Flare Gun

The Flare Gun is a weapon that was available during the Christmas/Holiday Update 2013 and 2014. It is unlocked at level 7, boasts great damage, moderate range, and excellent accuracy and agility.

Strategy
A powerful foe on the field, this exclusive weapon is capable of easily taking down an opponent with a single pull of the trigger, inclusive of multiple targets. However, it's reloading time, while not time-consuming, can be your downfall if an experienced player is rushing at you. It's slow bullet traveling speed also makes it difficult to score kills at long range as the shots could be easily avoided. However, with practice and in capable hands, Flare Gun is a deadly weapon on the battlefield.

A fierce competitor of the Noisy Cricket, beware any opponent that wields it.

Advantages

 * The Flare Gun is able to inflict a high amount of damage, and instantly kills players in multiplayer mode.
 * Infinite Range.
 * Fast agility when equipped.
 * Fast reload speed.
 * Excellent accuracy.
 * Players with the Flare Gun are extremely rare to find, so rivalry isn't common.

Disadvantages

 * The Flare Gun only has 1 flare, making you vulnerable after a shot.
 * The projectile is fast, but does not hit players instantly, making it easily avoidable at long range.
 * Sometimes, there is a chance that you will survive a shot( extremely rare )
 * Enemies can easily avoid this due to only having 1 shot.

Trivia

 * This weapon is similar to the Noisy Cricket but with one advantage. It has removed it's harsh recoil, making this even more powerful than that of the Noisy Cricket as it maintains the exact same stats as its competitor!
 * Flare guns are not meant to be used as a weapon but rather as a signal for help.
 * The Flare Gun, like the MIB Noisy Cricket, has increased damage in online modes.
 * This has been patched up in the new Holiday Update though. As the Flare has the same damage online and offline.
 * It looks like the real life orion flare gun.
 * The Flare Gun bullet explodes shortly after a player or enemy is shot and killed.
 * In TF2, Far Cry, Manhunt and other game series, the Flare Gun is used as a weapon.
 * Oddly enough, it shows the "Zzap!" splash after shooting, even though it's not an energy-base weapon.
 * Previously in Missions mode, the Flare Gun was unable to instantly kill a bot from full health. Now it can kill any bot apart from Elite enemies with a single flare.
 * The Flare gun makes it's return in the Holiday Update (2014), included in the Santa bundle.
 * This is one of the few Weapons that have infinite Range, others being Explosives (With the exception of Grenade Launchers), Scoped Assault Rifle/Winter Ghost Rifle, and Sniper Rifles