What I mean by that is, have a new weapon be introduced like, a Compound bow (like in Crysis) or a Crossbow? It can either be that or some other weapon. Feel free to discuss your opinion, for i would like to read your responses.
With me, I would like to have a Compound Bow in Halo 5, that way it would be somewhat of a “uncommon” weapon, that doesn’t shoot bullets and fires silently.
EDIT: With the Bow, I meant for it as a Power Weapon, with a strong shot like the Sniper Rifle. The only thing is, you only have 1 arrow/round.
Unusual as in unique or unconventional, yes. The Railgun for instance.
However, a Crossbow would make no sense. First, you’re shooting targets that wear metal armor. Second, you’re shooting targets that wear metal armor that projects an energy field around it.
That’s why I love Halo 1’s Covenant weapons. They were all unique with distinct abilities and roles.
Plasma Pistol: Overcharge could stun unshielded enemies, overcharge did decent flesh damage and could be used as a finisher (the Boltshot does not even come close to it’s efficiency)
Plasma Rifle: Stun that could slow down turning and movement, headshot bonus. You could rampage through the Campaign using just this one gun
Needler: EMP supercombine detonation, multiple supercombines in living enemies, longer wait for detonation (so you could not use it on a charging enemy and you could watch your victims with a cruel smile on your face). Needler tracking and travel time were not too effective, requiring greater skill to utilize
Fuel Rod Gun: functioned as a mortar, was not point and shoot, has the fastest melee (and animation)
I want the grenade launcher back… does that count? My favorite Halo weapon bar none.
Would also like to see the concussion rifle replaced with the Brute shot, but that would also essentially necessitate a return of the Brutes, which they seem content to leave sidelined for now.
I’m not interested in seeing bows or anything truly bizarre like the tunneling weapon from Gears of War just for the sake of having it. I mean… this is futuristic weaponry, not Turok the Dinosaur Hunter. Unless it really makes sense in the context of the future, stay away from it.
sure I want some weird or unusual weapons, that’s sort of what halo’s about. We don’t consider them weird anymore since we’re used to them but most of the covenant weapons are pretty unusual, the Needler, The Energy Sword, The Plasma Launcher, Plasma Grenades, the list is long.
I always wanted some super over powered weapon you get once in the campaign, like that sniper riffle that shoots threw solid metal in Black Ops 2. How about a needlier LMG?
> I always wanted some super over powered weapon you get once in the campaign, like that sniper riffle that shoots threw solid metal in Black Ops 2. How about a needlier LMG?
how about a Scarab Gun…
In Halo Contact Harvest, Johnson used a sniper rifle that used gauss cannon technology. I believe it had a thermal scope and could shoot through walls. That’d be a fun weapon for Campaign.
> Unusual as in <mark>unique or unconventional</mark>, yes. The Railgun for instance.
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> However, a Crossbow would make no sense. First, you’re shooting targets that wear metal armor. Second, you’re shooting targets that wear metal armor that projects an energy field around it.
Yes, it can be either one.
A Human Rifle which fires 6 Air Burst rounds in half a second before having to reload. The Air Burst rounds would detonate in the air near a player that is being aimed at. BOOM BOOM BOOM ZING BOOM BOOM
I could see some sort of “Forerunner bow” equivalent. Ammunition made of hardlight, makes the typical sizzling noises akin to the energy sword, could have a 3 second charge for a slightly more powerful shot, etc the general concept of “bow” can be taken and drastically altered to the point of it seemingly being an entirely new weapon - if done correctly.
Someone has to say it.
Tornado gun.
On the serious side - a Forerunner support weapon/turret.
If they don’t return the flamethrower, perhaps its function could be given to a forerunner equiv.?
What bit about flamelazers wouldn’t be effective against the Flood?
How about this?
A weapon that charges like the Splazer or Railgun.
But you can fire anytime you like.
The longer you charge, the more damage it does.
But it also loses range the longer you charge it.
So you could use it as a semi-auto rifle or as a powerful shotgun.
It would run on power like Covenant weapons rather than ammo.
IMO all Forerunner weapons should be unusual. Where is the Sentinel Beam? Why is the Boltshot the only truly weird gun of a race that’s a few hundred thousand years ahead of us? The incineration is cool but it does not justify how normal the Forerunner weapons are.
I want the whole Forerunner Sandbox to get an overhaul in Halo 5. Everything from the Pulse nade (which needs a buff) to the Boltshot (which just doesn’t work) to the Scattershot (which is simply not a good weapon) and new and unusual ideas should be added. Like that cut weapon that creates weird bubbles in the air, or that burst pistol… The weapons should be at least as weird as Covenant weapons were back in CE.
> I want the grenade launcher back… does that count? My favorite Halo weapon bar none.
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> Would also like to see the concussion rifle replaced with the Brute shot, but that would also essentially necessitate a return of the Brutes, which they seem content to leave sidelined for now.
That’s what I came here to say 
The grenade launcher was an all around fantastic weapon (probably my favourite grenade launcher in any arena shooter, ever) and the Sticky Det just doesn’t do it justice… at all.
As for the concussion rifle, the problem with doing that is the differences between the two. I prefer the CR to the BS because of the CR’s concussion range, which allows for larger, better jumps. Makes it a more useful weapon than the brute shot ever was.
Its Sad that 343 made the Forunner weapons so unoriginal. They were originally going to be unique but playtest had shown that people didn’t get it. I think if 343 kept the unique forunner weapons the community would learn to love em. I mean the whole fourunner arsenal is either boring nurfed loadout weapons or buffed up power weapons.
Yeah It was Disappointing to see Forerunner weapons needed to reload and is weaker and less original than there UNSC counterpart.
I wanna see those blue laser pistols they used in the Origin episode of Halo legends as those weapons can combine and it had a pretty cool design into it.
I have a great idea!
In the game, ‘Murder Miners’, there’s an Energy Sword.
However, this works very differently from the one we all know and love.
The way it works is you charge it up.
The longer you charge it up, the further the range of your lunge.
So it could be Melee range or 15 Meters.
Also, you cannot move while charging it up.
I personally think this should replace the Scattershot.
Which is basically a Shotgun that ricochets.
Does anyone have an idea of what this weapon could look like?
I hope they replace the charged shot on the boltshot with a sentinel beam blast. This blast would slowly deplete the ammo in the BS mag, until it fully drains the mag. A full mag of charged shot should kill one person max, with a little bit of lenience.
How about some kind of Promethean crossbow that shoots a bolt of pure energy, it immediately pops your shields when it hits the body, instant kill if you land a headshot. It would be quite a difficult weapon to master and would require a lot of precision and skill.
It could be a replacement for, and an improvement on, the Boltshot. Obviously it would be a power weapon and not something you freakin’ spawn with!
Also, I believe it would be the coolest looking weapon in Halo history… just sayin’.