Because I have over 20 hours in this game already and I just for my first one. Pretty much every weapon makes sense to me now, even some of the more lacklustre ones like the Ravager, but the Pulse Carbine just seems to be outclassed at every range in every engagement. I could see it working as a mid-tier weapon in some of the older games, but it just seems to be completely useless in this game. I have also never been killed by one so I doubt I’m the only one that has issue with it. I’m just praying now that I somehow level up enough to get a challenge swap because just 3 kills with this thing is nigh on impossible.
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Unfortunately it seems to be ment as a weapon that takes down they enemy shield then your supposed to swap weapon to finish them off. Kind of annoying when you have the challenge to get x amount of kills with it.
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There was nothing wrong with the regular purple carbine. It fit into the sandbox well, but they changed it for no reason.
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I agree the the Pulse Carbine is difficult to use a lot of people think it’s random whether it hits or not, but that’s not it. It just has unintuitive firing characteristics. You sort of have to lead your shots. Even though there is homing behavior, the homing is pretty weak. I don’t like using the weapon, but it is good at taking out shield. While it is hard to get a kill with it, it didn’t take me that long to do the challenge where you have to get four Pulse Carbine kills.
I have some kills with it and in the last flight it had one of the fastest ttk’s if perfect accuracy.
This weapon is underestimated, in the right hands. Don’t use it in close quarters though.
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My issue with it is that the projectile speed is very slow for something meant to be used at longer ranges, so it’s very difficult to get the lead right if there’s any horizontal movement from the target. Up the projectile speed by 25% or so (honestly just pulling a number out of thin air here) and I reckon people will be much more comfortable using it.
That, or rework it to essentially be the Nailgun from Quake. I think that would be sick.
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In close range the bolts won’t track, and far mid - long range it strips sheilds
The Pulse Carbine is powerful, but it’s not the easiest weapon to use. 2 full bursts to the head will kill a fully shielded Spartan.
main thing u wanna do is make sure u got red reticle before you shoot if not they wont track the enemy
I just got 3 or 4 in a single game. The Pulse Carbine is deadly at range.
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I have. People stop complaining before you even learn the meta or how to use weapons properly. I love almost all weapons except maybe the stalker rifle since I feel 3 shoots is too many for a sniper. But maybe it’s just a marksman rifle then it makes sense. Please 343 don’t make big weapon balance changes atleast until 3 months. People don’t even know the weapons yet
I’ve found the best way to use it is catch someone at medium range with no cover, ADS and hold down fire when reticle is red for shields and pace a little for that final shot. The tracking is really good at range, especially if you’re above someone.
gotten a few kills with it, the weapon requires enemies to be at mid range and in red ring. also zoom in with it to increase that red ring a bit making it more useful.
Yeah, close quarters it’s not great. It’s a real medium range weapon. If they’re just in Red Reticle Range the tracking is insane. I love the gun, but it really is a weapon where it has a niche, and it’s only okay outside that niche.
It’s actually a really good weapon when used in its effective range. The problem is that it’s useless outside of it.
Are they not going to add in the regular covenant carbine ever? I hope they do.
Sucks for pc since we don’t get red reticle.
Do the weapon trial, the thing is like, a 3 shot kill but the shots track less the faster you fire it and tracking is terrible at close range. It was one of the few weapon trials I found myself backing up instead of coming closer.
There’s definitely a “sweet spot” for range and fire rate, and if you’re outside of either, the gun is sub par. But when it’s juuuuust right… 
Yeah I don’t know why we lost guns like the DMR and Carbine. The pulse is pointlessly derivative
It’s actually a 2-burst kill if everything hits the head. The thing is deadly.
I was getting shredded by bots using it and couldn’t understand why, so I hit the firing range. Try it out, it’s great.