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Subject: Jackal Snipers retconned to Skirmishers?

"Concise and devoid of elegance...what I have come to expect from human communication"-Endless Summer

I heard that Jackal Snipers are now Skirmishers. This is madness not Sparta.

  • 06.03.2011 10:14 PM PDT

There are still Jackal Snipers in Reach...

  • 06.03.2011 10:22 PM PDT

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You have heard wrong. The Skirmishers are basically the muscle of the Kig-Yar species.

  • 06.04.2011 2:52 AM PDT

"Concise and devoid of elegance...what I have come to expect from human communication"-Endless Summer

I meant the Snipers of Yore.

  • 06.04.2011 2:54 AM PDT

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Jackal snipers are still jackal snipers. The skirmishers are added into canon on top of anything that already existed, and don't retcon any painful memories you have from Halo 2 on legendary.

  • 06.04.2011 3:26 AM PDT

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The Skirmishers are basically the cousin race of the Jackel. That's what I read anyways.

  • 06.04.2011 4:40 AM PDT
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Jackal snipers are still jackal snipers. The skirmishers are added into canon on top of anything that already existed, and don't retcon any painful memories you have from Halo 2 on legendary.


I still have nightmares.

  • 06.04.2011 5:29 AM PDT

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Some Jackals and Skirmishers wield the same weapons (needle rifles, focus rifles). It's just that Jackals have extraordinary skill with ranged weapons and stealth while Skirmishers have the speed and ferocity advantage.

  • 06.04.2011 7:16 AM PDT

"Where ere thou hast been, here or in yon world manifest? Canst thou tell what is, or what was, or what is to come? No thing shall last. Yet there are some things that will never change. History is written in blood, yet are battles really lost on the battlefield? Canst thou tell me where thou comest, and where thou goest, and what is, or what was, or what will be? For everything remains, AS IT NEVER WAS."


Posted by: Metroidman42
I meant the Snipers of Yore.

:| Pray teleth what thou mean.

Do you mean to say that in the Halo: Combat Evolved remake (alleged,) the Jackal snipers are going to be made into Skirmishers? Or that all the Jackals we encountered in Old Mombasa were Skirmishers? No. They were Jackals.

Imagine it this way;
In Halo 2 the only Covenant we encounter (sans High Charity,) were those from Regret's fleet. He came to Earth thinking there was nothing here, so he brought very few heavy-class troops, no Skirmishers (as there was no need,) and certainly no Brutes. There would have been no need for a Scarab Assault Platform, so they simply brought a Scarab Excavation Platform.

On High Charity, we simply didn't explore the districts that Skirmishers populated.

  • 06.04.2011 7:33 PM PDT


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Posted by: Metroidman42
I meant the Snipers of Yore.

:| Pray teleth what thou mean.

Do you mean to say that in the Halo: Combat Evolved remake (alleged,) the Jackal snipers are going to be made into Skirmishers? Or that all the Jackals we encountered in Old Mombasa were Skirmishers? No. They were Jackals.

Imagine it this way;
In Halo 2 the only Covenant we encounter (sans High Charity,) were those from Regret's fleet. He came to Earth thinking there was nothing here, so he brought very few heavy-class troops, no Skirmishers (as there was no need,) and certainly no Brutes. There would have been no need for a Scarab Assault Platform, so they simply brought a Scarab Excavation Platform.

On High Charity, we simply didn't explore the districts that Skirmishers populated.


I think Skirmishers were somewhat of a rarity too weren't they?
And didn't their fighting in the Battle of Reach severely diminish their numbers as well?

  • 06.04.2011 9:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: jack0fhearts

Posted by: Metroidman42
I meant the Snipers of Yore.

:| Pray teleth what thou mean.

Do you mean to say that in the Halo: Combat Evolved remake (alleged,) the Jackal snipers are going to be made into Skirmishers? Or that all the Jackals we encountered in Old Mombasa were Skirmishers? No. They were Jackals.

Imagine it this way;
In Halo 2 the only Covenant we encounter (sans High Charity,) were those from Regret's fleet. He came to Earth thinking there was nothing here, so he brought very few heavy-class troops, no Skirmishers (as there was no need,) and certainly no Brutes. There would have been no need for a Scarab Assault Platform, so they simply brought a Scarab Excavation Platform.

On High Charity, we simply didn't explore the districts that Skirmishers populated.


I think Skirmishers were somewhat of a rarity too weren't they?
And didn't their fighting in the Battle of Reach severely diminish their numbers as well?


Yeah, Bungie stated that at the Fall Of Reach, the skirmisher ranks were pretty much exhausted due to the high casualty rate they suffered through out the invasion.

  • 06.04.2011 10:01 PM PDT

"Concise and devoid of elegance...what I have come to expect from human communication"-Endless Summer

I have Halo 2 "Earth City" flashbacks,usually resulting in me being half naked in public.
Seriously though, thanks for the help.

  • 06.04.2011 10:14 PM PDT

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  • 06.05.2011 12:41 AM PDT
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Posted by: OrderedComa

Posted by: jack0fhearts

Posted by: Metroidman42
I meant the Snipers of Yore.

:| Pray teleth what thou mean.

Do you mean to say that in the Halo: Combat Evolved remake (alleged,) the Jackal snipers are going to be made into Skirmishers? Or that all the Jackals we encountered in Old Mombasa were Skirmishers? No. They were Jackals.

Imagine it this way;
In Halo 2 the only Covenant we encounter (sans High Charity,) were those from Regret's fleet. He came to Earth thinking there was nothing here, so he brought very few heavy-class troops, no Skirmishers (as there was no need,) and certainly no Brutes. There would have been no need for a Scarab Assault Platform, so they simply brought a Scarab Excavation Platform.

On High Charity, we simply didn't explore the districts that Skirmishers populated.


I think Skirmishers were somewhat of a rarity too weren't they?
And didn't their fighting in the Battle of Reach severely diminish their numbers as well?

According to Bungie.Net, all Skirmisher units folded into Jackal units due to casualty's sustained on Reach.

  • 06.05.2011 12:52 AM PDT
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Yes I'm fairly young. No, that doesn't mean I'm automatically dumber than you or have less life experience, thats just generally the case. I am not your general case.

Posted by: Techno Greek
Ah, to hear the whisper of a beam rifle followed by a stream of obscenities.

I miss those days.

And the beam rifle.

I miss the Beam Rifle too. That thing was beautiful. I loved it.

  • 06.05.2011 12:53 AM PDT