CRU folks are kind of ignoring pro-pipes in the meta. (Destiny)

by Malagate , Sea of Tranquility, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 11:21 (2137 days ago) @ Korny

Pretty sure it was because grenade launchers were generally looked down on at the time, thanks to Call of Duty, where you could stick one on your Assault Rifles to give you loads of grenade ammo that you could rack up multikills with.

Exactly this. The "noob tube" moniker was because you could attach an underslung 203 to your M16 (already the dominant primary), and with the right perks, just harvest nades off of enemy bodies. You could just poonk your heart away and barely ever have to aim.

It wasn't remotely that simple in Reach, but the associative hatred carried over, I feel. In fact, I think Bungie themselves coined the term "Pro-pipe" with regards to it in Reach during a vi-doc or magazine article, to allay fears that people had about it being CoD-esque.

Right again. Reach's launcher was tough to get direct kills with, although it was aces at stopping vehicles in their tracks. Definitely one of the trickier weapons to use, but devastating in the right hands. I find splash/swap is really the best way to employ it if you don't have a reload mod active.