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Subject: Sniping Elites
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I was looking at were the heads are on the elites and thought it might be harder to head snipe a elite from the behind by the head leaning under his back like it is. what do you think

  • 07.05.2004 12:11 PM PDT
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from behind, their heads stick up the same, from the front, their head are longer

  • 07.05.2004 12:14 PM PDT
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Well the S2AM fires anti-material rounds (meaning it goes through things) so you shoot em in the back and it just goes through them into their head! and the jobs a good un!

  • 07.05.2004 12:17 PM PDT
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hey guys I heard somewhere that you can shoot off pieces of armor...and a specific example given was sniping an Elite in the head to get the helmet off.

  • 07.05.2004 12:20 PM PDT
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were u hear that at
Posted by: Jedi631
hey guys I heard somewhere that you can shoot off pieces of armor...and a specific example given was sniping an Elite in the head to get the helmet off.

  • 07.05.2004 12:21 PM PDT
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hmmm im pretty sure it was in a weekly update sometime in June or May, and now that I think about it, they were talking about a Brute, not an Elite.

  • 07.05.2004 12:21 PM PDT
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right on

  • 07.05.2004 12:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: Jedi631
hey guys I heard somewhere that you can shoot off pieces of armor...and a specific example given was sniping an Elite in the head to get the helmet off.

OXM discussed that. They said you would shoot the Brute 2 times in the head with sniper rounds to crack open his helmet then you could kill him with the third.

  • 07.05.2004 12:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: Jedi631
hmmm im pretty sure it was in a weekly update sometime in June or May, and now that I think about it, they were talking about a Brute, not an Elite.


It was in the June OXM; in the section talking about the enemies of Halo 2

"Armor also plays a big role in developing how you'll view the Covenant. Chest-plates and headgear are now designed specifically to withstand the specific type of enemy they face...you! After seeing the different types in motion at Bungie's studio, we're convinced that the detail of each Covenant rank's armor may be designed to repel certain types of weaponry fire"

  • 07.05.2004 12:28 PM PDT
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Slightly off topic but in the SP campaign I'd personally like to see some counter-sniping (if they put in the Covenant sniper!) from the Elite ranks! I've always loved Sniper Rifles and in most FPs they are my favourite weapons, and I was always really disspointed that when you snipe the Covenant in Halo you were always perfectly safe! I want to be a little worried when sniping that a round could come slashing through my helmet!
Also it would make sniping more strategic! You'd have to go for the Elites (Or jackals after all they are the scouts) with the sniper rifles first to lessen the chances of getting counter sniped!

  • 07.05.2004 12:31 PM PDT
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Endnote, Bungie has made sniping a new feature- the Covenant Carbine. We saw that in the last update (and it looks good. Very good.) with Frankie's description of how it balances out in the game, so we should expect Covenant to be handling the Carbine- we might also see a new species/variation that is dedicated to sniping.

With the destructable features, we should be able to knock armor off of anything that is a mobile object.

  • 07.05.2004 12:47 PM PDT
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I know about the Carbine Lunous, but it doesnt deal with the exreme ranges that the S2 AM does, so your still safe at long ranges! I do want to see a Covie sniper though, and I hope its not identical to the human counterpart! Personally I think it could be more powerful, but it would only hit one target (not go through multiple targets)!

  • 07.05.2004 12:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lunous
Endnote, Bungie has made sniping a new feature- the Covenant Carbine. We saw that in the last update (and it looks good. Very good.)


Well if you knew how to read (the last update) you would know that they said it's the covenant answer to the Battle Rifle....not the sniper rifle.

  • 07.05.2004 1:15 PM PDT