The shock rifle is almost over powered how good it is. It’s a wallspawn weapon thats near peer to the sniper. And it links damage to multiple targets. Sounds like a lot of people just need practice with it.
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The shock weapons to me are unique in design but just seem sort of boring use at least for me. Ravager I’d really like them to un-nerf it to what it was in the flight as it was my favourite gun to use in the flight. Now it just really sucks, I only use it on vehicles like the ghost and warthog (if I have nothing else) and the charged shot to flush out campers
Pulse carbine I find is mediocre to ok at taking shields down at range but that’s about it. I’ve heard too they want to nerf the mangler now too which just makes me sad as that gun I think is fine the way it is.
The sidekick does not have “insane” bloom.
The Pulse Carbine and Disrupter are fine.
The Shock Rifle and Ravager are horrible
I actually used to think the Pulse Carbine was bad but after playing with it for a while and seeing how others use it…my mind has been changed. The Shock Rifle I think is pretty fine as well - even deadly in proficient hands. I actually used it to get a Perfect Challenge completed due to how a full shot to the head counts as Perfect and it wasn’t really difficult for me to land those shots. Plus its EMP effect.
The Disrupter remains too niche for me though. At most I’ll pick it up to stun vehicles when there’s literally no other option around (Shock Rifle, Dynamo Grenade, Grappleshot Skewer, etc) but otherwise I don’t really pick it up.
Ravager I actually make some sort of attempt to use cause I think the Charged Shot AoE can be useful, particularly on objectives (I actually ended up with an Overkill in an Oddball game where the entire enemy team was tucked away in that one hallway with a Gravity Hammer where the BR spawns on Recharge and I lobbed a couple Charged Shots in there) but I feel like its as niche as the Disrupter.
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The pulse carbine is fine as long as you play to its strengths which isn’t close quarter but rather mid range and open space. It tracks aggressive and kills in 3 bursts. Just bring more open maps and the map will be used a lot more. The Shock rifle is absolutely fine it needs only practice to be good with. The Ravi is kinda odd right now give it a little more damage across the board and it will be good
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For the handful of people who think the shock rifle is bad, I’ve never thought a group was more out of their mind lol
I’m guessing you either:
- Aren’t good at sniping headshots
or - Are comparing the shock rifle with the sniper rifle which isn’t fair. The sniper is a power weapon so of course it should be better overall
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Admittedly it seems however that getting headshots with it is somewhat harder. From my experience, it’s somehow easier to aim the sniper rifle to get the headshot, even no-scoping headshots. I’m not sure, does the sniper rifle have better bullet magnetism?
Anyway, it seems to me that the shock rifle is a higher skill level sniping weapon, but also a good utility weapon which balances it out. Plus it’s more common not being a power weapon.
How on this Earth in the year of our Lord 2022 are people under the impression the Shock Rifle isn’t good?
You literally just aim for the head and people die, its one of the best weapons in the game
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The Sniper Rifle actually has less autoaim and bullet magnetism than the Shock Rifle. It has almost none at all as a way of balancing it out I think.
I think part of the issue is maybe the reticle being shaped the way it is. With the Shock Rifle you have to use the dot in the middle and ignore the rest of the reticle
Agreed… my mind is blown by the amount of people on here trashing the Shock Rifle. Have they even tried it? I suggest practicing with the weapon drills if you need it.
Honestly I think the Shock Rifle should be reworked into a power weapon… it is the most interesting alternative Sniper Rifle Halo has ever seen IMO. You have to hit your headshots in order to get your kill, otherwise it takes 3 shots (one more than the Sniper) however it does have chain damage and EMP which helps balance the lower damage. At this point in BTB all I go for is the Shock Rifle… its potentially 12 kills if you hit your headshots (better than the S7 Sniper) and you have an infinite supply in your teams spawn… so easy to get huge killstreaks with this weapon. Whatever team gets the Shock Rifle spawn vs the Stalker Rifle gets a huge advantage. That’s how you know the Shock Rifle should be a power weapon. My favourite weapon in the game.
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I like the Shock Rifle, it’s one of the most satisfying guns to get kills with, the Disruptor needs a Buff and the Pulse Carbine has its use cases, they’ve confirmed Ravager buffs coming in S2, so with that it should be a good gun in this sandbox.