Would probabally be more deadly if you replaced its ROCKET LAUNCHER and AUTOCANNON with two DMRs?
2 boltshots with sniper zoom accuracy
Now this looks like a quality thread
or 1000 Covenant Carbines.
Yeah if we lived in the Halo realm, we’d be -Yoinked!-.
We have a DMR with bullets so strong, it only takes 5 of them to kill, but we also have fully automatic weapons with bullets so weak it takes 16 of them to kill.
Even the MOUNTED TURRETS, which historically fire larger rounds than other weapons, in the Halo universe, fire weaker ones.
If the mounted turrets, Warthog turrets, and Mantis turrets fired the same round as the DMR, THEN they would be killing machines instead of assist machines.
The only thing which wasn’t weak was the Pelican frontal turret in campaign, now THAT was a large round.
> Yeah if we lived in the Halo realm, we’d be -Yoinked!-.
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> We have a DMR with bullets so strong, it only takes 5 of them to kill, but we also have fully automatic weapons with bullets so weak it takes 16 of them to kill.
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> Even the MOUNTED TURRETS, which historically fire larger rounds than other weapons, in the Halo universe, fire weaker ones.
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> If the mounted turrets, Warthog turrets, and Mantis turrets fired the same round as the DMR, THEN they would be killing machines instead of assist machines.
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> The only thing which wasn’t weak was the Pelican frontal turret in campaign, now THAT was a large round.
Whats EXTREMELY sad is that according to Halopedia, the DMR and Assault Rifle BOTH use 7.62 x 51 mm rounds.
The ultimate equipment for the Mantis would be 2 full automatic binary rifles with overheat like the Warthog’s turret instead of having a 2-shot clip.
As for the whole “DMR is overpowered” allegory, this was a bad way to say it. The Mantis is a beast, and its weapons, if you use them right can wreck far more than a DMR would. I think the DMR is overpowered, but not hugely so. It’s not as big a deal as people are making it seem.
> Would probabally be more deadly if you replaced its ROCKET LAUNCHER and AUTOCANNON with two DMRs?
Damn, it’s true.
Although, some of the other replies have got me thinking. What if we could swap out Mantis weapons, Mechwarrior-style? Like, you could have a Mantis with a Gauss and quad needlers. Or one with a flamethrower (say, why hasn’t that appeared since Halo 3/ODST) and a Spartan Laser?
That would make for absolutely EPIC games of BTB Heavies.
What if the Mantis shot balloons.