Kelos'vaarda-pattern storm rifle: Difference between revisions
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*"Storm rifle" is a literal translation of the German "Sturmgewehr", which is generally rendered as "assault rifle" in English. The [[Wikipedia:StG-44|StG-44]] (roughly: ''Model 1944 assault rifle'') was the first assault rifle to see widespread deployment during World War II. | *"Storm rifle" is a literal translation of the German "Sturmgewehr", which is generally rendered as "assault rifle" in English. The [[Wikipedia:StG-44|StG-44]] (roughly: ''Model 1944 assault rifle'') was the first assault rifle to see widespread deployment during World War II. | ||
*The | *The storm rifle is the only loadout weapon in ''Halo 4'' with no customizable skin. | ||
**The [[Sangheili Ranger]] [[McFarlane Toys/Halo 4 Series 2#Elite Ranger|figure]] will include a code that will unlock the "''Chill''" skin for the | **The [[Sangheili Ranger]] [[McFarlane Toys/Halo 4 Series 2#Elite Ranger|action figure]] will include a code that will unlock the "''Chill''" skin for the storm rifle. | ||
*Strangely, the | *Strangely, the storm rifle does not count toward automatic loadout weapon commendations in ''[[War Games]]''. | ||
*The weapon's reticule is similar in both appearance and bloom behavior to the [[Type-51 Directed Energy Rifle/Improved| | *The weapon's reticule is similar in both appearance and bloom behavior to the [[Type-51 Directed Energy Rifle/Improved|plasma repeater]] from ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. | ||
*While the | *While the storm rifle is canonically an upgrade of the plasma rifle, it is less effective at removing shields in gameplay. It takes a plasma rifle six shots to remove shields, while it takes the storm rifle up to ten shots to do so. | ||
**It is likely that the | **It is likely that the storm rifle uses plasma more as a "filament" to the projectile, focusing on kinetic energy rather than heat distribution. | ||
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