{{
`${userDetail.user.displayName}${userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode ? `#${standardizeBungieGlobalCode(userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode)}` : ""}`}}
{{getUserClans()}}
10/11/2010 1:34:52 AM
31
So why did the Covenant dicontinue the Needle Rifle over the Carbine?
I wonder why did the covenant stop producing the needle rifle and instead issued the carbine?
What are your thoughts?
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Nightmaren Because bungie made the carbine before the needle rifle. End of discussion.[/quote] But in Canon it doesn't make sense, you just cant be like here is a better armour then the one in previous games, cause we can.
-
Because bungie made the carbine before the needle rifle. End of discussion.
-
Idk budget cuts
-
Not sure, but probably because MC is still a Spartan II, made before Spartan III's like noble team. The spartan 3s were made basically to go on suicide missions, because they were cheap and could be made in excess.
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] xl3randonx [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] XPetrificationX Im more wondering as to why they drop armor abilities.. Notice MC doesnt have any, you'd think he would since its future in the future, but they must've discontinued those too![/quote] MC does have an AA. It's called Badass.[/quote]Win
-
On the point of the Carbine, the needle rifle is more accurate and deadly and can super combine adding to its effectiveness. Needle Rifle > Carbine
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AmazingMilto [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] oz0 BRADLEY 0zo [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] XPetrificationX Im more wondering as to why they drop armor abilities.. Notice MC doesnt have any, you'd think he would since its future in the future, but they must've discontinued those too![/quote] we have been over this so many times. AA could be in the prototype stage and as reach is the military capital all data could of been lost[/quote] AAs are Covenant design I believe. If you read the Armour Ability description in the kill stats, it suggests that it was stolen from the Covenant.[/quote] thus confirming my point
-
Well, I suppose a reason might be cost? I'm not sure what goes into making a needle rifle, or a carbine, but it's a thought. As for armor abilities, I'm going with the idea of all the data pertaining to them was lost when Reach was glassed. Though if you pay attention to some of the in-game cinematics you'll notice that MC has armor lock. I believe the exact words from the first cinematic of Halo 3 were "His armor's locked up".
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] oz0 BRADLEY 0zo [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] XPetrificationX Im more wondering as to why they drop armor abilities.. Notice MC doesnt have any, you'd think he would since its future in the future, but they must've discontinued those too![/quote] we have been over this so many times. AA could be in the prototype stage and as reach is the military capital all data could of been lost[/quote] AAs are Covenant design I believe. If you read the Armour Ability description in the kill stats, it suggests that it was stolen from the Covenant.
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] XPetrificationX Im more wondering as to why they drop armor abilities.. Notice MC doesnt have any, you'd think he would since its future in the future, but they must've discontinued those too![/quote] MC does have an AA. It's called Badass.
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sheffler92 They used up too many needles.[/quote] What I was going to say. Perhaps the Covenant found that the Carbine was more effective than the Needle Rifle?
-
Maybe the Carbine was cheaper to produce. After all they are at war.
-
The stopping of production of the superior Needle Rifle (or Reedler as i like to call it) probably happened because the recession hit them...
-
Compared to the new and improved needler, the needle rifle was a waste of needles, and the Covenant was going through a recession at the time, so they stopped production in favor of the more economically efficient carbine.
-
I loved the Carbine, I wish they had just brought it back but made it like a "prototype" or whatever they had to do to appease the canon followers to make it on-par with the DMR.
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] XPetrificationX Im more wondering as to why they drop armor abilities.. Notice MC doesnt have any, you'd think he would since its future in the future, but they must've discontinued those too![/quote] we have been over this so many times. AA could be in the prototype stage and as reach is the military capital all data could of been lost
-
Because they are able to have more than one type of Precision weapon? What's wrong with you guys, just because it's not in the other games doesn't mean it doesn't exist... That's like saying why is there an M16 but no AK-47? They're the the same weapons with the same functionality...
-
Carbine is better anyways.
-
Because it is a video game? Plus I like the Carbine better.
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] XPetrificationX Im more wondering as to why they drop armor abilities.. Notice MC doesnt have any, you'd think he would since its future in the future, but they must've discontinued those too![/quote] he has armor lock in the beggining of H3 and same with all the other spartan IIs in the book
-
carbine=faster fire rate needle rifle=combine explosion carbine=no explosive power to kill friends around target needle rifle=explosive power to kill everyone in 3 foot radius
-
In canon: Most likely a group specific weapon. In real life: It's a game.
-
They used up too many needles.
-
Probably because the prequel was made after the main trilogy.
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Johnny Five Probably because it had bloom :p[/quote] Lol'd
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Johnny Five Probably because it had bloom :p[/quote] This
