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Subject: That Pic With The Possible Covenant Sniper

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You know, this one. Well, I hapened upon this pic of an early Covenant sniper. First of all, please note that all of the guns have radically changed. Secondly, do you see a scope? I don't. Third, I think the X03 screenshot looks like it's at the end of a corridor. And since it appears that 2 screenshots have been taken from this location, it's probably ia fairly important part of the game. Thus you would want a couple of snipers gaurding it. But that original sniper sure does look different from the guns in the new pic...

[Edited on 4/22/2004 12:37:50 PM]

  • 04.22.2004 8:16 AM PDT
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I personally think the pic of the new Covie weapons are just beefed up Plasma Rifles, similar to our new Battle Rifle.

That original Covie Sniper is pretty sick .

  • 04.22.2004 8:19 AM PDT
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Two possible places for a scope, one at the very end of the stock, theres a ridge, and one in a similar shape to the MA5B assault rifle computer. although it looks nothing like the original covie sniper, but then again, in the original halo, the early assault rifle looked more like that battle rifle than anything else, and early on the needler fired bullets, and even had MUZZLE FLASH, so dont trust early screenies.

  • 04.22.2004 8:22 AM PDT
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thats not a pic of halo 2....the graphics are radically different

it looks like a mod for another game. the details graphically for the eilite have directly changed from bungie's screenshot. its a fake

yes the bungie pic has the covie snipers, and remember they dont use human technology, so perhaps for a scope they get a projected lightmap over their eyes reflecting the weapon's aim

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  • 04.22.2004 8:27 AM PDT
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@WDJ:

DUDE! Read the Halo History page then look at all the Early Pics.

So many insults...i can't choose one. Just...go away. Educate yourself HERE

[Edited on 4/22/2004 8:31:31 AM]

  • 04.22.2004 8:31 AM PDT
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Your mod theory sounds reasonable, but have you checked out the "origins of halo" article? That pic's graphics look like some of them from when HALO was planned to be a third person shooter. And the gun lookes more like a rail driver than a sniper rifle.(ya know, like the ones on Red Faction.)

  • 04.22.2004 8:35 AM PDT
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i think that gun is NOT a sniper weapon just a more powerfull plazma rifle thing.

  • 04.22.2004 8:58 AM PDT
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I think the Covenant's new weapon is more of an Assualt/Sniper Rifle combination, such as like the Battle Rifle. Either way, the new model for it looks badass.

  • 04.22.2004 11:41 AM PDT
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The link doesnt work...

  • 04.22.2004 11:51 AM PDT
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Thise is the covenant sniper rifle. enjoy.

http://www.bungie.net/SlideShow.aspx?Path=/games/Halo&Sli deshow=PreXbox&Slide=51

  • 04.22.2004 12:04 PM PDT
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If you guys look closely at that Halo 2 sceen shot you might see what could be a scope at the top middle part of the gun...remember the covenant weapons are different from human weapons so the scope most likely would be radically different also.

  • 04.22.2004 12:08 PM PDT
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I personally think its the Plasma Grenade Launcher...remember that plas nades are not that big...either way it looks powerful...

The old covenant sniper rifle looks amazing....I want it!

  • 04.22.2004 12:19 PM PDT
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Its a Covenant Sniper Rifle, and it looks a lot like the Rail Driver in Red Faction (one of the best 1st Person Shooters besides Halo) but before you look for a scope look for the scope on the Human Pistol or the Human Rocket Launcher.

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  • 04.22.2004 12:54 PM PDT
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Good point.

  • 04.22.2004 1:12 PM PDT
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actually, I do see a thing on the gun that could be an alien scope. and yes, those are covenant snipers.

  • 04.22.2004 1:14 PM PDT
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stfu and stop saying yes those are covenant sniper rifles. Why the helll would there be a covenant sniperrifle anyway? They dont shoot projectiles besides the needler. There gaurding ad oor inside u dont use snipers inside deal with it.

If u ask me it looks like a rail gun

  • 04.22.2004 1:20 PM PDT
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I'm still betting that it's not a sniper, but then again, you present a good point here. We'll find out soon, maybe at E3.

[Edited on 4/22/2004 2:09:19 PM]

  • 04.22.2004 2:07 PM PDT
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I think you're right, it is a sniper rifle.

  • 04.22.2004 2:10 PM PDT
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In my opinion, it's either a sniper, some type of Covenant plasma or flamethrower, or a gun that shoots lasers similar to the Sentinels. Heat lasers, plasma lasers ... something in the category.

We'll have to wait and see.

  • 04.22.2004 2:11 PM PDT
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It's definetly a sniper rifle. Or, at least it has a zoom. Perhaps its a combination of a sniper and a rail gun. But it wouldn't fire rails, cuz' that's not the covenant's style. That's why I'm going with sniper rifle. And Serpx, nice thinking. The covenant are immotative not innovative, so, it's likely they recovered a sentinel, or somehow found the wreckage of one. And copied the technology from that, to make a new weapon.

[Edited on 4/22/2004 2:21:02 PM]

  • 04.22.2004 2:18 PM PDT