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Subject: For the last time, the Carbine is NOT a sniper!

As you can see in this top story, it says the covinant carbine is the covie equivilant of the Battle Rifle.

Scroll down, you see it, next to the pic of it. click here

  • 08.05.2004 9:46 PM PDT
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Yes, and also it's highly unlikely a carbine would be used as a sniper weapon. I mean, by definition a carbine is a shortened down version of a rifle.

  • 08.05.2004 9:48 PM PDT
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The Covenant sniper rifle's proper name is "Beam Rifle" and is a completely separate gun then the Covenant Carbine.

  • 08.06.2004 12:44 AM PDT
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The Carbine is a sniper weapon, but it is not a sniper rifle. Anything that has the ability to zoom in on a target is considered a sniper weapon.

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Its has also been confirmed ( by the Mt.Dew people) that you can zoom 2x with every weapon, but can't shoot unless it has a scope.
And the covie sniper hasn't been confirmed, but the carbine has. Just a thought...

  • 08.06.2004 1:45 AM PDT
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The zooming with every weapon is the binoculars.

  • 08.06.2004 1:47 AM PDT

The entire fleet is engaged Cortana, with respect what the hell sorta reinforcements have you got?

you guys sound like you look with your eyes and not your a**

so am i right in saying pistol and ass rfle no longer exist in halo2 (i know it hanst been oficialy anounced that they wont be in) and that they have been replaced with the battle rife and SMG (its only logic)

  • 08.06.2004 3:46 AM PDT
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There is one other 'sniping' weapon... (read the updates, have to figure it out from CENSORED's) whether this will be a pistol or a covie sniper rifle im not sure...

I think it would make sens to be a pistol, they have got to keep the balance of human/covie weapons nearly equal...

Having another covie weapon and no other human weapon would ruin that balance...

  • 08.06.2004 4:39 AM PDT

Posted by: NiteMonkey
There is one other 'sniping' weapon... (read the updates, have to figure it out from CENSORED's) whether this will be a pistol or a covie sniper rifle im not sure...

I think it would make sens to be a pistol, they have got to keep the balance of human/covie weapons nearly equal...

Having another covie weapon and no other human weapon would ruin that balance...


aye, your right, but i'm talking about the people who say the carbine is a sniper.

  • 08.06.2004 1:39 PM PDT
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its called the beam rifle, thats the covie sniper

The beam rifle

[Edited on 8/6/2004 1:42:41 PM]

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[color=lime]car·bine ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kärbn, -bn)
n.
A lightweight rifle with a short barrel.[/color]

  • 08.06.2004 1:43 PM PDT
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isn't that a screenshot from the early halo days? i thought that gun got scrapped.

  • 08.06.2004 1:45 PM PDT
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thats what it was on the covie clan site that was the picture but i knew about the beam rifle from the beta

  • 08.06.2004 1:46 PM PDT
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i just saw it again it's part of the prexbox gallery on bungie here's a link sorry don't know lazy linking
http://www.bungie.net/SlideShow.aspx?Path=/games/Halo&Sli deshow=PreXbox&Slide=51

  • 08.06.2004 1:49 PM PDT
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LAZY and it doesn't work theres just a pic of a monkey dude

[Edited on 8/6/2004 1:50:41 PM]

  • 08.06.2004 1:50 PM PDT
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wat the hell i just saw it there
how about this just scroll down http://www.bungie.net/Games/Halo/Gallery.aspx?Gallery=PreXbox &page=4

[Edited on 8/6/2004 1:52:32 PM]

  • 08.06.2004 1:51 PM PDT

The monkey is a substitute, the part of the site wont work. Covie caln dude, you're wrong.

  • 08.06.2004 2:06 PM PDT
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Does the carbine shoot plasma, or bullets? I guess plasma since it's a covie gun.....

  • 08.06.2004 2:10 PM PDT
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Wow, that beam gun looks sweet, i wonder if you shoot a spartan would his armor fly off?

  • 08.06.2004 2:11 PM PDT
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And, while we're at it the frag grenade in the 03' vid isn't a flashbang.

  • 08.06.2004 2:16 PM PDT
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in halo2 if the grenade doesnt kill an enemy it paralizez them

  • 08.06.2004 2:37 PM PDT
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How about the possibility of having 4 grenades?

  • 08.06.2004 2:45 PM PDT