So having played the game a bit more (about 8 hours total, so not a huge amount), I have to say that I really don't care for more of the new weapons that were added to the game. Not that they're bad, but I feel like their visual design and the way they work tends to clash with the "original" halo weapons in an unfavorable way. I also have to say, I don't care for the names of the new weapons and can almost never remember them. I'm really not a fan of any of the Ravager weapons, and there's a couple where I can't tell what the purpose of them is supposed to be. Like the skewer, is it a sniper rifle? Is it an anti-vehicle weapon? It looks like a rocket launcher, but it has a sniper scope. It can kill an enemy in a single hit but doesn't have any kind of explosion radius, and fires a projectile with a travel time so it's difficult to actually hit someone with it at sniper ranges. Not sure why I would ever pick it over an actual sniper rifle or a rocket launcher.
The Skewer is an anti-vehicle weapon.
The Rocket Launcher has never really been that great of an anti-vehicle weapon (aside from Halo 2, where it locks onto vehicles). Unless the vehicle is slow moving/stationary, or it is barrelling towards you, hitting that vehicle with a relatively slow unguided rocket is going to need a lot of skill, and likely also a lot of luck.
The rocket has generally been more of an anti-infantry weapon, due to its slow-moving projectiles, and forgiving blast radius. The Spartan Laser has generally existed as the franchise's dedicated anti-vehicle weapon since Halo 3, which is now absent from Infinite.
The problem with the laser, was that it was 100% accurate, so you could very easily snipe fast moving or flying vehicles, from anywhere across the map. This was quite oppressive to vehicle gameplay.
The Skewer basically functions as a nerfed Spartan Laser, because the projectiles are slower, and drop after a certain distance, so it can be much harder to get those further-away vehicle snipes, whilst still excelling in the role, due to its near-instant close/medium range impact, high damage, as well as a significant amount of knock-back, which can easily roll vehicles over.
In a pinch, it is also pretty great against solitary infantry targets, so long as you can hit your (only) shot, though the rockets are generally more forgiving, and the sniper has a lot more kill-potential (so long as you can reliably hit your headshots).
As for the rest of the new weapons, though: some I've warmed up to, some I think need a buff, and some I just
hate.
The notable one for me is the Pulse Carbine, which I just think is straight-up awful. It is only effective in such a specific range, and anything even slightly outside of that range causes the gun to completely fall over. I just cannot justify ditching either the AR or the Sidekick for it, which I feel are both more consistent weapons, even in the Pulse Carbine's ideal range.
As an aside, I find it strange that this game focuses on the Brutes moreso than any Halo game since 3, yet none of the Brute's previous signature weapons have returned, other than the hammer. Im not too sure why they replaced the Brute Shot with the Ravager, but here we are.
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