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Re: Much ado over a minor side point
Posted By: Spartan Jag <spartanjag@gmail.com>Date: 3/22/06 9:09 a.m.

In Response To: Much ado over a minor side point (Anton P. Nym (aka Steve))

: The second point is the needler. When you're wending your way down to the
: Flood Lab in the level "343 Guilty Spark", there's a huge cache
: of needler ammunition under one of the doors. One pass through I decided
: it was a hint and tried out the needler against the Flood, and it worked
: reasonably well at range. Sword and needler make a pretty good combo
: against the Flood in Halo 2, actually; it's just that (shotgun / sword) +
: (sentinel beam / carbine) are somewhat faster.

Yes, the Needler is good, but the majority of Flood that we've fought as the MC or Arbiter are equipped with Plasma weapons (Other then the Flood with Human weapons), which to me suggests that most of the Covies fighting them were equipped with Plasma Pistols/Rifles and a few Carbines (Carbines are good, if you can aim - Elites usually can't...). This to me, seems like a lack of preparation. Simply equipping their forces with Needlers exclusively would be a good move, but the lack of that strategy suggests to me that the Covenant are unfamiliar with the Flood, or simply haven't gotten enough reports from survivors to think up this tactic.

On the other hand, while Needlers are a somewhat effective weapon, they are often dangerous in close quarters, and pretty hard to use against infection forms. Human weapons and maybe the Carbine are the most effective.


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Replies:

"I've smelled that stench before..."Spartan Jag 3/21/06 11:05 a.m.
     Coolness: AGREED *NM*Andrew Nagy 3/21/06 11:07 a.m.
     Slick idea :) *NM*Finn 3/21/06 11:57 a.m.
     Re: "I've smelled that stench before..."Urban Reflex 3/21/06 12:35 p.m.
           Re: "I've smelled that stench before..."jman571 3/21/06 12:57 p.m.
                 Re: "I've smelled that stench before..."Cthulhu117 3/21/06 2:13 p.m.
                 Re: "I've smelled that stench before..."Ryan Broxterman 3/21/06 2:13 p.m.
                 Re: "I've smelled that stench before..."Black Guard 3/22/06 12:49 a.m.
     Wasn't me...Jammerfer 3/21/06 2:13 p.m.
           Re: Wasn't me...Schedonnardus 3/21/06 2:57 p.m.
                 I was thinking the same thingShortRoundMcfly 3/21/06 3:13 p.m.
           Re: Wasn't me...Peptuck 3/21/06 3:32 p.m.
     Another potential hint:Spartan Jag 3/21/06 4:41 p.m.
           Re: Another potential hint:Peptuck 3/21/06 4:46 p.m.
                 Re: Another potential hint:Spartan Jag 3/21/06 5:14 p.m.
     Much ado over a minor side pointAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 3/21/06 6:20 p.m.
           Re: Much ado over a minor side pointSpartan Jag 3/22/06 9:09 a.m.
           Re: Much ado over a minor side pointmnemesis 3/22/06 11:03 a.m.
                 Re: Much ado over a minor side pointAndrew Nagy 3/22/06 3:37 p.m.
           Re: Much ado over a minor side pointAndrew Nagy 3/22/06 11:03 a.m.
                 Re: Much ado over a minor side pointLouis Wu 3/22/06 11:38 a.m.



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