Replace NR with heavy needler. Bring back carbine.

Games Other Halo
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You know I was a big fan of the needle rifle, however I think the general idea of it would work better as a heavy weapon, completly changed. Then the carbine could come back, with some changes as well

Heavy Needler

When Halo Reach was “leaked” there was a picture of the needle rifle, yet to some it looked more like some type of heavy, anti-vehicle weapon. It very much could be.

The heavy needler would be an anti vehicle and anti personal weapon that would mix the Rocket Launcher, Spartan Laser and Plasma Launcher into one deadly, but elegant weapon.

General Info
CLIP SIZE: Six Shots
Damage: Med High [3 shots=Massive]
ROF: Slow [Think of a mix of the rocket launcher with plasma launcher charging]
Each shot has to be charged for a slight amount of time [2-3 seconds]. You can not hold it down and fire multiple shots [for balance sake]

Needle Speed-2x faster then a normal needler.

Bonus: 2x zoom
Can home in on players and vehicles. Very limited homing, worse then the plasma launcher.

Overall this weapon works like this. Each shot must be charged, Similar to the plasma launcher. The damage of a triple hit of any player or vehile is massive, Around 2x more powerful then a rocket. A single shot does about the same damage as a Brute Shot. It homes in on vehicle and players.

The New Carbine
The carbine has always been a sort of “outcast” of the rifle world. Some people ignore it, It’s all about the BR, DMR, BR or whatever else. Mostly because the carbine at most is weaker or not as “easy” as the human rifle.

The carbine needs to have some advantages that it’s human counter part would not have. Advantages that would make people fear it, respect it, but wouldn’t totally ruin any balance between it and other guns

My ideas are

1-Make the distance and accuarcy better then the human rifle. The Battle rifle should have spread at longer ranges, giving the Carbine more use in this department

2-Give it more zoom. Where the BR could use 2x, the Carbine should have 2.5 or 3x zoom

3-Slight stun per hit, However not very effective. The player can still easily run out of the way.

4-More ammo

That’s my idea anyway.

2

Sounds interesting the carbine was my favorite weapon to kill brutes in Halo 2.

3

i actually like this idea, there could be a few changes but im too tired and im going to bed so i cant tell you what they are.

4

Sounds cool! I think it would fit gooas the ‘‘Elite’’ Spartan laser. Just imagine the weapon being able to hold 5 huge needles, and when fired 1 HUGE needle follows the ‘‘enemy’’ and explodes.

About the carbine part. People dont want to use it because it is ‘‘Elite’’.If you use ‘‘Elite’’ you are noob, if you use plasma grenades you are noob, and the same goes with the Carbine and needle rifle. The Carbine is still just as good as the Br, and i use it everytime i play snowbound.

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Noob? It’s harder to use, Infact if you get more then 10 kills with a Plasma Rifle or Spiker in a game you should automatically get some reward for it.

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You did not get my point, and no. It is not neccessary any harder to use than the Br. The higher ranks automatically calles it a noob weapon because it is covenant and not human. Take my teammate as an example, if i tell him i want to play as an Elite, he wont play me with me.

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Sounds very interesting, but I think the the “anti aircraft” needler should be either as good or better than the plasma launcher.

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I think your idea of a Heavy Needler should be anti-air.

9

Reduce the Carbine’s spread and it’d be over powered.

Do it.