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Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?
Posted By: peptuck <peptuck3@hotmail.com>Date: 11/27/06 9:09 a.m.

In Response To: what WAS the needler designed for..........? (One of Bungies mindless bitches.)

: I guess it could have been designed to fire one or two shots at a time to
: keep a prisoner weak, or keep shields low, or something..... Just
: wondering what everyone thinks. No, scratch that. I am wondering what the
: answer is. I'll just have to sift through what everyone thinks to get to
: that. he he he

One thing that the Needler does that doesn't translate into game terms very well is that it fragments; every shard is like a tiny fragmentation grenade that lodges shrapnel into your skin on detonation. In Halo: Fall of Reach, for example, one Marine has an entire muscle segment on his arm blown apart by a single needler detonation.

Now, imagine a dozen of these shards flying at you at high speed, and homing in, even bouncing off corners and continuing after you as you dive behind cover. That's not only deadly, but damn frightening. Fear is an integral part of any battle, and using fear against an enemy is part and parcel of defeating an enemy; that's the whole point of suppression and covering fire.


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what WAS the needler designed for..........?One of Bungies mindless bitches. 11/27/06 7:07 a.m.
     Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Xmoose 11/27/06 7:33 a.m.
     Re: ...... Single Player. *NM*Sep7imus [subnova] 11/27/06 7:35 a.m.
     Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?yakaman 11/27/06 8:54 a.m.
     It's a Brute Killer in H2. Elite Killer in Halo CE[AMS] GreyThor 11/27/06 9:08 a.m.
     Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?peptuck 11/27/06 9:09 a.m.
           Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Rox 11/27/06 9:42 a.m.
                 Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Hikaru-119 11/27/06 10:39 a.m.
                       Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?scarab 11/27/06 10:54 a.m.
                             Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?De Laal 11/27/06 11:00 a.m.
     Sewing. *NM*Blackstar 11/27/06 9:48 a.m.
     Re: what ... or what not ;)vshields ash 11/27/06 10:03 a.m.
     Lawn Airation...Funkmon 11/27/06 10:19 a.m.
     Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?scarab 11/27/06 10:24 a.m.
           Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Simpsons Rule 11/27/06 10:32 a.m.
                 Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?scarab 11/27/06 10:51 a.m.
                       Sniper needlerRockslider 11/27/06 6:17 p.m.
                             Re: Sniper needlerCaptain Spark 11/27/06 9:18 p.m.
                                   Re: Sniper needlerRockslider 11/28/06 12:29 p.m.
                                         Re: Sniper needlerCaptain Spark 11/28/06 1:00 p.m.
                                               Re: Sniper needlerRockslider 11/28/06 5:11 p.m.
                                                     Re: Sniper needlerCaptain Spark 11/28/06 9:00 p.m.
                                                           Re: Sniper needlerRVideo 11/28/06 9:36 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Sniper needlerCaptain Spark 11/28/06 10:00 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Sniper needlerBurr 11/30/06 1:46 p.m.
           Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Captain Spark 11/27/06 11:08 a.m.
                 Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?scarab 11/27/06 2:14 p.m.
           Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?peptuck 11/27/06 11:26 a.m.
           Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Elmatto 11/27/06 2:33 p.m.
           Honk if you love the H1 needlerRockslider 11/27/06 5:58 p.m.
                 Re: Honk if you love the H1 needlerscarab 11/28/06 1:06 a.m.
                       Re: Honk if you love the H1 needlerRockslider 11/28/06 12:38 p.m.
                 HONK *NM*Grey Wolf 11/28/06 8:57 a.m.
                       BLARG *NM*The More Deluded 11/28/06 3:48 p.m.
                 *honk* *NM*pile0nades 11/30/06 8:39 p.m.
                 *plays whistling dixie, followed by klaxon* *NM*Slimby 12/3/06 4:08 p.m.
                       Thats a hell of a honk! *NM* *NM*gunluva 12/3/06 7:16 p.m.
     Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?PharoahsRaiment 11/27/06 11:26 a.m.
     Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Angel_251 11/27/06 12:54 p.m.
           Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?PsychoRaven 11/27/06 1:11 p.m.
                 Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?KP 11/27/06 1:48 p.m.
                       Re: what WAS the needler ..........?vshields ash 11/27/06 2:15 p.m.
                             Re: what WAS the needler ..........?KP 11/27/06 4:32 p.m.
                                   The gauntlet has been thrown down!3Suns 11/28/06 3:40 a.m.
                                         Re: The gauntlet ...yep,...vshields ash 11/28/06 4:30 a.m.
                                   Re: what WAS...get ready to rumble !!! :)vshields ash 11/28/06 4:28 a.m.
                                         Sent *NM*KP 11/28/06 2:28 p.m.
                                               Pos- Game Carnage Report, please? *NM*Ragnarok 12/3/06 5:46 p.m.
                       Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?mr_mcmurder 11/27/06 5:50 p.m.
                 Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?The More Deluded 11/28/06 7:07 a.m.
           Head-butt those pesky SentinelsRockslider 11/30/06 11:30 a.m.
                 Re: Head-butt those pesky SentinelsRox 12/1/06 3:45 p.m.
     BlindfiringNecromas 11/27/06 4:24 p.m.
           Also...Necromas 11/27/06 4:29 p.m.
           Re: BlindfiringBurr 11/27/06 4:59 p.m.
                 Re: Blindfiringscarab 11/28/06 1:09 a.m.
     Efficient when used wellRockslider 11/27/06 6:47 p.m.
           Re: Efficient when used wellCaptain Spark 11/27/06 9:10 p.m.
                 Re: Efficient when used wellscarab 11/28/06 1:18 a.m.
                       Re: Efficient when used wellRockslider 11/28/06 12:32 p.m.
                 Re: Efficient when used wellRockslider 11/28/06 4:58 p.m.
                       Re: Efficient when used wellCaptain Spark 11/28/06 9:18 p.m.
     Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?MasterNoob 11/27/06 10:05 p.m.
           Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Rox 11/28/06 3:47 a.m.
                 Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Justinian 11/28/06 4:55 a.m.
                       Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?The More Deluded 11/28/06 7:18 a.m.
     Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Document 11/28/06 12:24 p.m.
           Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Mordrorru 11/30/06 11:44 a.m.
     Popcornpile0nades 12/2/06 10:44 p.m.
           Re: Popcorn...great game...vshields ash 12/3/06 5:36 a.m.
     Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?DirkGently 12/3/06 12:40 a.m.
           Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Black Guard 12/3/06 4:23 a.m.
                 Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?The More Deluded 12/3/06 8:55 a.m.
                       Re: what WAS the needler designed for..........?Sparkamus 12/3/06 5:02 p.m.



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