Forerunner sniper seen in campaign demo?

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A few days ago I saw some pictures of some new Forerunner weapons I hadn’t seen earlier. Since I think it’s still fun to watch the campaign demo shown at E3, I just watched it again and then I realised something. In the beginning of the demo you can see an Elite Minor get killed by some Forerunner weapon. Could it possibly be the Forerunner “sniper” seen on the pictures? It could make sense since the shot was an insta-kill. The only problem is that the shot was not into is head, wich would mean that it is pretty overpowered. Maybe they nerf it by making you charge it for 2 seconds or something before it shoots. This is all speculation of course since we haven’t seen anyone play with it.

I would like to know what you guys think, so please drop a comment.

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… Well crap, that’s a decent observation. Note, however, that Chief put a few bullets into the Elite’s shields. I’d imagine it’s still an insta-kill regardless.

A charged sniper would be VERY interesting.

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my bet is that it was one of the watchers abilities. not sure though, like you said just complete speculation.

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> … Well crap, that’s a decent observation. Note, however, that Chief put a few bullets into the Elite’s shields. I’d imagine it’s still an insta-kill regardless.
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> A charged sniper would be VERY interesting.

Don’t forget it’s a scripted event so the elite is meant to die regardless of his shield condition.

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The insta-kill thing was probably because of two things.

  1. Chief fired some BR rounds into the Elites shield.

  2. Scripted to die, if you didn’t fire at the Elite, then the Elite would probably die to the shot anyway considering how the Elite could have killed Chief if it took two Promethean Sniper Rifle “shots” (Guessing it’s more like the Focus Rifle) if you didn’t shoot the Elite.

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> > … Well crap, that’s a decent observation. Note, however, that Chief put a few bullets into the Elite’s shields. I’d imagine it’s still an insta-kill regardless.
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> > A charged sniper would be VERY interesting.
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> Don’t forget it’s a scripted event so the elite is meant to die regardless of his shield condition.

Which further obnubilates the whole idea. Hm. I honestly wouldn’t mind a charged sniper, but I feel like there should be a light, fast sniper…