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Subject: Halo 2 sniper rifle might be one of the worst weapons......
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I dont think the recoil will work in the sense where you have to aim at the chest to get a head shot. I think when you shoot at the head it will kill them your cursor will just go up

  • 08.14.2004 9:42 AM PDT
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They probably tweaked the Sniper Rifle in Halo 2 as they realised that the one in Halo CE was too easy to use. I mean you could shoot someone in their two twice for an easy kill and it's rate of fire was far too fast and accurate.

Plus also if you really start to practice using the sniper rifle at close range, you can become godlike with it and only get beaten at close range if your enemy has a shotgun or rocket launcher.

Plus the Sniper Rifle in H2 will probably have more damage points. By that I mean that in Halo CE if you shot someone in the head it would kill them always, but if you shot them anywhere else it would take away their shield and leave them with only a few (3 or 4 I think) bars of health. This was true regardless if you hit their torso or pinky. Obviously they'll want to make this more realistic.

I hear from reports on the beta (look around I'm probably not allowed to link them) that the Covenant beam rifle has 100 charges, and each shot out of it drains 4 charges (i.e. 25 shots) so there's no reloading required. However 2 consecutive shots out of it will make it overheat and I seriously hope that the beam rifle isn't as powerful as the original sniper rifle.

Also reports from the beta would indicate that the Covenant carbine is one of the best guns in the game. It's like the battle rifle except it always fires single shot but you can hold down the trigger to get a decent rate of fire. It has a 20 bullet clip and is apparently hidden well in the maps that were in the beta.

Oh yeah and the report confirms that the magnum is present in Halo 2, it has a 10 bullet clip no scope and isn't as powerful. It can be dual-weilded.

  • 08.14.2004 9:43 AM PDT
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Oingy Boingy. old news, but oh well.

  • 08.14.2004 9:47 AM PDT
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You pitiful humans debating over a sniper rifle when you will still get killed by Elites in the end!

  • 08.14.2004 9:47 AM PDT
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no it may not be because they have a auto center option in halo to auto matically center you weapon or you can turn it off hopefuly its in halo 2

  • 08.14.2004 9:50 AM PDT
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god forbid you should have to build up some skill....

i think the sniper rifle is kinda -blam!- as it is right now. any upstart noob can go to kigh ground and get spawn kills. recoil will force you to actually have to work for those kills. alos. i doubt the recoil is going to be tremendous anyway...

  • 08.14.2004 9:50 AM PDT
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I BELIEVE THAT THE SNIPER WILL ALSO HAVE MORE REALISTIC DAMAGE FOR EXAMPLE: SHOT TO THE HEAD = BIG HOLE
SHOT TO THE NECK = DECAPATATION
SHOT TO THE SPINE =SUDDEN CONVULSIONS
SHOT TO THE NUTS =HIGHTENED VOICE PITCH

  • 08.14.2004 9:52 AM PDT
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You are retarted.

  • 08.14.2004 10:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: MasterChef88
Hm....thats make's the game more relistic! What about the Carbine, will it do the same thing?

teh carbine isnt a sniper! it doesnt even have a scope. the real covenant sniper, i heard this from someones post, some mag who took the beta, that the real covenant sniper has a cool scope, and can overcharge, cuz its plasma. as for the carbine, it fires cartridges of energy and cant overheat(yet.).

  • 08.14.2004 10:19 AM PDT
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The Covenant sniper rifle(mentioned in a magazine) may be the snipers new weapon of the choice for picking people off from across the map. Maybe you could do a combo like manuver. Take one shot from the Covenant rifle than switch to the human sniper to finish them off, or the other way around. This would take away the recoil from the sniper since you wouldn't have to wait for the gun to level off again. But this would be totally useless for you though if the person is close enough to you or you're good enough to get a headshot.

  • 08.14.2004 10:23 AM PDT
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maybe im gonna explore the maps to find out where the covenant carbine lies... go on live... get it... and go bad-ass killing with cartridges >.<

  • 08.14.2004 10:24 AM PDT

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