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Maybe like a brief thermo vison or something that blinds your for a few seconds and make enimies apear as orange dots so you can give command over your team, but seeing and shooting through walls would really piss me and alot of other people off...

  • 07.21.2006 12:30 AM PDT

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  • 07.21.2006 12:34 AM PDT
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Im afraid shooting a guy through a tin sheet of metal with a sniper rifle is too real for me. Lets just ask for nightvision and be senile again.

  • 07.21.2006 12:39 AM PDT
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i just want the bullet to be able to shoot through some walls and make camping even more pointless than it already is, and to allow the crouch meneuver to b played for more than just stealth.

  • 07.21.2006 12:49 AM PDT

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I think some snipers should be given the ability to mark targets for their teamates. If only it wouldn't cause mass state of confusion for half of the players out there. It would be nice to have the ability to mark an enemy with the flag, as long as you have them in your sights, so your team could close in on the enemies location. It would certainly save time when everyone asks..

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  • 07.21.2006 12:58 AM PDT

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I'd like a third level of zoom, for those extra long shots. I'm sure more power equals bigger maps. And a larger magazine would be kick -blam!- sweet too.

  • 07.21.2006 1:30 AM PDT
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Oh for frak's sake, the last thing the Halo sniper needs is to be more powerfull, if anything it should be toned down!

  • 07.21.2006 1:42 AM PDT

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Neah, they should just do something more obvious like make a weapon where you pull the trigger and a missile gets launched from a satellite and homes in on all your enemies killing them instantly and giving them a 6 minute respawn timer.

Or maybe seven to be more bungie-like.

This, of course, would be to counter the new and improved sword which now has a scope and is dual-wieldable.

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  • 07.21.2006 2:06 AM PDT
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I have a weapon idea aswell, only I posted it in the weapons idea thread.

Well not really, but if i did I would do what I told you to do except with myself. Go to it then.

As for the idea, I actually think seeing partially through walls would be alright, but not being able to shoot through them. It would make the sniper a good scout weapon.

  • 07.21.2006 2:11 AM PDT

Realistically, the bullets would shatter and crack bits from a wall. Bullets don't ever go through walls unless they're thin and cheap. Hell, larger and faster bullets only go about 2 feet through water before completely shattering so it's actually quite unrealistic to snipe somebody under more than 2 feet of water.

  • 07.21.2006 2:40 AM PDT

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Posted by: Mr Bawls
I think it should at least be able to shoot through more than one person, like two guys with no sheilds....


in halo1 u could shoot through 2....i remember on the truth and reconciliation i would shoot 2 marines with 1 bullet (if im remembering correctly)

  • 07.21.2006 2:48 AM PDT
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this isn't "Red Faction" we don't need a rail gun mostly because most of the levels don't have enough walls to justify putting that feature in.

  • 07.21.2006 2:50 AM PDT
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No shooting through walls! But yes it would be cool for like 2 seconds to be able to see through walls.

  • 07.21.2006 5:00 AM PDT
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Ok, I agree a sniper should be able to pierce certain things, but to and extent. Yes I agree, Barrett's are capable of piercing several inches of metal, so I imagine they only get stronger, from now until when Halo takes place.

The idea of seeing through walls gives far too much power to the gun though. Also infrared wouldn't work, aside the fact that the body heat would be contained by the suit, infrared wave cannot travel through solid objects, their wavelengths are bigger then visible light. You would need to use x-rays or gamma rays, but even x-rays wouldn't have that ability unless the walls were paper thin and very soft.

  • 07.21.2006 5:26 AM PDT
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I'd like the Sniper to be louder. ^_^

Also when it enters an unshielded head or something (like a Grunt or Jackals) it should make the head shatter and explode and carry on through like it was tissue paper. Wait, it already does, sans gore.

  • 07.21.2006 7:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: Manibou737
Your laying the sarcasm on pretty heavy ss_zag


Well, you did say "The sniper is useless without the ability to see through walls" (give or take)



He meant the ability to see through walls is worthless if the bullets can't travel through the walls. He just wrote it so it reads really poorly.

  • 07.21.2006 7:49 AM PDT
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Posted by: Manibou737
I think the human sniper in Halo 3 should have a mode where you can see through walls for a brief moment (like 5 seconds) The bullets should also be able to pierce through walls. If they didn't the STWFABM ( see through walls for a brief moment) mode on the sniper would be useless. Well i think it would be a cool idea

Damn, I meant to add a poll. I make one


In my opinion this is a horrible idea. Don't get me wrong, I love the sniper but it's already powerful enough. I've been shot enough through walls due to latency. This all the host needs is another advantage. The sniper is near perfect. Anything else would make to powerful. Not to mention if it could shoot and see through walls what would be the point of having different levels. We could just all be on a flat square.

P.S. I would actually like to see the contrail on the sniper and the lightblast on the alien last longer. I hate it when you get shot with the sniper and can't see which direction you got him from. To me once you fire the sniper you should be giving your spot away.

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  • 07.21.2006 8:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: Manibou737
I think the human sniper in Halo 3 should have a mode where you can see through walls for a brief moment (like 5 seconds) The bullets should also be able to pierce through walls. If they didn't the STWFABM ( see through walls for a brief moment) mode on the sniper would be useless. Well i think it would be a cool idea

Damn, I meant to add a poll. I make one


that sounds a lot like...Ghost Recon?

  • 07.21.2006 8:12 AM PDT
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yeah i agree, it would make it to powerfull, good idea though, and what button would be used?

  • 07.21.2006 8:12 AM PDT
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i nvr liked the sniper in h2 you can trace where the shots came from then boom im dead

  • 07.21.2006 12:11 PM PDT
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have a silencer to put on the snipa,it would be nice. if u dont agree bring it up with oscar the bear (''') (' . ') (''') ok so it dont look like a bear still dont f around he wont hesitate to eat u

  • 07.21.2006 12:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: Manibou737
Two guys with no shileds standing one in front of the other... not likely


i've seen it before =D and gotten a double kill out of it
i don't think we should be able to see or shoot through walls. i don't think a sniper bullet is that powerful...although shooting through windows or stuff would be cool.

  • 07.21.2006 12:20 PM PDT
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I guess I can say that shooting through walls is a lille far fetched for Halo. But what if you could just see through walls for a breif moment but not shoot through them.

  • 07.21.2006 2:26 PM PDT

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