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Halo Infinite’s next update, Operation Frontlines, arrives on February 4th, and one of the big new content drops is a new gun – the Fuel Rod SPNKr.
In many ways, it’s like if the Fuel Rod and the Rocket Launcher had a baby, showing how humanity has started integrating more covenant technology after the end of Halo 3’s story. Which is super cool – in theory.
Demonstrating the weapon in a livestream, Halo Studios showed off a weapon that, in the opinion of many players, is just a little too close to the rocket launcher for comfort. In many ways, it feels like a re-skin of the rocket launcher, rather than a whole new weapon.
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The Fuel Rod SPNKr has the same silhouette as the rocket launcher, and shares several features – including its animations.
It deviates from the traditional rocket launcher in two ways: first, at long ranges, the projectiles fall slightly with gravity – something that largely won’t matter on smaller maps. The bigger sell, though, is a 6-round magazine. Compared to the rocket launcher’s 2, that’s no small change.
Player reactions to the new weapon trend negative, favoring disappointment over outright anger. The Fuel Rod SPNKr, and the game’s previously-released weapon (the MA5K Avenger), are perceived less like new weapons and more like weapon-skins given slightly tweaked stats.
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Halo is a franchise that prides itself on its weapon sandbox and weapon diversity. The Fuel Rod’s projectile used to be able to bounce off walls, a feature that the Fuel Rod SPNKr lacks. The lack of a similarly unique feature has fans upset, though not quite up in arms.
“The state of Halo, man.” said one fan in a Reddit thread discussing the weapon.
“It’s a bit ugly but if this is how the skeleton crew left on the game can continue to add “new” weapons with different mechanics it’s better than nothing I guess.”
While players are happy to be receiving new content, and certainly prefer this to another weapon skin, it’s a far cry from a whole new gun.
They suspected that the MA5K Avenger was originally an Assault Rifle skin that was “upgraded” into an independent, but unavoidably-similar weapon. The Fuel Rod SPNKr looks to be Halo Studios’ latest try at using this process to bring more content to players.
Halo Infinite’s ‘Operation Fontlines’ Update Offers More Than A Gun
Operation Frontlines offers more content than previous ‘operation’ updates, with an expanded Operation Pass, and a more casual-friendly way to unlock the free content. Even if you don’t play during the operation, you can exchange Spartan Points (the free currency) for the items you missed.
As with previous Halo Infinite seasons, you can purchase an expanded version of the pass to get more rewards, and remove any time limitations associated with it.
The Assault gamemode also returns from Halo 2, where players fight over a single grabbable bomb they can carry into the enemy’s bomb site. The mode will be available in both 4v4 and 8v8 matches.
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