Many agree that the Binary Rifle, Scattershot and Incineration Cannon were unoriginal and in the Binary and Incin Cannons’ cases, OP. I have a an Idea for for how to redo these weapons while keeping them similar to their existing models.
The General Idea:
All Forerunner Power Weapons gain the alternative fire mode trait of the LR, and this becomes the significant Forerunner trait:- All Forerunner weapons have two modes. their various way’s of activating those modes via button is handled differently for each weapon. They will all have this trait also: while having 1 Shot Kill modes, they also ALL require you to reload one shot at a time, and their 1 Shot Kill mode requires the use of all ammo in the “Magazine” and cannot be fired with an non full magazine.
Binary Rifle v2.0:
This will become a Hybrid Sentinel Beam/Focus Rifle and H4 Binary/Light Rifle. Unzoomed, It has 4 “batteries” per mag and each signify 25% of the rifle’s power left in the mag. 20% of the rifles power is required to kill the enemy player, and the kill time would be 1 second, the rifle takes 2 seconds to overheat unzoomed, and cannot be fired until it cools, which takes 4 seconds. When zoomed, it is a 1 Shot Kill with 1 shot in the Magazine, and cannot be fired unless it has a full magazine. you sacrifice a max 5 kills for a 1 Shot Kill. Unlike plasma weapons, it can be reloaded, and each battery division is reloaded separately. You can carry a max 12 batteries (Including the loaded ones)Scattershot v2.0:
The Scattershot’s basic mode is very much the same as now. Maybe make it a bit more reliable and consistent. It’s alternative mode is triggered by charging for 3 seconds, a bright red light appears at the end of the Scattershot when it can be fired.(can be held like this for 2 seconds before an autofire). This charged shot fires ALL its caddy in one go, around 50 projectiles I believe, and extends the range slightly and will be a 1 shot kill almost 100% of the time if 10 beams hit. again, you sacrifice a possible 5 kills for a 1 shot kill with a long reload time for another 1 shot kill to be available. you can carry 15 shots with you, including in mag ammo.I am working on a Incin Cannon idea, i post it soon.