Pwnage-o-meter explodes with Halo 3's Spartan Laser |
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Let us introduce you guys to Halo 3's "energy of pure pwnage" we've mentioned before: the Spartan Laser. One fact we do know is that it's an anti-vehicle laser weapon. But what else of it? Bungie's updated their news blog with rather vague information. Check out the tech specs for the Spartan Laser:
Weapon/Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galileian Nonlinear Rifle (W/AV M6 G/GNR)
Official designation: M6 G/GNR
Length (o/a): 98.8 cm (38.9 in.)
Length (barrel):
Weight (empty): 19.07 kg (42 lbs)
Weight (loaded): 20.4 kg (45 lbs)
Cartridge:
Max. effective range:
Muzzle velocity: 299792458 m/s (983 571 056 f/s)
Magazine capacity:
Rate of fire: semi-automatic only
Unit Replacement cost: cR. 218000.00
Ok hold on. Did the QJ site just break down with some HTML coding error? Nope. Those black "censorship" bars are meant to be there (highlighting the text doesn't even reveal anything). That's how it looks like in Bungie's site, at least. They even continue blotting out other parts of their entry, even with a description that states: "The M6 G/GNR is a type laser." Rawr. What the hell.
Although the specifics aren't really given, it doesn't take a Master (of chiefs, perhaps?) to get the whole picture if you read the entire clipping. Mostly though, we are still left with the clear knowledge that it's one of the (if not THE most) crucial weapons to have when taking down a vehicle. No one's stopping you from using it against other players though. Whether you're on Valhalla or High Ground, this baby will definitely bring the pwnage-o-meter off the charts.
Check out the "Read" link below to see the Big Picture. But sorry, no specifics included.
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that gun's hot man, can wait to take me down some banshees
I swear, the people at Bungie are all idiots to having balanced weapons.
Halo had an overpowered pistol.
Halo2 had a sniper rifle that was extremely easy to use and requires no skill.
The shotgun in Halo2 sucked unless you were in point blank range. Even in close range you can easily be out gunned against a SMG, I have killed many shotgun wielders with 1 SMG face to face.
And now, a sniper anti-vehicle weapon. Point and shoot. No skill involved.
Having the rocket launcher didn't seem to be enough.
......Why are you always so _ _ _ _ing negative. Who pissed in ur cornflakes. You have no idea how the 3rd installment of Halo will playout. When this game comes out Im going to follow you around killing over and over with this exact weapon.
Cheers
please sell your 360 since you obviously hate it so much, go get a PS3 and enjoy! quit being so damn bitter all the time
If you hate the 360 so much (which you seem to, since you diss some aspect of it in every comment you make) get the hell off the 360 site.
Although I do agree somewhat, this seems like it could become another "noob weapon", like the sword, plasma pistol and rocket launcher in Halo 2, all of which are far too easy to use and far too powerful. However, neither of us knows how Halo 3 and its weapons will work out, so let's leave judgment until the beta.
YOU SHOULD ALL SHUT THE ***** UP!
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This is a bash against Bungie for being lazy.
They dont seem to feel the need to balance out weapons but they feel to need to incorporate new unbalanced weapons into the game to make it seem more balanced.
There are several ways they can balance the weapons they have for multi-player use.
The shotgun needs to be more effective. It seems you have to be in pretty much point blank range in order to get a 1 hit kill. Make the power of the shotgun higher so if 2/3 of one shot connects, it should kill.
The sword definitely needs to be balanced. It should have the same energy reserve as the single player version. That way one person wont be able to camp in a small room and camp for an entire map.
The needler needs to be more effective. Make the needles faster, they travel so slow that even if your shooting at someone from behind and they are walking in a straight line, it takes forever for them to reach. You pretty much have to be real close to a person to get a needler kill, but at that point your better off using melee.
The rocket launcher shouldn't be able to hold any extra ammo. Once you fire 2 shots, thats it, because being able to hold 2 in the weapon and 2 on the side is already too much.
All of you act like Halo is the best game ever. Its extremely unbalanced and unrefined. Thats why there is pretty much zero respect for anyone who has max level. Whens the last time you saw someone at max level and didn't think he/she uses an exploit?
Wheres the respect for good players. I had max level before the rank resets. People at max level were respected at one point in time. But now, anyone at max level is considered a cheater. Because to get max level you have to cheat the same way everyone else cheats to get max level.
I dont understand what the beef is. You don't like the game? Don't play it........simple enough.
I have a hard time believing that you acheived the max rank. I'm not the best player in the world, but my peak was 27 team slayer. I found it respectable considering all the modders out there.
Rank resets? When was this? You must have cheated at some point, because I havn't played Halo in 10 months, and yesterday I fired it up on the 360, downloaded all the old map packs, actuall HOPING for a rank reset. Nope, i was a 27, and got pwned because i hadnt played in forever.
You cry about balanced weapons. Try being a balanced player! The shotgun worked. Well i might add. Especially with the melee after it.
Sure the "noob special" plasma pistol was kinda weak. But i'm not gonna cry about it, i'm gonna use it! Then if i find people using it, i'll hide behind objects to avoid it
Thats called being a balanced player.
I'm sick and tired of people saying "well i wish...." SHUT UP, dont wish, just play. And when you get pwned and cry about it, go sell it back to EB games and get "Barbie, who stole my pony" as i'm sure it would have more balanced weapons for you.......n00b
P.S. dont every try to tell anyone you acheived rank 50 again, not only will they not believe you, but when you cry about how unbalanced the game was, it makes it even less credible........loser.....
go learn some c++ then apply for a job at bungie.....nerd
The Shotgun is good enough, ppl u play with must suck at the shotgun and it sounds like ur not that good at it either. I Needler is also fine, and as for the rocket launcher, just get it before everyone else , wud u rather of had Halo 2 without a rocket launcher? no didnt think so.....I do agree about the sword but all u have to do is shotgun the person in the face, so big problem there and I also agree that its not the best game ever, Its just a normal game that is really over hyped.
I was watching the millitary channel the other day and they did a future weapons show on "directional energy weapons" and it really gave an idea as to what the spartan laser will be like from what was discribe in the soldier comments about the laser, companies working for the millitary are already testing weapons in real life simlar to the spartan laser, their is a plane that can shoot down long range missiles with a high powered laser, and steath jets are being equiped with this technology to....BUT STILL...NEW SCREEN SHOTS BUNGIE,COME ON !!
Bungie has said they are fixing a lot of the things you mentioned. I forget where (I believe it was in an OXM issue, where Bungie addressed pro players' concerns), but they said the rocket launcher and plasma pistol have reduced tracking. Bungie has also said time and time again that the Needler is much more powerful, to the point of actually being able to kill something.
There is a ton of respect for good players. People who get payed to play and are actually good are respected pretty highly, even if you're a legit level 50 you won't get much respect (not from people who know how to play the game anyway), because it's not that hard to do.
And I believe the last rank reset was when they took the leaderboards down, and at that time there were zero legit "max levels" (level 50), so unless you just admitted to using cheats and exploits yourself you did not have max level before the reset.
To the guy above me, the Needler is pretty far from "fine". If you knew how to play this game, you would know that if the opponent strafes correctly it's nearly 100% impossible to get a kill, even with dual Needlers. The only way to get a guaranteed kill is if they are running in a straight line away from you, and they don't notice you before it's too late. That's a screwed up gun IMO
360 User, as much as I would like to agree with with what you said, the last few paragraphs were complete idiocy. If you ask anyone who is on a top three Halo 2 team (the people on the number one team make over $100,000 a year playing this game) what they think of it, I can almost guarantee you they will tell you it sucks, and that's its biggest flaw is its unbalanced weapons.
Quit playing map default... it makes the game unfair.
and it's a sniper anti-vehicle weapon? Oh well, I have a feeling that it's not going to be powerful against the players, just vehicles(that don't have shields)
Lol.... "Shotgun needs to be more effective"- it is effect, just don't use it on a big map, use it in a small cocentrated area, it's like trying to kill a sniper with a sword, he could take you out:P and with the guy camping in a small room, try GRENADES... lol if there's not grenades, pick up a shotgun!... ... Rocketlauncher is 'cheap' but just avoid them, or perfect your plasma grenade throwing skills.
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