"It Bears Repeating" is a bad challenge designed around an objectively bad weapon. The pulse carbine's fire rate is too slow as well as its distance per second. There's also little to no aim assist/ bullet magnetism with this rifle. It's yet another example of a challenge blatantly designed to farm challenge swaps.
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Please delete original post- its broken.
The original post may be broken, but the challenge is worse 
Played more than five Fiesta matches yesterday to net 3 Pulse Carbine kills for the “Bears Repeating” challenge and nearly ripped my hair out in frustration several times throughout. It is incredibly difficult to consistently nab kills with this weapon. Stripping shields with it is easy enough at the appropriate range (not to close, but not too far!) and that means that it has a sandbox niche-but that niche is decidedly not to earn kills. The Pulse Carbine and Plasma Pistol both feel nearly worthless in this game.
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Thanks for bothering to reply anyways. The pulse carbine has too slow of a fire rate and it's bolts don't travel far enough per second. It also seems to have weak to non-existent bullet magnetism / aim assist. It needs a buff to justify having a challenge designed around it.
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Grab it in BTB and use it like the BR. Mid-range and aim for the head. You should be able to manage 3-4 kills per game.
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Don’t go for this challenge in fiesta, you will be pulling your hair out. Jump into BTB and shred people. The Pulse Carbine is also really good on Behemoth.
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BTB is the best place for the Pulse Carbine. The bigger maps let you fire at the suitable ranges to kill quick with the Pulse Carbine.
I’ve actually had some success with Land Grab this week, particularly on Catalyst. The B Point is just perfectly designed where someone with a Pulse Carbine can pick off enemies that are just standing there, with such a lack of cover, hoping the cap goes through before they die.
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Mid-range is the sweet spot with the gun for sure. If you’re able to catch someone from behind that too is another great way to utilize the weapon in matchmaking.
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I’d rather have a challenge to get 20 assists with the pulse carbine than even 1 kill. It’s just another challenge that wants you to play the game in the most unintuitive way.
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I thought the same thing about the pulse carbine, but I worked and worked and listened to others and actually I have gotten tons of kills with it and yes BTB is the best way to use it. The gun is useless at close range and at long range it varies but mid-range I have gotten plenty of kills with it to the point I now grab it in BTB.
I will admit 343 does need to tweak it still maybe make it fire faster or improve the tracking at long range I mean the Hydra missiles tracks better at long range and the only way you miss with the hydra is if someone jumps behind something but in the open it hits but the pulse carbine a person just needs to move slightly, and it misses.
But once again unless you are a pro player, a ranked player a youtuber or a twitch streamer 343 does not listen I have learned.
No joke, the last time I was going for the Pulse Carbine Kill Challenge, I got 10 Assists in one game by exclusively using the Carbine 
The Pulse Carbine can be pretty formidable though. Other than BTB, even on Arena maps such as Bazaar and Behemoth I’ve found the Pulse Carbine to be a fierce weapon once you get a feel for its appropriate range. I’ve actually gotten into the habit of picking up the Pulse Carbine at the start of Bazaar because the balcony vs balcony fights there are actually the perfect range for the Pulse Carbine.
And Land Grab really is a mode where you can make the most of the Pulse Carbine, with everyone standing still or wanting to stay on the points and you being able to choose the best time/range to attack. Even then though, the Pulse Carbine combos well with the Sidekick, with one or two pulses out of the three needing to land to give you a significant advantage against another’s shields.
Honestly, I never found this challenge too hard. Larger maps and long tight spaces (like the bazaar vents) is where its easiest to complete this challenge. Pulse Carbine only takes 2 bursts to the head to kill iirc
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As others have said, BTB is the best place to get the kills with it. On Fragmentation you can grab it and hang out around the mini towers the bases man cannon lands you on.
You can cover the road and take out enemies running down it pretty easily.
The hardest part of the challenge is getting the kills before your team mates finish them off lol
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The Pulse Carbine isn’t as bad as most people think, but it is still badly designed in my opinion. The whole only get aim assist or bullet tracking at mid range doesn’t make sense nor is fun.
By the way in 6 months of playing. I never once got that challenge.
Every challenge is a bad challenge.
yes, this. Hell, I’ll take 100 assists over 10 kills with the FN Pulse Carbine.
Its a weapon thats only viable mid range. Not close. Not far. Mid. And thats why so many people dislike it. Its such a situational weapon that its almost not even a viable pick up compared to other weapons.
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Which is easier: hitting an enemy with every single projectile in a carbine burst, or just spamming the sidekick?
A simple question with a simple answer that seems to elude 343, apparently. The carbine isn’t even the best option for its most useful purpose.