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Subject: Covenant Weapons
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Does anyone have any information on the Covenant equivalent of the battle rifle, otherwise known as the carbine? Also, how effective do you think a covenant shotgun or sniper rifle would be? As long as they didn't fire normal plasma cuz that travels too slow they would be good new ideas...think about it

  • 05.22.2004 6:22 AM PDT
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Its funny cause somewhere i read that Covenant weapons were better.

  • 05.22.2004 7:32 AM PDT
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I like the covie weapons a hell of a lot better.

  • 05.22.2004 7:33 AM PDT
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with the exception of the pistol and needler and unless i have a human pistol i always use covenant weapons.

  • 05.22.2004 7:34 AM PDT
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I used to hate Covenant weapons, until I played through Legendary. As long as I have a human pistol and an alien pistol I'm good.

  • 05.22.2004 8:01 AM PDT
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the needler is a covenant weapon buddy

  • 05.22.2004 8:04 AM PDT
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bad wording, my bad, i meant i don't like to use it much compared to lets say the amazingness of the covenants more respectable weapons like the plasma rifle and fuel rod gun

  • 05.22.2004 8:09 AM PDT
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I'll be amazed if the covenant weapons are better than their Halo:CE counterpart. In multiplayer, the plasmarifle is unbeatable except -maybe- by the shotgun or a rocket at close range. I dunno how good the covenant carbine would be though. If it's a plasma weapon it would most of it's usefulness without being close range. Unless Bungie sped up plasma projectiles to almost double their speed, the carbine would be worthless at long range. Naturally I'd think it would have a slower rate of fire than the plasma rifle, and if that's the case, then close range fighting which benefits from the freezing effect of plasma would be practically negated.

Unless they do something radical with plasma or have some strange new projectile for the carbine, the Covenant carbine is going to be secondrate weapon.

  • 05.22.2004 8:18 AM PDT
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does anyone know what it shoots? i figured something like the needler due to its aparantly better for longer ranges

  • 05.22.2004 8:42 AM PDT
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what is the change to the needler exactly?
i watched a video erlier and it seems to fire much, much qicker but the needles have a delayed shatter once they hit......is that all or am i missing something?

on the topic of the covenant weapons on CE, i use the plasma guns vs the elite and then I'd usually carry the AR or pistol to deal with the little guys
for the ones with shields i usually use plasma or go for meele for comedy effect. :)

acrtually i just remembered one kill on co op last night. me and my mate both meeled an elite from either side. great stunt.

  • 05.22.2004 8:54 AM PDT