update.
I played a TON of h2 and 3 and can’t for the life of me remember a difference between the current beam rifle and the classic one. Maybe it makes smoothies and I just forgot
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> Would’ve preferred it being a different weapon that we don’t have, like the sticky detonator, brute shot, concussion rifle, etc.
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> But overall still very excited for this update.
I, too, miss the Sticky Detonator. It was such a fun weapon to use.
As for the Brute Shot and Concussion Rifle, I’d choose the Halo 3 Brute Shot over the Concussion Rifle any day.
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> I played a TON of h2 and 3 and can’t for the life of me remember a difference between the current beam rifle and the classic one. Maybe it makes smoothies and I just forgot
They are very different. Try using the Halo 5: Guardians Beam Rifle and then going back to Halo: The Master Chief Collection and using the Halo 3 Particle Beam Rifle. They play very differently.
I think the way they’ll do in Halo 5: Guardians is they’ll make the Classic Beam Rifle a projectile-based weapon, as opposed to the hitscan Beam Rifle we currently have.
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> > I played a TON of h2 and 3 and can’t for the life of me remember a difference between the current beam rifle and the classic one. Maybe it makes smoothies and I just forgot
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> They are very different. Try using the Halo 5: Guardians Beam Rifle and then going back to Halo: The Master Chief Collection and using the Halo 3 Particle Beam Rifle. They play very differently.
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> I think the way they’ll do in Halo 5: Guardians is they’ll make the Classic Beam Rifle a projectile-based weapon, as opposed to the hitscan Beam Rifle we currently have.
No one would use it if it was a projectile sniper.
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> > > I played a TON of h2 and 3 and can’t for the life of me remember a difference between the current beam rifle and the classic one. Maybe it makes smoothies and I just forgot
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> > They are very different. Try using the Halo 5: Guardians Beam Rifle and then going back to Halo: The Master Chief Collection and using the Halo 3 Particle Beam Rifle. They play very differently.
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> > I think the way they’ll do in Halo 5: Guardians is they’ll make the Classic Beam Rifle a projectile-based weapon, as opposed to the hitscan Beam Rifle we currently have.
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> No one would use it if it was a projectile sniper.
If it’s a lower REQ level, maybe they will.
Remember, guys.
It has variants. Those are the important part.
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> it’s probably going to just end up being like how the rocket launchers are and is practically the same thing.
Um, the M41 SPNKr is not the same as the M57 Pilum. The SPNKr’s rocket travel speed is a lot slower than the Pilum’s, and it has more splash damage I think.
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> Remember, guys.
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> It has variants. Those are the important part.
This, too. More weapons for Arena, Warzone and Custom Games!
What even is the signicant difference. Seems like a lazy attempt to delude the req system by porting in weapons from Halo 2A.
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> What even is the signicant difference. Seems like a lazy attempt to delude the req system by porting in weapons from Halo 2A.
You can’t port weapons from H2A, that’s not how it works. We don’t know how different it will be, so all we can do at this point is wait and see. Besides, I’d rather have a new weapon than none at all. We’re already getting waaaay too much this update.
I’d much rather the deleted weapons from H:CE I think they would have been so fun to use
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> I’d much rather the deleted weapons from H:CE I think they would have been so fun to use
Deleted weapons? Which ones?