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10/8/2008 12:50:56 AM
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Is the Halo 3 Spiker worth wielding?
What do you think of the Halo 3 Spiker? Is it worth using? I dont even have 1 kill with them because I find that they are rather ineffective to use and they are not worth going out of my way to get, I figure that a battle rifle or carbine or even a magnum will suffice. Recently I did some duals testing and found the the Spiker is the only dual wield-able weapon that I found ineffective. The Plasma Rifle, SMG, Magnum, Plasma Pistol, and Mauler all worked well when randomly combined together in dual usage but not the spiker. Is this because I play on 5 sensitivity on bumper jumper? Do you find the Spiker effective? So do you think that having a dual wield-able weapon as the default starting weapon would help you improve with and use duals more?
[Edited on 10.07.2008 5:51 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] skullchaser I tend to think that the spikers are in fact worth using but I tend not to use them unless I am bored or am trying to humiliate someone without truly doing anything obscene.[/quote]
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I tend to think that the spikers are in fact worth using but I tend not to use them unless I am bored or am trying to humiliate someone without truly doing anything obscene.
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this is to mcstrike4. the reason the needler is un-duel - weild-able is because its too powerful when its doubled. havent you noticed it takes like 3 seconds and your enemy is dead? imagine what it would be like if THAT power doubled. just think about it. what if you were on xbox LIVE and you had duel - weilded needlers. you'd be OWNING and people would file complaints on you sayin your a hacker or something. [Edited on 06.02.2009 2:35 PM PDT]
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i think not. in fact, i've used it millions of times, even duel - weilding, and yet, i still was killed with it
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] psi5000 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The Shepherd214 not many of you played halo 2 online did you...the best dual wield combo is SMG and Plasma rifle.[/quote]I find the Spiker + Plasma Rifle is pretty effective. I use it a lot on the snowy map with the underground room where everybody goes to die. Just spray everyone you can with plasma and spikes while your teammates shot in with real bullets. Clears things out pretty nice. Plus I think it freaks people out - they're like "What that dude doing, I'm scared."[/quote]i suggest you learn the art of leading shots. the spiker is actually very powerful, more so than the AR but at the same time if you mess up your aim you're generally screwed. if you look you can see a lot of spikers in random places where they aren't really much use, so my theiry is that bungie put them there so that they could be an "advanced" AR. harder to use, more tempermental but generally more powerful. i use it a lot in close range fights like the houses in snowbound, guardian, the corridors of high ground (well not really because of my love of the carbine but it's very effective there, epilogue, and round corners in the pit. i'm pretty sure there's a few other spiker friendly spots but i can't remember
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The Shepherd214 not many of you played halo 2 online did you...the best dual wield combo is SMG and Plasma rifle.[/quote]I find the Spiker + Plasma Rifle is pretty effective. I use it a lot on the snowy map with the underground room where everybody goes to die. Just spray everyone you can with plasma and spikes while your teammates shot in with real bullets. Clears things out pretty nice. Plus I think it freaks people out - they're like "What that dude doing, I'm scared."
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The Shepherd214 not many of you played halo 2 online did you...the best dual wield combo is SMG and Plasma rifle. The spiker sucks dual or single too. It has no advantage over the assault rifle at all so why go get it, its useless.[/quote]I know right!?!? But everyone is like oh... Spiker + SMG!!!11!1!!1!!!1
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its worth it i can really make fun of some one when i kill them with it + it has a long clip lol.
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not many of you played halo 2 online did you...the best dual wield combo is SMG and Plasma rifle. The spiker sucks dual or single too. It has no advantage over the assault rifle at all so why go get it, its useless.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hylebos [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] mtaylor808 Me and my friend nickname the spiker "The Pizza Cutter" mainly because of the blade on the end of it. But to stay on topic, I do find myself using it sometimes. I find the weapon [u][b]very[/u][/b] effective at close range w/out dual weilding. Just a few shots and a whack will do the job. [/quote] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRQoH6G2xhc]Mai Roflknief Goez Sliec Sliec Sliec Sliec lololololololol...[/url][/quote] HA
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pretty positive it does same damage as needly (7 shot kill) - dual weilding I mean [Edited on 05.31.2009 7:34 PM PDT]
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when i have to choose between a spiker and a bunny for a weapon. i choose the bunny. good melee for a dual but crap otherwise. it is extremely insulting to people if you kill them with it though.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Flipfox22 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] staple gunnz the spiker is pathetic. it takes two whole clips to kill someone![/quote] If by two mags you mean fourteen spikes then yes.[/quote]No i think he means 80 spikes...
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Sometimes, but it's good just to shoot someone then melee - it kinda' does alot of damage. [Edited on 05.31.2009 9:46 AM PDT]
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Spiker is good at really close range, but terrible at medium to long range because the projectiles travel so slowly and are relatively inacurate. I never really use it, but I guess i could if i had to
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] mtaylor808 Me and my friend nickname the spiker "The Pizza Cutter" mainly because of the blade on the end of it. But to stay on topic, I do find myself using it sometimes. I find the weapon [u][b]very[/u][/b] effective at close range w/out dual weilding. Just a few shots and a whack will do the job. [/quote] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRQoH6G2xhc]Mai Roflknief Goez Sliec Sliec Sliec Sliec lololololololol...[/url]
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I have used it a few times and i find that it is rather effective with the shoot beat down combo. you have to be like perfect at the timing for it be deadly though... Not enough spikes in them and your dead To many spikes in them but not enough to kill them, takes to long and then your dead
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If your fast enough dual spikers at close range owns
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Spiker is good weapon even when single wielding
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] staple gunnz the spiker is pathetic. it takes two whole clips to kill someone![/quote] If by two mags you mean fourteen spikes then yes.
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the spiker is pathetic. it takes two whole clips to kill someone!
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] J4ck D4niels I always thought the Spiker had bad range. I recently did duals testing on a moving long-range target and Spikers were second worse next to dual SMG's.[/quote] Spiker has longer range than BR or carbine. Just go to skybubble, put two boxes far enough from each other that its out of the range of BR, get your friend stand on the other box and you on the other and shoot each other with spikers. BTW i almost got a killtacular with a spiker on snowbound so yes, they are worth wielding. [Edited on 05.31.2009 3:18 AM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] PeriliousKnight no, if I can get a spree with pistols but not the spiker, something is definitely wrong with the weapon.[/quote] I've definitely got spiker sprees on Orbital. In Objective mind though, they come to you so using Close range weapons is easier and generally more widespread.
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Me and my friend nickname the spiker "The Pizza Cutter" mainly because of the blade on the end of it. But to stay on topic, I do find myself using it sometimes. I find the weapon [u][b]very[/u][/b] effective at close range w/out dual weilding. Just a few shots and a whack will do the job.
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its an ok weapon at average distance
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nah man the spiker isnt exactly what id call duel material, yea for melee its gonna get u somewhere. but what i still dnt understand to this day, is why in halo three u couldnt duel needlers, and i was really looking forward to dual swords, black armor, and the 2X scope on the magnum. but a man can dream rite?
