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Mon, 01/26/2004 - 22:48 by narcogen

We had some feedback on the Weapons section of the High Ping Bastard's Guide to Halo, in particular, defending the Needler and the Sniper Rifle. Don't get us wrong; we like the sniper rifle, and the Needler definitely has its uses. One reader pointed out that if a target isn't looking towards you, a whole clip of Needler rounds can take them out before they know what hit them, which is true.

However, the guide was designed not to be a guide to the weapons, per se, but to discuss the effects of lag on them. From what I've seen, a lagged player has much less of a chance of being competetive in, say, a snipers-only slayer FFA game on Boarding Action, than in t Blood Gulch CTF match, and part of that disadvantage is in the split second you lose when squaring off against another sniper. It's not that the sniper is a bad gun, it's that having severe lag (and by this we mean 250 ms or even higher) affects it in such a way that, if one is available, you're probably going to be better off with a different gun.

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Wed, 01/28/2004 - 19:46

I agree that you made the needler sound worst that it actualy is. I use it quite often, as I favor it over the assault rifle and plasma pistol. Even if I am a LPB, I would say the needler is a perfect companion to other lag-friendly weapons, such as heavy weapons and shotgun, as it provides longer-range and tracking.

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