Let's be honest...

The Light Rifle (if I’m remembering the name of it correctly), is just a more powerful Beam Rifle with shiny stuff on it. Slap the title of “Reclaimer Artifact” on it all you want, it’s just a Beam Rifle that disintegrates instead of straight up kills, from what I can see.

Main point: this new weapon is being made out to be a much bigger deal than it actually is.

(Sorry if this thread has been made already, I haven’t ventured off the first page and the search function is broken.)

Discuss the Light Rifle and its similarities to the Beam Rifle.

Ummm I coulda sworn the beam rifle had a constant stream, seems to me the light rifle spits out a hardlight single projectile rather than a steady plasma stream

The Light Rifle is a Forerunner equivalent to the BR or DMR, not a re-skinned Beam Rifle. What video were you watching?

It reminds me nothing of the beam rifle. Reminds me more of DMR. Just forerunner style.

Looks to me like the Forerunner equivalent to the Covenant Carbine or the DMR. Also, it has no bloom i noticed. :wink:

> Ummm I coulda sworn the beam rifle had a constant stream, seems to me the light rifle spits out a hardlight single projectile rather than a steady plasma stream

Beam rifle, single shot.

Sentinel Beam, constant stream.

> > Ummm I coulda sworn the beam rifle had a constant stream, seems to me the light rifle spits out a hardlight single projectile rather than a steady plasma stream
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> Beam rifle, single shot.
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> Sentinel Beam, constant stream.

LOL sentinel beam. Lone thinks you’re talking about the FR.

The Beam Rifle is a sniper weapon. 2-hit kill. The Light Rifle is more like a DMR. How are they anything alike? Besides, it’s fundamentally different from any weapon. It’s like saying “Be honest the DMR is just a re-skinned Carbine” when we know that’s not true.

And, be honest… you’re just trying to find some fault because really you WANT there to be something wrong when there isn’t.

> > > Ummm I coulda sworn the beam rifle had a constant stream, seems to me the light rifle spits out a hardlight single projectile rather than a steady plasma stream
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> > Beam rifle, single shot.
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> > Sentinel Beam, constant stream.
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> LOL sentinel beam. Lone thinks you’re talking about the FR.

Ten years an countless hours spent between the games and the fiction I think I’m good for a brain fart now and again :wink:

Very excited about the weapon.

If its loadout available, yes it will be my weapon of choice, period.

> The Light Rifle (if I’m remembering the name of it correctly), is just a more powerful Beam Rifle with shiny stuff on it. Slap the title of “Reclaimer Artifact” on it all you want, it’s just a Beam Rifle that disintegrates instead of straight up kills, from what I can see.
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> Main point: this new weapon is being made out to be a much bigger deal than it actually is.
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> (Sorry if this thread has been made already, I haven’t ventured off the first page and the search function is broken.)
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> Discuss the Light Rifle and its similarities to the Beam Rifle.

Ummm. You do know this is Halo right?
The Carbine is just a BR that shoots twice as fast but does half the damage.
The Beam Rifle is just a human Sniper Rifle that shoots quicker but has to “reload” more.
The AR and Plasma Rifle are pretty much the same.
The Sword and Gravity Hammer are pretty much the same against infantry.

That’s kinda how Halo does guns.

> > The Light Rifle (if I’m remembering the name of it correctly), is just a more powerful Beam Rifle with shiny stuff on it. Slap the title of “Reclaimer Artifact” on it all you want, it’s just a Beam Rifle that disintegrates instead of straight up kills, from what I can see.
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> > Main point: this new weapon is being made out to be a much bigger deal than it actually is.
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> > (Sorry if this thread has been made already, I haven’t ventured off the first page and the search function is broken.)
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> > Discuss the Light Rifle and its similarities to the Beam Rifle.
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> Ummm. You do know this is Halo right?
> The Carbine is just a BR that shoots twice as fast but does half the damage.
> The Beam Rifle is just a human Sniper Rifle that shoots quicker but has to “reload” more.
> The AR and Plasma Rifle are pretty much the same.
> The Sword and Gravity Hammer are pretty much the same against infantry.
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> That’s kinda how Halo does guns.

Just because it’s a given doesn’t make it good. Things can and should change when they’re lazy and not conducive to a good game environment.

> The Light Rifle (if I’m remembering the name of it correctly), is just a more powerful Beam Rifle with shiny stuff on it. Slap the title of “Reclaimer Artifact” on it all you want, it’s just a Beam Rifle that disintegrates instead of straight up kills, from what I can see.
>
> Main point: this new weapon is being made out to be a much bigger deal than it actually is.
>
> (Sorry if this thread has been made already, I haven’t ventured off the first page and the search function is broken.)
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> Discuss the Light Rifle and its similarities to the Beam Rifle.

Yes and the AR is the BR which looks a bit different and is fully automatic.
Also, the pistol is like a spartan laser, but it just shoots bullets and is smaller. BUT IT’S A FRACKING RIPOFF FROM THE SPARTAN LAZ0R!

OH AND OMG not to mention the freakin’ ghost! WTF 343, Y U COPY WARTHOG AND PUT WINGS ON AND MAKE IT FLY IN THE AIR AND DO CRAZY STUFF? Y U NO ORIGINAL?

Seriously dude… with your way of thinking i can say a A380 is a bicycle but different… Just play the game for whatever it is. Don’t like it? Don’t buy it. Stop complaining, you can’t change anything.

> It reminds me nothing of the beam rifle. Reminds me more of DMR. Just forerunner style.

Visually it’s very similar but I don’t see any other similarities…

What does it matter if its the same? As others have said its more along the lines of a Carbine or DMR. But honestly man this doesn’t even need its own section. It looks cool it sounds legendary. Who cares if its similar to another weapon its AWESOME! Thats what matters! More weapons are always welcome!(Just not an absurd amount like COD!)

> > > The Light Rifle (if I’m remembering the name of it correctly), is just a more powerful Beam Rifle with shiny stuff on it. Slap the title of “Reclaimer Artifact” on it all you want, it’s just a Beam Rifle that disintegrates instead of straight up kills, from what I can see.
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> > > Main point: this new weapon is being made out to be a much bigger deal than it actually is.
> > >
> > > (Sorry if this thread has been made already, I haven’t ventured off the first page and the search function is broken.)
> > >
> > > Discuss the Light Rifle and its similarities to the Beam Rifle.
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> > Ummm. You do know this is Halo right?
> > The Carbine is just a BR that shoots twice as fast but does half the damage.
> > The Beam Rifle is just a human Sniper Rifle that shoots quicker but has to “reload” more.
> > The AR and Plasma Rifle are pretty much the same.
> > The Sword and Gravity Hammer are pretty much the same against infantry.
> >
> > That’s kinda how Halo does guns.
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> Just because it’s a given doesn’t make it good. Things can and should change when they’re lazy and not conducive to a good game environment.

>>calls 343 lazy

Obviously this guy is a negative nancy… We should all just move along now.

All I can read in your post is “It’s just a re-skinned Beam Rifle that is different from a Beam Rifle in the following ways”

Listen, a gun is a gun, they’re all “similar”. they’re all going to kill whatever you shoot them at, the differences (and value) of them comes down to how fast they kill, what they sound like, what their rate of fire is, and all those sorts of things.