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Originally Posted by Ender
You forgot Sentinel Beam, Fuel Rod Cannon, and Beam Rifle.
Sentinel Beam
While mostly a joke weapon in H2 because of how slow its killing speed was, it got a well-needed revamp during the transition to Halo 3. It now kills faster than a 4-shot BR and has a super strong melee bonus damage. It is battery operated like other plasma weapons. It shoots an orange beam perfectly straight and fires constantly until you let go of the trigger or it overheats. When used up close, it is vicious as a single shot and a melee will kill on MLG settings. It is weak from far distances, however, as it does not have a scope and becomes impossible to keep on the opponent without an extremely low sensitivity. It is also countered by BR users who effectively peek shot, because it minimizes the time the beam can make contact while the BR user can still land all of their shots. This is a power weapon that accomplishes what the DAMP would, while allowing it to be used longer because it does not disappear once the user dies. I would recommend 3 minutes for respawn, and it should be placed in an exposed area like other power weapons.
idk anything about the Fuel Rod Cannon...
Beam Rifle
The Covenant version of the Human sniper is not very different. It does not have to be reloaded but overheats when fired too quickly. The major reason this is not used in MLG is because ammo cannot be collected with it. With the Human sniper, players can pick up spare ammo, but with the Beam Rifle, ammo is in the form of battery, which means you have to drop one Beam Rifle to pick up another. If a player wanted to steal another teams ammo, they would half to drop the ammo they had in exchange for a full Beam Rifle. I would recommend staying with the Human sniper all the time, but if you really want to use it, put it on a map that only has one sniper, which will greatly reduce the ammo situation.
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The Beam rifle I didn't really feel the need to explain as the sniper rifle would always be preffered by the pro's. And the sentinal beam/fuel rod cannon were not included as Bungie won't even use them in matchmaking.
The weapon I feel needs to be talked about is the Spartan Laser(I totally forgot about it). Thanks for the writeup though, I will add the beam rifle to the post.