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I already said i liked the idea but i'd like to note that Brutes are unlikely to use snipers... or at least desing one for themselves. Some Brutes do use Beam Rifles in Halo 3, but those are usually low ranking fellows, and may have been ordered to use them or the snipers were the only weapons left (Brutes fight over their equipment, as said in one official source... now if i'd remember it :/)
Brute weapons are usually, well, brutal. Spiker shoots almost molten spikes (they wouldn't stick to walls or be deflected from them if they were molten, i'd say only their surface is very hot) that both burn and impale the victim... and likely cauterize the wounds. Essentially the victim's impaled, roasted and alive but incapacitated... And i think Brutes like to eat their victims. Most importantly, Spikers have short range, Brutes like it up-close-and-personal approach to battle it seems. So a sniper would be as far from such as possible. Not to mention that Brutes, while cunning and intelligent, likely lack the patience required by a sniper.
A bladed sniper rifle thing that shoots exploding spikes would be a fitting weapon for Brutes, if it wasn't a sniper. Invidually, Brute Shot and Spiker already fill both the exploding part and the spike part.
EDIT, it feels funny you know, that i have a Brute avatar while talking about this weapon idea... And funnily, i very much like up close approach with Spiker in Halo 3. And i lack patience to be a really good sniper.
[Edited on 11.19.2009 11:39 AM PST]