- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I know there has been a lot of talk about the new Covey weapons and some specualtion about the Elite "sniper rifle", but I think I'll add my view to the mix. I'll probably get flamed and called an 'ignorant n00b', however, I think that I have some proof (if now overwhelming proof) that the new Covey weapon is a sniper rifle.
First, we know the the Plasma Pistol and the Rlasma Rifle have stayed in the game without any noticable change to the models (besides some awsome new detailing and bump mapping!) because of this screenie:
Pistol and Rifle
So that eliminates the possibility of the gun in the next screen being either one of those two.( And we've hopefully all seen the new needler model...It isn't even close to the gun in the next shot) So... Anyway....Let's look at the next screenie:
Sniper?
I believe this is a new gun rather than, say, a remake... The only possible thing it could be is the Fuel Rod gun, but I'm doubting that, so let's move on. You know I think it is a new weapon, and you probably also know that I think it is the Covey "sniper rifle". So le'me explain why:
1) The long barrel. None of the other Covey weapons have it (except, of course, the FR Gun). So that suggests to me that this gun fires some sort of large projectile that needs to fire to fairly long distances. There is only one gun I can think of that fires a large bullet to long distances... Guess what it is? That's right, the sniper rifle!
2) The scope. Atleast I think that's what the bump is... I could be wrong. But let's assume it's a scope. If it is, that means the gun needs to fire a projectile very accurately.
These to things leave me to conclued that the gun not only fires over a long distance, but it also does it accurately. The two guns that made it into Halo 2 that fire over long distances with good accuracy are the Battle Rifle and the Sniper Rifle....So I think the gun is a Covey SR, and if not that a Covey BR.
Thanks for reading. You may now flame me to your heart's content.
[Edited on 4/28/2004 3:29:21 PM]