If Infinite is to introduce any new weapons to the franchise, I think a new needler weapon would be welcomed. What could either the swords of Sanghelios, the turncoat grunts of Balaho or even the Banished develop? Here’s my ideas:
Needle Shotgun - Works almost like a shotgun with an instant super combine explosion at close range and as a new feature, can shoot a needle shrapnel shield that can deny bullets, but not projectiles.
Needle Sniper - Like an extension of the needle rifle, but shoots a long needle with a strong knockback after it implodes with the potential to super combine other targets in close proximity.
Needle Launcher - Launches raw needler crystals into the sky that explode and rain down on an area for about 5 sec acting like an area of denial. Secondary shots act like the White Scar but detonate on impact instead.
What do you guys 'n gals think? What other unique ways could this classic weapon be twisted into?
I like the sound of your ideas but they would be pretty redundant. If they were to add a new needle weapon I would like them to add back the needle rifle and add a weapon from spv3 called the shedder, which is like a needler spiker hybrid
The needle shotgun seems a little gimmicky since the supercombine would be purely cosmetic (unless if it deals major splash damage). Personally I’ve always liked the needler being its own thing. It might be my bias toward the carbine, but I’m really not a fan of the needle rifle and think that type of weapon is better left as a close-range weapon.
I think a needle shotgun would be cool, as far as I know we haven’t seen a Covenant shotgun yet.
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> If Infinite is to introduce any new weapons to the franchise, I think a new needler weapon would be welcomed. What could either the swords of Sanghelios, the turncoat grunts of Balaho or even the Banished develop? Here’s my ideas:
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> Needle Shotgun - Works almost like a shotgun with an instant super combine explosion at close range and as a new feature, can shoot a needle shrapnel shield that can deny bullets, but not projectiles.
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> Needle Sniper - Like an extension of the needle rifle, but shoots a long needle with a strong knockback after it implodes with the potential to super combine other targets in close proximity.
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> Needle Launcher - Launches raw needler crystals into the sky that explode and rain down on an area for about 5 sec acting like an area of denial. Secondary shots act like the White Scar but detonate on impact instead.
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> What do you guys 'n gals think? What other unique ways could this classic weapon be twisted into?
Bring back Halo Reach needler rifle
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> I think a needle shotgun would be cool, as far as I know we haven’t seen a Covenant shotgun yet.
The brutes had a dual-weildable shotgun…Mauler!
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> > I think a needle shotgun would be cool, as far as I know we haven’t seen a Covenant shotgun yet.
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> The brutes had a dual-weildable shotgun…Mauler!
True but I kind of see the Brutes as their own entity, I guess I meant more on the pew pew side of things lol
They could bring back the Needle Rifle back from Reach
Needler sniper sounds awesome. I’d love to try that out.
needle shot gun sounds great but I’m not quite on board with the other 2 as they sound like they would end up very broken in terms of gameplay. the sniper specifically sounds really cool but I’m skeptical as to if it would be balanced at all. personally I would love a needle grenade that does the same damage as a super combine and shoots out a bunch of needles that ricochet off walls after detonations, similar to the spikes flying out from spike grenades but these would have the slightest homing ability.
I also want a fully automatic rifle thta fires needles. like the plasma repeater equivalent to a needler. they could remove tracking from it but have an insane rate of fire and keep super combine, of course it’d have to require more needles to super combine than a needler for the sake of balance but because of the rate of fire the time to kill would be quicker than a needler if you land all your shots.
You know how many memes would be made with the needle sniper. I can see Kat being the center of every single one lol.
I’d be down just to bring back the needle rifle from Reach. It was a good precision rifle and would fit into the current sandbox well.
They sound fun!
Like others are saying, I just really want want the Needle Rifle back! >.<
I was already planning on saying a needler shotgun as I clicked on this post but you’ve already said it OP. Good idea!
Bring back the needle rifle, just buff the damage a little so it can keep up with the ttk that halo is constantly increasing.
Keep the current needler as the power weapon version and have another smaller, redesigned needler to function like the one in reach (has to break the shield first) that could be a loadout version (if loadouts return but reach style not COD/H4 style)
Bring the shredder from SPV3 as brute variant (less advancements to make them track)
Bring in the needle pistol (it exists, an elite used one to kill his ship master) and is apparently used by the SoS, is semi-auto and takes 6 needles to supercombine but from the sounds of it doesn’t track, so they could make it have faster rounds but not hitscan, maybe let it headshot like the rifle.
Make a new grenade launcher style weapon and make it function like the white scar but without the charge, is just a lump of blamite being launched.
Shoulder mounted launcher that requires lock on, you know the grunt goblin’s mass needle launcher? It’s that. Can lock one once in red reticle range and can supercombine on vehicles
I dont think theres a need for a new needle weapon but it would be cool to have the needle rifle back in the games.