- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Bungie didn't say they were making the Beam Rifle more powerful. The guy was talking about how strong it felt and he wants to emphasise it in Halo 3. The looks are changing, not the gun. {edit} MAYBE the gun will change, but that's not what was being said at the moment. Just to clerify.
Halo 2 Sniper (maybe Beam Rifle too) can penetrate a body. One body, then hit the other. The only thing is that in order to penetrate the first body, he needs no shield. This is why people mainly get double kills from 1 shot on Grunts. if you don't believe me, go set up a custom game and try it.
In Halo 3 I want the sniper rifles to be slightly more realistic where you shoot them. If you shoot them in the foot twice, it shouldn't kill them. If you got a headshot, it would kill in one hit. If you shot them in the neck it should kill in one hit also. If you shoot them in the hand they shouldnt die. I'm not saying they shouldn't be able to lose thier hand or anything, I just think it should do less damage. This would force people to go for headshots/chest shots. I would also like either thermal vision or nigth vision. It was there in Halo 1, but it was useless on every Multiplayer Map. It was only useful on a couple Singleplayer maps such as The Truth and Reconciliation.
[Edited on 7/21/2006]