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I remember a very early article on Halo 4 (IGN possibly) that was mainly about the return of the BR and all that, but also mentioned some other weapons such as this new "Auto Carbine". At first, I thought they were referring to the MA5K (crushed my dreams ;_:), but I now see they were referring to the Storm Rifle. Now, I'm not sure if they were simply giving the Storm Rifle a name of their own since its official name hadn't been given to them, or if the Storm Rifle was originally supposed to be just that: an automatic version of the Covenant Carbine. It would make sense to me, considering the Storm Rifle shares ''a lot'' more in common with the T51 Carbine than with any plasma weapon. It likely behaved the same way it does now in gameplay, except firing those radioactive rounds the Carbine fires. It just seems that if 343 would create a brand new looking weapon that behaves almost exactly like the Plasma Repeater and Plasma Rifle, why not just use the Plasma Repeater or Plasma Rifle? It seems to me that the only reason they backed out of this decision was because they didn't want to completely throw out the staple of an automatic plasma weapon.--[[Image:PENGUIN4.gif|15px]]''[[User:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Fluffy</span><span style="color:gray; font-family:Verdana">Emo</span><span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Penguin</span>]]<sup><small>([[User talk:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:gray">ice quack!</span>]])''</small></sup> 15:31, 27 January 2013 (EST) | I remember a very early article on Halo 4 (IGN possibly) that was mainly about the return of the BR and all that, but also mentioned some other weapons such as this new "Auto Carbine". At first, I thought they were referring to the MA5K (crushed my dreams ;_:), but I now see they were referring to the Storm Rifle. Now, I'm not sure if they were simply giving the Storm Rifle a name of their own since its official name hadn't been given to them, or if the Storm Rifle was originally supposed to be just that: an automatic version of the Covenant Carbine. It would make sense to me, considering the Storm Rifle shares ''a lot'' more in common with the T51 Carbine than with any plasma weapon. It likely behaved the same way it does now in gameplay, except firing those radioactive rounds the Carbine fires. It just seems that if 343 would create a brand new looking weapon that behaves almost exactly like the Plasma Repeater and Plasma Rifle, why not just use the Plasma Repeater or Plasma Rifle? It seems to me that the only reason they backed out of this decision was because they didn't want to completely throw out the staple of an automatic plasma weapon.--[[Image:PENGUIN4.gif|15px]]''[[User:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Fluffy</span><span style="color:gray; font-family:Verdana">Emo</span><span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Penguin</span>]]<sup><small>([[User talk:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:gray">ice quack!</span>]])''</small></sup> 15:31, 27 January 2013 (EST) | ||
== It's not a replacement == | |||
I know it's role is the same as the plasma rifle, but saying it's a replacement isnt really accurate. Like the brute plasma rifle and the plasma repeater, the storm rifle is more of a sub-class weapon in the plasma rifle "family", and is used exclusively by the storm. Thus the name, "storm rifle". Had it been called anything else I could see it being a replacement, but due to it's name it is extremely likely that the weapon is affiliated with the storm covenant only. It isn't really a replacement of the plasma rifle as much as it is a substitution for the plasma rifle's role in the storm's arsenal as an automatic plasma weapon. Seeing that the storm developed the weapon by themselves, I doubt the Arbiter and his seperatist forces are running around with them. Chances are they are probably still using plasma rifles, which in gameplay are still superior in effectiveness compared to the storm rifle in most cases.[[User talk:SilentGamer64|SilentGamer64]] 02:06, 28 March 2013 (EDT) | |||