I’m sure people will say I’m lying but IDGAF people who know me know I modded halo heavily in the Halo 2 days before halo 3 released. I actually designed the plasma caster back then and was shocked to see it in later halo games. I still wonder if the bungie saw my lobbies and the mods I had made to different weapons or someone submitted it after seeing it in my lobbies. Not looking for credit just wondering how they created there’s and what was the idea behind (not uncommon for 2 of the same idea from different people).
How mine worked
The idea came from taking a plasma rifle and giving it the projectile properties of a needler but raise the homing properties up 3X and the actual projectile was a plasma grenade. So there was no charge and the grenades would actually chase you across map much like the needler but would explode mid flight if you got far enough from them.
Just interested to hear from anyone who remembers seeing that in halo 2 modding (Human Cyris) on my old account or anyone that knows how this gun was ultimately added to the series. Because it’s enough credit for me to know 100% that I designed that gun back in 2004.