The only covenant weapons in the beta are ‘The Prophets Bane’ and the classic ‘Energy Sword’ which are essentially the same weapon. There are more than enough human weapons so in my opinion they should have rationed out the weapon choices to produce more covenant or Promethean guns. I thought the Needler or Carbine would be a good gun to add in the beta, What covenant weapon (if you could only choose 1) would you make present in the Halo 5 MP Beta?
- The Halo 5 MP Beta (in my opinion) is fantastic and I can’t wait for the campaign!
They probably didn’t want to show off all their weapons for halo 5, and the beta was more about experimenting. The covenant weapons are going to look amazing, like they did in Halo 4. And the prominence of UNSC weapons is most likely due to them being dominantly used in the campaign and multiplayer.
But as to answer your question, I would have to say the Covenant Carbine. In Halo 4, the carbine definitely looked like a weapon that was designed to counteract the BR, as oppose to the less serious approach on the carbine in previous halo titles. In Halo 4, most guns had a slightly darker purple colouration, even the ghost which in my opinion was jaw dropping. i can’t wait to see what all the weapons will look and perform like, especially with Smart-scope.
Another reason why they probably didn’t want to use covenant or forerunner weapons was probably because they probably wanted to minimize the amount of plot details that may be connected to the campaign, because they have basically confirmed the Prometheans because of the presence of the Light Rifle in the Beta. I’m expecting the smartscope for the covenant weapons to be amazing especially the carbine and plasma pistol (if they appear in the final game).
I’d want to see the SR/PR personally. But I’d trade it all for the shotty. The SS is gonna look badass for them all, that’s for sure.
ADS Needler will be wacky!
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> ADS Needler will be wacky!
That it will. Maybe more homing ability, but you can’t see a thing due to the fact the needles completely obscure your vision? 
Seriously though, I want to see some more Promie scopes. The LR was amazing.
I wonder what the carbine smart scope will be like. After all, WHERE THE -Yoink- is the scope that you use in previous games
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> I wonder what the carbine smart scope will be like. After all, WHERE THE -Yoink- is the scope that you use in previous games
Hopefully it’ll look like the old scope, at least for the Carbine. The Smart Scope for BR looks (key word: looks) okay in MP, sorta, but I can see it being stupid in SP.
They didn’t put covenant weapons in the beta because this game is catered for a newer audience. Human weapons are easy to understand. Whereas the use a needler requires a bit of practice. The beta is used to advertise not test. So they kept the weapon pallet simple and easy to understand. They put in the swords and light rifle because they look cool, but are still easy to use.
I hope that you can’t smart scope with the plasma rifle, but it would allow you to dual wield it instead.
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> I wonder what the carbine smart scope will be like. After all, WHERE THE -Yoink- is the scope that you use in previous games
I always thought it was if you were looking through the magazine. It was the only green thing on the gun, and the HUD overlay was green, so…
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> I hope that you can’t smart scope with the plasma rifle, but it would allow you to dual wield it instead.
How would that work? Press zoom and you pull another one out of your back pocket, which explodes into confetti and teleports back into your pocket when you’re descoped?
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> How would that work? Press zoom and you pull another one out of your back pocket, which explodes into confetti and teleports back into your pocket when you’re descoped?
No, I mean that it will just have the classic Halo zoom, but it will be dual-wieldable when you find another one on the map. It could be the only dual wielding weapon. Essentially making it a unique weapon in Halo 5.