Talk:Fractile Needler

Very interesting article premise. I actually like it quite a bit, although I'd like to address some issues.

1) You contradict yourself on the issue of the weapons range. You state it has "awe inspiring room clearing capabilities" indicating it is probably fairly short-ranged, (I'll base this assumption on a short-ranged room clearing weapon like the shotgun, which has a similar scatter to the fractile needler) but later state it has "incredible range for that type of weapon." Ammunition which breaks up tends to lose velocity very quickly and thus loses its range, as this is the case with the Fractile Needler, this weapon should not have an incredible range, in fact it should be shorter ranged than the stock Needler.

2)"It is a Needler with some basic yet effective modifications even a grunt could pull off." and "These abilities were accidents however, the original purpose of the cracks was far more complex." Grunt's are not deep thinkers or renowned for being particularly creative. I find it hard to believe they even understand the technology in the weapons they carry, much the less are able to modify them.

3)"While the obvious effect seems to be to weaken the weapon the ammo's properties give the altered gun several advantages. First while the mass is the same the ammo is somehow lighter and more compact allowing significantly more to be carried and loaded at a time." The Needler has holes in the top of the weapon for a set amount of needles, short of modifying the mechanism and case of the Needler itself, there is no way to increase its capacity. And you do not mention any form of hardware hack, only an ammo one.

4)"A single clip can produce up to 500 small needles each packing the punch of 1 big 1." The explosive power increases as the rounds get smaller? This has some serious, insurmountable logical issues. I mean, the smaller something is, the more powerful it is? What's to stop Grunts from vaporizing starships and tanks with this thing?

5)"Like the needlers themselves, the grunts invented the difference between this gun and normal needler guns." Once again do I need to stress Grunts are not clever engineers. Besides, I can't reacll any mention they invented the Needler.

6)"But when fractile needles are blasted they turn into mini fuel rods going at twice the speed of carbine rounds." A Fuel Rod is very, very different from a Needler round, and they cannot chnage into one another. Besides, Carbine rounds move quite fast, and I doubt the larger, more delicate Needler rounds could survive moving twice the speed of a Carbine round.

7)And finally, if such a simple modification can make a gun so much more powerful, why don't we see the Covenant use them in the games?

Sincerely,

FightWithHonor