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Subject: New Favorite Weapon: Battle Rifle? Covent Sniper?
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Poll: What will be your New Favorite Weapon in Halo 2?  [closed]
Battle Rifle:  54%
(49 Votes)
Flame Thrower:  2%
(2 Votes)
Covent Sniper:  18%
(16 Votes)
SMG:  14%
(13 Votes)
Covent Rifle:  2%
(2 Votes)
Rocket Launcher:  4%
(4 Votes)
Fuel Rod:  1%
(1 Votes)
Modded Pistol:  3%
(3 Votes)
Total Votes: 90

Been playing Halo for awhile now, over the internet (Halo PC). And I’ve noticed (just like everyone else who plays halo) that most people love to use the pistol. And for good reason. 2x zoom, fast fire rate, accurate, good damage. Bungie is changing it so people will use ALL the weapons in the game and not just one constantly. But what I noticed from another online game I play, called RuneScape, is that gamers will ALWAYS lean towards one favorite weapon. In runescape the favorite weapon was the rune 2handed sword. Then the development team (Jagex) decided to encourage gamers to use all the weapons by lowering the speed of the weapon in there second installment in the game. While gamers did chose to use all different kinds of weapons for a few weeks, they eventually switched over to another favorite weapon for its rapid speed and damage rate. It is inevitable that gamers will find a favorite weapon for Halo2 in order to replace the pistol. Applause to the Bungie teams valiant effort for trying to stop this rapid cycle of weapon hog gamers. But I doubt the vicious cycle can be stopped.

  • 07.30.2004 12:20 AM PDT
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i have never heard of a covenant sniper but that sounds enticeing. and modded pistol? i wouldnt us that i would probably most use the battle rifle

  • 07.30.2004 12:27 AM PDT
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I'll have to play the game before I decided whats my new favorite weapon, weapon combo's.

  • 07.30.2004 12:28 AM PDT
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bungie is doing a number to make the game even and i respect that, but it will feel a tad weird, like having the shadow basically a warthog, Covenant Carbine and the Battle rifle, etc. what u guys think?

  • 07.30.2004 12:33 AM PDT
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it wont be wierd at all, hats off to them for making a balanced game

  • 07.30.2004 12:40 AM PDT
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Maybe they will make the host of the game you are on be able to bann certain guns (eg. the pistol, if this could be done in Halo) Just a thought. This is used in the Rainbow Six 3 team survival mode, you can ban grenade launchers.

  • 07.30.2004 12:51 AM PDT
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is there any pictures of the covenant sniper rifle? What kind of projectile will it fire?

  • 07.30.2004 9:09 AM PDT
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If you go on gamestop.com, i think they have a pic of the new covenant carbine. I guess i would go with the battle rifle, cause its most like the pistol. But i havn't played it yet, so ill see

  • 07.30.2004 9:19 AM PDT

"Help Help I'm being repressed! Come and see the Violence inherent in the system!"
"Bloody peasant!"
"Oh did you see that? you saw him repress me?"

They're also equalling out EVERY weapon not just the pistol! <RL=target tracking 4 anti vehicle, needler = 2, AR= SMG + 2>
Also the Elites are equal to the Spartans in MP! Woo!

  • 07.30.2004 9:26 AM PDT
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The "Covenant Sniper" is the Carbine . bungie has announced that it has a scope , and since its the only covie weap with a scope , i guess you could call that the sniper .
http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo2/Gallery/Renders/oxm-c ovenant_carbinerender-.jpg
Covenant Carbine

Made my own covenant sniper thou ,
http://w1.261.comhem.se/~u26128725/Coviesnipe%203d.jpg
Note : That rifle is not a official weapon from bungie or anything ,
just me playing around a bit .

  • 07.30.2004 9:39 AM PDT

"Fight for peace, make love not war, unless you love to kill!"
-Four Postmen

OXM mentioned a "super powerful covenant sniper rifle" a few issues ago, they also talked about the plasma carbine. OXM mentioned that weren;t sure if the sniper would be in the final build

  • 07.30.2004 9:41 AM PDT
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The Sniper and Carbine are different the Carbine is more like a powerful version of the Battle Rifle with energy clips (the flower thing on top) the Covenant sniper is a whole new thing.

[Edited on 7/30/2004 9:47:20 AM]

  • 07.30.2004 9:46 AM PDT
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Yes , but from the pictures and bungie info we've got so far its the only covie weap with a scope . I know its not the same as a sniper , but so far its the closest that we have .

  • 07.30.2004 9:47 AM PDT
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i voted for flame thrower but wheres the energy sword?!?!?

oh and THE PISTOL IS GONE U MORONS!!!

edit: what is this oxm? i think i know but i cant remember

[Edited on 7/30/2004 9:52:13 AM]

  • 07.30.2004 9:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: halomonsterhalo1
i voted for flame thrower but wheres the energy sword?!?!?

oh and THE PISTOL IS GONE U MORONS!!!

Don't make asssumptions, 'cause you know what they do. We don't know for sure whether the pistol is coming back or not. Just like we don't know if there's actually gonna be a Covie Sniper in the game. And as for my vote, it went to the Battle Rifle. It's a new, interesting, and fairly powerful (with the emphasis on fairly) weapon.

[Edited on 7/30/2004 9:57:41 AM]

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I voted for BR but its kind of usless since we are guessing, we dont even know how they work or their exact range etc. and yes people there is a Covie Sniper and it is seperate from the Carbine. BTW you didnt put carbine up there.

  • 07.30.2004 9:57 AM PDT
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I hear that. Remember e3. "The ultimate anti-son of a -blam!- stick."
The enegry sword is going to own.

[Edited on 7/30/2004 9:58:40 AM]

  • 07.30.2004 9:57 AM PDT
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Posted by: solodude23
I voted for BR but its kind of usless since we are guessing, we dont even know how they work or their exact range etc. and yes people there is a Covie Sniper and it is seperate from the Carbine. BTW you didnt put carbine up there.

I know that, it's just that I'm not gonna say that it's in or out of the game.

  • 07.30.2004 9:58 AM PDT
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And all weapone are returning from Halo: CE, it has been confirmed. The weapon may not be recognisable though cause it might be modded like the AR, or now known as the BR.

  • 07.30.2004 9:58 AM PDT
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If you read the OXM renders article Bungie themselves said the Carbine was like the battle Rifle with a few differences. The covenant Sniper Rifle is a whole new and lovable beast. Also cant anyone spell COVENANT correctly?

[Edited on 7/30/2004 10:00:37 AM]

  • 07.30.2004 9:59 AM PDT

"Fight for peace, make love not war, unless you love to kill!"
-Four Postmen

The sniper part was written in the small text "did you know that?" part of one of the halo2 preview pages

  • 07.30.2004 10:01 AM PDT
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Posted by: Shadow_WarriorX
Also cant anyone spell COVENANT correctly?


Been there , done that .

  • 07.30.2004 10:02 AM PDT
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hello did anyone see my edit? what is oxm?

  • 07.30.2004 10:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: halomonsterhalo1
hello did anyone see my edit? what is oxm?

Official Xbox Magazine. I didn't know that for a while, cause I just called it 'Box mag.

  • 07.30.2004 10:03 AM PDT

"Fight for peace, make love not war, unless you love to kill!"
-Four Postmen

ya, in OXM they said that there were a bunch of super powerful weapons, not the least of which being a super powerful covenant sniper rifle. They talked about the carbine in the same article, so they have to be different

  • 07.30.2004 10:07 AM PDT

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