Ok, I know I have another weapon thread too seeing if people would also like to see the SMG return in Halo 5 , But does anyone else prefer the Plasma Rifle looks wise to the storm rifle ? I find the storm rifle to perform better but I would rather see the Plasma Rifle in Halo 5 rather then the storm rife .
So which one do you prefer looks wise
I like the look and feel of the Storm Rifle, but I wonder if the Plasma Rifle could’ve had a role to play in Halo 4 too.
This is what a Plasma RIFLE should look like.
The Storm Rifle functions more like a rifle than an SMG, so the Plasma Repeater would make the most sense.
The Plasma Rifle from Halo 3 could be visually updated/modified and brought back as a form of SMG. That would make the most sense canonically, as well as visually.
> I like the look and feel of the Storm Rifle, but I wonder if the Plasma Rifle could’ve had a role to play in Halo 4 too.
I find the storm rifle to look ugly , like some random purple blob but the plasma rifle to look really interesting and cool . But I find the storm rifle performs better .
I’d like the storm rifle to return in Halo 5 with the SMG and plasma rifle as sidearms. That way players can have more diversity in their load outs, old time players are satisfied to see two favorite weapons return, and we actually can have automatics that basically are opposite to each other. They’d have the same low accuracy (a bit lower than Halo 3’s), same kill time, SMG takes longer to strip shields and destroys health, plasma rifle destroys shields, but takes longer to destroy health.
But back on topic, I’d love to see the return of both in Halo 5.
Bit off-topic, but I’d happily sacrifice the Storm Rifle for the Needle Rifle…I loved that gun.
> This is what a Plasma RIFLE should look like.
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> The Storm Rifle functions more like a rifle than an SMG, so the Plasma Repeater would make the most sense.
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> The Plasma Rifle from Halo 3 could be visually updated/modified and brought back as a form of SMG. That would make the most sense canonically, as well as visually.
I agree. A hybrid between the two wood be great. The length to make it more of a rifle, with the front of the Plasma Rifle. The current just doesn’t look good shooting, but the PR looked cool and when it overcharged there was a nice effect.
> Bit off-topic, but I’d happily sacrifice the Storm Rifle for the Needle Rifle…I loved that gun.
Great weapon really was
I gotta say, despite loving the Plasma Rifle, the Storm Rifle comes out on top in this case. While it’s true that the Plasma Rifle is more alien, the Storm Rifle just looks like it fits in better with the aesthetics of the Carbine and Beam Rifle.
> Bit off-topic, but I’d happily sacrifice the Storm Rifle for the Needle Rifle…I loved that gun.
The Needle Rifle was an amazing gun, I’m saddened to see that they didn’t bring it back for Halo 4, especially since they brought back the DMR. I would have happily traded in the DMR for the Needle Rifle without any hesitation.
The Plasma rifle looks, sounds, and feels better; it’s an iconic Halo weapon. The Storm rifle is its ugly and generic sci-fi alien replacement.
Since the Storm Rifle functionally and aesthetically is pretty much an updated Plasma Repeater, I’d like the option to manual vent it like the Repeater did 
I love both. Although, I’ll probably have to go with the plasma rifle simply because of nostalgia.
I like the Storm Rifle. Unless you mean the CE Plasma Rifle with headshot damage and stun. Every other Plasma Rifle has been awful.
I’m Storm rifle. The Plasma rifle wouldn’t be a very good fit for Halo 4’s sandbox and the way they’ve set up the weapons.
Halo 4 has Primary weapons, Secondary weapons and Power weapons.
If the Plasma rifle came back and for that matter the SMG, they would either have to be lowered to a Secondary weapon or a brought up to a Primary weapon.
I’d prefer them to be Secondary weapons, having an SMG with a long ranged gun will keep you mostly coverd.
But it would be a very weak SMG, kinda like haveing an AR vs a DMR but swap the DMR for a magnum and the AR for an SMG and you would get around the same result.
AS for the Needle rifle. Go for it, I’d love to see that again but the Foreruners will need a second persicion weapon as well, and while we’re at lets bring the Suppresor down to the Plasma rifle and SMG’s level and get a new automatic foreruner gun.
And since I’m getting stuff off my chest and we’re all for the Needle rifle I think they should replace the Plasma cannon with aNeedler canon. It’d be alot more diverse and useful.
Sorry. Got a little crazy with the weapon ideas there.
> I like the Storm Rifle. Unless you mean the CE Plasma Rifle with headshot damage and stun. Every other Plasma Rifle has been awful.
Headshot damage wot? Stun sure, but I have never heard of PR headshot damage. If you got me you got me. But was there really a headshot modifier for the PR?
OT: I like both. In terms of functionality The CE PR is the only one of the PRs that was good in multiplayer. It was a true mid-range weapon with pretty high accuracy(compared to future incarnations).
The Storm Rifle is probably the only other auto plasma weapons that is a good weapon in its own right.
As far as aesthetics, I probably like the h3 PR the best as it had much more vibrant color scheme than other games. Though I like the storm rifle too.
> > I like the Storm Rifle. Unless you mean the CE Plasma Rifle with headshot damage and stun. Every other Plasma Rifle has been awful.
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> Headshot damage wot? Stun sure, but I have never heard of PR headshot damage. If you got me you got me. But was there really a headshot modifier for the PR?
Yes there was. It was a 9SK to the head.
> > > I like the Storm Rifle. Unless you mean the CE Plasma Rifle with headshot damage and stun. Every other Plasma Rifle has been awful.
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> > Headshot damage wot? Stun sure, but I have never heard of PR headshot damage. If you got me you got me. But was there really a headshot modifier for the PR?
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> Yes there was. It was a 9SK to the head.
I…
-Yoink-.
I wish I knew that years ago. Seriously though, they need to bring the CE Plasma Rifle back. It was accurate, and had a unique trait.
I think the Storm Rifle trumps all the other Plasma Rifles except for the CE PR. The stopping power on the CE PR was awesome 
> This is what a Plasma RIFLE should look like.
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> The Storm Rifle functions more like a rifle than an SMG, so the Plasma Repeater would make the most sense.
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> The Plasma Rifle from Halo 3 could be visually updated/modified and brought back as a form of SMG. That would make the most sense canonically, as well as visually.
Agreed on the plasma repeater looking the best. Storm rifle however does look and function better than plasma rifle. It functions more like a brute plasma rifle only a bit more accurate with bursts
> Bit off-topic, but I’d happily sacrifice the Storm Rifle for the Needle Rifle…I loved that gun.
That gun was crazy accurate, just needed a better zoom
