What happened to the Weapons?

[DESTIOSS]

Something I've been thinking about since I first played Halo 2, Why are the weapons suddenly crippled down?

eg1. Plasma weapons: In Halo CE they were boss, but in 2004, you'd be better off throwing dirt at the Elites.

eg2. Needler: Fires slower, does bugger all damage without firing 20 bullets at the same target.

eg3. SMG: Utterly worthless unless dual weilded.

I hate to be predictable and negative, but these are my thoughts.

[DaveAtStateFarm]

They had to balance every other weapon, so they can all compare to eachother.

Imagine Dual wielding CE's pistol in multiplayer, awesome, yet not fair at all.

[Mr Biggles]

If one weapon was greater then the other, then everyone would use that weapon, and itd be silly seeing that game after game, so, they have to balance it out to make it a balanced game.

[Bighungry2x]

If one weapon was greater then the other, then everyone would use that weapon, and itd be silly seeing that game after game, so, they have to balance it out to make it a balanced game.

I am going to have to agree with this. For a game to be balanced, a weapon must be able to be countered by another weapon. Therefor, if one improves, it may improve / degrade another. The same goes with Armor Abilities and whatnot.

[HaloGamer 7]

They just rebalanced the weapon system not a huge deal to me.if one weapon hade the edge of winning against another it wouldn't be fair

So they fixed it. That's all.

[Darman]

SMG sucks no matter how you look at it. Unless you dual wield, in which case it's comparable to the suppressor. Only good at close range. Except you need two to equal the suppressor.