Would you guys be interested in seeing one in halo X1, I personally miss the focus rifle.
You never notice how much you miss something until you lose it, I missed the Beam Rifle like heck in Reach, now I’d like to see the Focus Rifle return in some form
The Sentinal Beam should return.
I personally couldn’t click with it, but it would be nice to see it return. Would make for some good customs.
The Focus Rifle works either two ways:
- It’s too powerful (Reach Beta)
- It’s too weak (Final Reach Version)
While a unique sniper rifle, it just doesn’t work
But with the Sentinel Beam, it can be powerful (Halo 3 style) without being powerful (because of its short range).
So I say bring back the Sentinel Beam (I was upset that it wasn’t in Halo 4).
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Did you even play the Reach Beta? The Focus Rifle was the exact same. It’s kind of a common rumour floating around started by I don’t know who, but having used the gun ALL THE TIME in both the Beta and the full game I can safely say they are exactly the same. The only Covie weapons to get nerfed after the Beta were the Plasma Launcher and Plasma Pistol, along with a 2 bullet killtime nerf to the Repeater but only because it’s damage is shot for shot the exact same as the AR’s.
The fact is, if they just adjusted the Focus Rifle so it killed faster, but also overheated much faster. You’d get a weapon that’s somewhat difficult to one “shot” kill with (because of the fast overheat and need to sustain damage). But if you can do it, it is very powerful. And I’d much rather see it come back than that redundant clone of the Sniper Rifle from Halo 2, 3, and 4.
The Sentinel Beam can replace the Suppressor because god I hate that weapon. I know it’s supposed to be similar to the Halo CE AR, but it’s just so inconsistent I can’t rely on it to actually do what it’s supposed to do -_-. The Sentinel Beam would be different from the Focus Rifle because it would actually have aim assist unscoped, which no sniper power weapon should EVER get. And while it wouldn’t kill so fast, it also wouldn’t overheat quickly either. Making the Focus Rifle more of a quick “Chsssswt” when it fires, while the Sentinel Beam is actually what feels like a sustained beam weapon you can hold for a while.
Sentinel Beam or another forerunner weapon. Orr a revamped version of the Fuel Rod that shoots the hunter’s mortar rounds and you can hold the trigger for a scarab like beam.
If they not include sentinel beam in the next game i will be dissapointed , i love the halo 2 special sentinel beam the blue one.
Sentinel Beam was fun in campaign, if useless in MP.
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> Did you even play the Reach Beta? The Focus Rifle was the exact same. It’s kind of a common rumour floating around started by I don’t know who, but having used the gun ALL THE TIME in both the Beta and the full game I can safely say they are exactly the same. The only Covie weapons to get nerfed after the Beta were the Plasma Launcher and Plasma Pistol, along with a 2 bullet killtime nerf to the Repeater but only because it’s damage is shot for shot the exact same as the AR’s.
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> The fact is, if they just adjusted the Focus Rifle so it killed faster, but also overheated much faster. You’d get a weapon that’s somewhat difficult to one “shot” kill with (because of the fast overheat and need to sustain damage). But if you can do it, it is very powerful. And I’d much rather see it come back than that redundant clone of the Sniper Rifle from Halo 2, 3, and 4.
I always thought they put a 90% damage modifier on it or something. Coming from the Beta to the final game it definitely felt weaker. I remember dominating with the Focus Rifle on Powerhouse in the Beta but when it came to the final game not so much. But If it wasn’t changed… 
Faster kill times and faster overheats. I’m down for that. Maybe it could have a double damage headshot bonus on unshielded opponents, similar to the CE Plasma Rifle as well.
I’m of the opinion that the Beam Rifle should be replaced with an updated Focus Rifle and the Binary Rifle should be a charge to shoot sniper weapon similar to the Railgun or something. Never been a fan of weapon clones.
But if we can’t get the Focus Rifle back I would at least want to see a Promethean Beam Pistol secondary which would work exactly the same just with a 2x scope.
TBH, I like the Beam Rifle, but the Focus Rifle was not too bad, but was excellent at close range. Used to get a lot of kills just using that. So i have to say, yes.