Ever sense Halo Reach, the Hunters have went back to using the Assault Cannons they used in Halo 1 and the Assault Beam seems like it’s been phased out entirely. What happened to them? Is it possible we will encounter Hunters using the in a future installment?
I don’t know. Honestly, it doesn’t seem like that big of a change, but I remember with the Holo-Table thing that there was such a thing as an “elder-hunter”. Maybe those ones have assault cannons and the regular hunters have the single shots?
Slightly off-topic I feel like they should bring it back and replace the Fuel Rod Cannon with it. Would add more to the sandbox than the Fuel Rod ever has.
If you’ll remember, Halo 3: ODST had both the Assault Cannon and the Assault Beam. I wouldn’t be surprised if a future Halo game, perhaps even Halo 5, brought it back alongside the Assault Cannon.