Sorry if there have been topics on this already, just got on and saw the bulletin, not sure how long the bulletin has been up, and I didn’t see any topics in the immediete area about this.
Anyways, from the newest Bulletin, we are shown specializations.
With these specializations, it is revealed that there are weapon skins that are also unlocked.
Pics of these weapons skins reveal two new weapons, the Suppressor and the Boltshot.
Opinions, thoughts?
The Suppressor looks like what we knew as the Promethean Repeater. The colors are obviously a bit off because they’re skins.
The Boltshot looks like it could be the Promethean Pistol. Its missing the redish glow, but its possible that the skins override it or it just isn’t present in the picture. It looks like there is a spot where a beam of red light could go, like other Promethean Weapons.
> I can’t wait to see some gameplay. <mark>The Boltshot looks like it’s a sidearm, a secondary loadout weapon.</mark>
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> On a side note: The emblems look AWESOME!
Agreed.
Thats why I figured that it was the Promethean Pistol.
> > I’m thinking the Boltshot fires bolts of electricity.
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> The Boltshot, or Promethean “flame pistol” here fires and looks like this in game. (Scroll down that entire page to see more pictures of the Boltshock, side view, and when it’s been fired).
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> It does not fire bolts of electricity. More like fire, or plasma.
Wow, I never made that connection.
This Promethean Weapon, if it is Promethean, seems to work differently. Others use Hardlight and physical rounds.
This seems to release a blast of fire or plasma. Perhaps this is to burn and disintegrate the Flood, which might mean it could be more close quaters.
> > I’m thinking the Boltshot fires bolts of electricity.
>
> The Boltshot, or Promethean “flame pistol” here fires and looks like this in game. (Scroll down that entire page to see more pictures of the Boltshock, side view, and when it’s been fired).
>
> It does not fire bolts of electricity. More like fire, or plasma.
Wait but what if the flames is just a secondary way of firing. Like how the plasma pistol has and overcharged shot.
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Actually now that i think about it. I feel thats probably what it is.It has that little glowing icon on the back like the plasma pistol. The icon probably changes color when you charge it up, like the plasma pistol does.
> I can’t wait to see some gameplay. The Boltshot looks like it’s a sidearm, a secondary loadout weapon.
>
> On a side note: <mark>The emblems look AWESOME!</mark>
> > > I’m thinking the Boltshot fires bolts of electricity.
> >
> > The Boltshot, or Promethean “flame pistol” here fires and looks like this in game. (Scroll down that entire page to see more pictures of the Boltshock, side view, and when it’s been fired).
> >
> > It does not fire bolts of electricity. More like fire, or plasma.
>
> Wow, I never made that connection.
>
> This Promethean Weapon, if it is Promethean, seems to work differently. Others use Hardlight and physical rounds.
> This seems to release a blast of fire or plasma. Perhaps this is to burn and disintegrate the Flood, which might mean it could be more close quaters.
Yeah I know that, I was just trying to make a logical reason for it fireing bolts… who fires bolt’s of fire.
Plus It looks more like electricity bolts than fire to me… looks too yellow to be fire.
> > > > I’m thinking the Boltshot fires bolts of electricity.
> > >
> > > The Boltshot, or Promethean “flame pistol” here fires and looks like this in game. (Scroll down that entire page to see more pictures of the Boltshock, side view, and when it’s been fired).
> > >
> > > It does not fire bolts of electricity. More like fire, or plasma.
> >
> > Wow, I never made that connection.
> >
> > This Promethean Weapon, if it is Promethean, seems to work differently. Others use Hardlight and physical rounds.
> > This seems to release a blast of fire or plasma. Perhaps this is to burn and disintegrate the Flood, which might mean it could be more close quaters.
>
> Yeah I know that, I was just trying to make a logical reason for it fireing bolts… who fires bolt’s of fire.
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> Plus It looks more like electricity bolts than fire to me… looks too yellow to be fire.
Like someone said above, maybe it has a secondary fire like the Plasma Pistol.
Regular shots are small like the PP.
Charging it and firing it releases a large burst of fire or [Promethean disintegrating technology]. This is a close quarters mechanic, the blast doesn’t go far. But it does a lot of damage on unshielded opponets. And, best of all, disintegrates them!
I always thought that the Boltshot was the older daddy to the Covenant’s Plasma Pistol - After all, most Covenant weapons (in particular the Plasma Rifle, Pistol and such) are reverse-engineered from Forerunner weapons, hence why the Boltshot looks so much like the Plasma Pistol and visa-versa.
This is all speculative, but this is my opinion of how it works:
The Boltshot has a primary and secondary fire modes much like the Plasma Pistol, except instead of firing bolts of condensed plasma, the Boltshot fires unstable globs of superheated gas in streams as it’s primary fire mode. To activate the secondary fire mode, you would activate it much like you would with the Plasma Pistol, holding down the trigger to overcharge the firearm. Instead of firing a glob of EMP-Plasma, the Boltshot fires an overcharge of superheated gas, which incinerates anything that is within range. Possibly just strips players of their shields, but most likely functions like a shotgun would, except it’s superheated gas instead of bullets or shotgun shells.
> I always thought that the Boltshot was the older daddy to the Covenant’s Plasma Pistol - After all, most Covenant weapons (in particular the Plasma Rifle, Pistol and such) are reverse-engineered from Forerunner weapons, hence why the Boltshot looks so much like the Plasma Pistol and visa-versa.
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> This is all speculative, but this is my opinion of how it works:
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> The Boltshot has a primary and secondary fire modes much like the Plasma Pistol, except instead of firing bolts of condensed plasma, the Boltshot fires unstable globs of superheated gas in streams as it’s primary fire mode. To activate the secondary fire mode, you would activate it much like you would with the Plasma Pistol, holding down the trigger to overcharge the firearm. Instead of firing a glob of EMP-Plasma, the Boltshot fires an overcharge of superheated gas, which incinerates anything that is within range. Possibly just strips players of their shields, but most likely functions like a shotgun would, except it’s superheated gas instead of bullets or shotgun shells.
