- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
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.