A Needler Hog? I like the sound of that; I've developed a love for the Needler in this game.
Seeing yet another AR and BR variant makes me wish even harder that they would put in some kind of toggle to allow you to skim through REQ level weapons quicker, especially since I imagine they will be lower ranked REQs. As it is now, if I gain a REQ level early on I just wait to upgrade my starting weapons until I die, because when I try to use a REQ station, someone tends to run in and kill me while I am scrolling through to get to the upgraded weapon that I want.
And that news about the boosts remaining unused if you don't meet the requirements: Fantastic! I just wish it had been like that sooner or I would have a lot more Gambits like Spartan Kills that I missed out on after a JIP on a losing game at the end.
How rediculous is that Clip of the Week too? At the beginning, I wondered how many survivors were left. Then the announcer bellowed that there were two survivors left and the second guy died in the middle of the screen. I checked how much time was left, saw that it was over a minute remaining, and said "Holy shit, how will he get out of this?!" That was remarkable.