Ah, the Beam Rifle... one half of the equation needed to create the most annoying enemy in all of Halo. 5:56 Try telling that to a Halo 2 Jackal Sniper...
I imagine the rotating chamber acts as a battery for the rifle, when it rotates i presume the glowing extrusions, open and vent any generated heat to cool it sufficiently enough to fire another bolt of energy. Not too dissimilar from the venting of a plasma rifle.
In Halo 2 and 3, the Beam rifle battery lasted for 20 shots, not 18, even though 18 is what was printed in the booklet that came with the game. And at the end 'a long game of "where the foxtrot did that come from?"' that really made me crack up. I like the Beam rifle but not as much as I like the SRS99. As for those Jackal snipers, or as I like to call them, sneaky bastard Jackal snipers, they are without honour and I take great delight nailing them with a carbine or BR from great distances. With a beam rifle, they are more lethal than the Flood, cloaked Elite honour guards, Hunters in close quarters, and hungry Brutes that think you're dinner.
With the Spartan's refractive coating on their titanium shell, do you think this would 'glance off' any beam rifle shot, seeings how it's a small particle, just at a high velocity? In the book Ghosts of Onyx Spartan Kurt Ambrose takes a beam rifle from a near range in SPI armor and lives. Thoughts?
Can the Flood adapt to cellular level threats like nano machines and can they create any kind of pureform in size and body structure like say they make a huge kaiju city devouring worm pureform or a space traveling war ship pure form like the Tyranids but far faster, efficient, and with technology advantages?
*Focus Rifle on display table* "Hi guys, thanks for tuning in to another video on Forgotten Weapons dot com, I'm Ian, I'm here today at the Misriah Armories Auction Company, taking a look at this, well, frankly disgusting failure of a firearm."
Is Hardlight weaponry energy or kinetic base attacks and how are they so effective? Like I see the Imperium's nova cannons, Star Trek phasers, and Star Wars EU Turbolasers having greater feats of power then Forerunner Hardlight.
that's because unlike a turbolaser from expanded universe which have random jumbled numbers and inaccurate jumbled lore or star treks phasers being basically the same thing yet in other cases they seem to do nothing as for imperium's nova cannons it would make sense 40k years in the future however it was also written to be a complete fuck fest of a mess for entertainment and stupidity laughter. Not to actually compare with other scifi that exists. Hard light weapons are interesting in the sense that they don't have the same impact other weapon types have the makeup of hardlight which is well complex. These weapons are particle dilators that use an unexplained method to convert light mass into hard light for use as a projectile. But the forerunner weapons also never really had much of a lore and historical use background compared to other weapon types. In reality if you were hit by a hard light projectile well..think of the halo arrays and what they do as they use hardlight within their firing mechanism. Its a solid projectile but functions similar to plasma bolts. Hard to explain but feat wise its just because its not well written or talked about. Scientifically that would be a mess to explain if light actually hit you as a solid object as in halo gameplay youd probably suffer immense radiation burns among other things. Light itself does have some mass but its so small we consider it having no mass at all. Its part of the electromagnetic spectrum it would also depend on what wave length of light they are using to create hardlight ammo in the first place. Since its visible to us humans its within our field of vision its enough to disrupt our body and causes significant damage even if the projectile seems to do nothing. This is all random speculation based off current scientific knowledge, as to how light would act if it became a solid? I have no clue theres rumors that we have a created instances of hardlight in our world but no where to the effect that the forerunners have created. Lightsabers are basically solid light if you take it literal other than using plasma in a magnetic field. I would imagine turbolasers are probably more or less solid light but not to the extent of halos. In fact it acts more like plasma shots than actual hardlight meaning starwars and the like are actually using a lesser version of hardlight than what the forerunners have used. It took a collision with a planet to break such bonds at least in terms of spokes.
@@yulfine1688 Is Hardlight even that useful as a weapon because from my perspective it seems to do the same amount of damage a laser or any other particle weapon like a beam gun or a mass driver would do. I don't know if it's a good space weapon for space combat or orbital bombardment. You see in Warhammer 40k and Star Wars EU you see weapons completely leaving planets as nuclear wastelands, some even destroys the atmosphere or the continents. I don't know if Hardlight can produce the same affect.
@@thorshammer7883 well it's very clear they used it in every aspect of their culture so if it wasnt useful then theyd look at different options. Orbital bombardment from star wars doesn't even make sense neither do the numbers. They're entire system doesnt make much sense and warhammer is more than illogical it's just a mess of nonsense for shits and giggles. Halo is based off realistic ideologies and possibilities. It was very much used in ship combat and the halo rings use hardlight as part of their weapon. There isnt enough known about hardlight to actually say how well it would work because the forerunners mostly had ship warfare and ground unit warfare. Its clearly extremely durable as a hardlight shield is able to protect from a havoc nuke while the numbers in terms of performance doesnt make sense If it really could destroy a planet which would require hundreds of petatons of force if not thousands of petatons of force. A single shot from a orbital mac is enough to wipe out a planet and make it uninhabitable and cause a nuclear ice age from one shot. A covenant glassing beam has a similar effect on a lesser scale since it's more focused. It functions similar to the turbo lasers of the EU star wars. But actually make sense in how it functions as a constant beam of plasma. Neither have the same impact as kinetic based weapons for large scale targets. The impact is different and dangerous in their own way. A dreadnought for example has a torsion driver, 28 converging beam cannons 300 light mass fusillade cannons. Then theirs such things as planet breakers the didacts ship is a planet breaker. 1 heavy ion weapon, 1 stasis tension driver, 40 torsion drivers, 1700 light mass fusillade cannons, 25000 converging beam cannons, particle cannon, anti ship artillery system which is two z8250 heavy artillery. Yet most if not all of this has no information about it because the information isnt given. We know from animations that they had captial ship destroyers and planet destroyers, they built planets etc. I find it unlikely that they wernt effective weapons in combat.
@@yulfine1688 I don't see how orbital bombardment in Star Wars doesn't make sense. But what I don't understand is the effects of Hardlight. When I think of most particle weapons I think of something like a Beam or a Ion gun but when I see Hardlight I don't understand it's purpose in combat like is it a combination of a explosive and kinetic burst of energy and what makes it so unique? So it's light made into a physical object or shape I get that but I don't know whay makes it effective or how effective it is. Especially since it seems to have the same effect that a plasma weapon has on a target where anything near by is melted.
@@thorshammer7883 I cannot answer that but they wouldnt use it if it was pointless. Star wars orbital bombardments are shooting lasers in mass from numerous ships tiny little ships yet the actual numbers given in EU would make one shot enough to wipe an entire planet since it acts as a kinetic bolt as well as a plasma based substance. And once again I cant answer what makes it so useful as a weapon gameplay wise is the worst option to see how something functions. There isnt anything written on hardlight weapons and how they function that makes hardlight so deadly. So until that happens in canon we are stuck guessing..
Ah, the Beam Rifle. The Jackal's favorite tool of literal destruction.
Hello Justin Y
That thing is the single most deadly thing in halo if a jackal has it
Flood with Sniper Rifles are worst
@@tylerellis9097 nah, flood with rocket launchers are.
Rigna Tetris Not a threat on foot and can be sniped from far away. Shotgun flood are also gods
Ah, the Beam Rifle... one half of the equation needed to create the most annoying enemy in all of Halo.
5:56 Try telling that to a Halo 2 Jackal Sniper...
On Legendary... *sigh*
...yes.
Jackal snipers are a b on legendary lol
I once tried to play Halo 3 on heroic, even then they were a pain
Aleksandr Podyachev then you don't know the pain of legendary jackal snipers that can one shot you even with full shields
@@Shadow_wo1f05 there's a part in h2 metropolis with over thirty jackal snipers
I imagine the rotating chamber acts as a battery for the rifle, when it rotates i presume the glowing extrusions, open and vent any generated heat to cool it sufficiently enough to fire another bolt of energy.
Not too dissimilar from the venting of a plasma rifle.
“Where thé foxtrot did that come from”
Halo 2 Legendary your already dead before you say that.
“If you saw the shot, it wasn’t meant for you”
Technically you do still get to say that but then you don't get to find out until after the same Jackal snipes you... at least 5 times.
by the time you finish the sentence you could have been shot 4 to 12 times, depending how many jackals are present
In Halo 2 and 3, the Beam rifle battery lasted for 20 shots, not 18, even though 18 is what was printed in the booklet that came with the game.
And at the end 'a long game of "where the foxtrot did that come from?"' that really made me crack up.
I like the Beam rifle but not as much as I like the SRS99. As for those Jackal snipers, or as I like to call them, sneaky bastard Jackal snipers, they are without honour and I take great delight nailing them with a carbine or BR from great distances. With a beam rifle, they are more lethal than the Flood, cloaked Elite honour guards, Hunters in close quarters, and hungry Brutes that think you're dinner.
Sam Speed Cough Invisible Flood with Sniper Rifle on High Charity
Always imagine what an upsized ship based version of this would do.
Isn't that just an energy projector?
That would be the standard ship mounted point to point lasers.
TheBigManUno old comment but that’s literally what the covenant energy projector and plasma lance is.
The Bain of all halo 2 players loved when you have it hated when you see jackels and despised for its low ammo count
adan daniels bane
Man I’m so glad you came back to the armory hopefully you do vehicle breakdowns as well
With spacedock!
An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
Boi that thing is way more deadly than in gameplay!!!! Keep your heads down marines gosh!!!!
So the use of the SRS99 changed the covies doctrine..... Nice
6:56 Describes pretty much any match on Halo 2, or even Halo 3.
With the Spartan's refractive coating on their titanium shell, do you think this would 'glance off' any beam rifle shot, seeings how it's a small particle, just at a high velocity? In the book Ghosts of Onyx Spartan Kurt Ambrose takes a beam rifle from a near range in SPI armor and lives. Thoughts?
Can the Flood adapt to cellular level threats like nano machines and can they create any kind of pureform in size and body structure like say they make a huge kaiju city devouring worm pureform or a space traveling war ship pure form like the Tyranids but far faster, efficient, and with technology advantages?
Would be epic for lore but at the same time i hope not lol
I believe so
@@marsar1775
Why not?
@@thorshammer7883 imagine tryna fight that, they already pretty op
@@marsar1775
It would make more sense on why the Forerunners and Ancient Humanity couldn't stop them.
One of my favorite Covenant weapons.
*Focus Rifle on display table*
"Hi guys, thanks for tuning in to another video on Forgotten Weapons dot com, I'm Ian, I'm here today at the Misriah Armories Auction Company, taking a look at this, well, frankly disgusting failure of a firearm."
Hah! I see we share more than one circle.
Man you forgot he says his WHOLE name
As a Focus Rifle lover, I am offended. (Not really, I just think it’s really fun to shoot.)
Covenant Beam rifle, A Jackal’s Best Friend
Is Hardlight weaponry energy or kinetic base attacks and how are they so effective?
Like I see the Imperium's nova cannons, Star Trek phasers, and Star Wars EU Turbolasers having greater feats of power then Forerunner Hardlight.
that's because unlike a turbolaser from expanded universe which have random jumbled numbers and inaccurate jumbled lore or star treks phasers being basically the same thing yet in other cases they seem to do nothing as for imperium's nova cannons it would make sense 40k years in the future however it was also written to be a complete fuck fest of a mess for entertainment and stupidity laughter. Not to actually compare with other scifi that exists. Hard light weapons are interesting in the sense that they don't have the same impact other weapon types have the makeup of hardlight which is well complex. These weapons are particle dilators that use an unexplained method to convert light mass into hard light for use as a projectile. But the forerunner weapons also never really had much of a lore and historical use background compared to other weapon types. In reality if you were hit by a hard light projectile well..think of the halo arrays and what they do as they use hardlight within their firing mechanism. Its a solid projectile but functions similar to plasma bolts. Hard to explain but feat wise its just because its not well written or talked about. Scientifically that would be a mess to explain if light actually hit you as a solid object as in halo gameplay youd probably suffer immense radiation burns among other things. Light itself does have some mass but its so small we consider it having no mass at all. Its part of the electromagnetic spectrum it would also depend on what wave length of light they are using to create hardlight ammo in the first place. Since its visible to us humans its within our field of vision its enough to disrupt our body and causes significant damage even if the projectile seems to do nothing. This is all random speculation based off current scientific knowledge, as to how light would act if it became a solid? I have no clue theres rumors that we have a created instances of hardlight in our world but no where to the effect that the forerunners have created. Lightsabers are basically solid light if you take it literal other than using plasma in a magnetic field. I would imagine turbolasers are probably more or less solid light but not to the extent of halos. In fact it acts more like plasma shots than actual hardlight meaning starwars and the like are actually using a lesser version of hardlight than what the forerunners have used. It took a collision with a planet to break such bonds at least in terms of spokes.
@@yulfine1688
Is Hardlight even that useful as a weapon because from my perspective it seems to do the same amount of damage a laser or any other particle weapon like a beam gun or a mass driver would do. I don't know if it's a good space weapon for space combat or orbital bombardment. You see in Warhammer 40k and Star Wars EU you see weapons completely leaving planets as nuclear wastelands, some even destroys the atmosphere or the continents. I don't know if Hardlight can produce the same affect.
@@thorshammer7883 well it's very clear they used it in every aspect of their culture so if it wasnt useful then theyd look at different options. Orbital bombardment from star wars doesn't even make sense neither do the numbers. They're entire system doesnt make much sense and warhammer is more than illogical it's just a mess of nonsense for shits and giggles. Halo is based off realistic ideologies and possibilities. It was very much used in ship combat and the halo rings use hardlight as part of their weapon. There isnt enough known about hardlight to actually say how well it would work because the forerunners mostly had ship warfare and ground unit warfare. Its clearly extremely durable as a hardlight shield is able to protect from a havoc nuke while the numbers in terms of performance doesnt make sense If it really could destroy a planet which would require hundreds of petatons of force if not thousands of petatons of force. A single shot from a orbital mac is enough to wipe out a planet and make it uninhabitable and cause a nuclear ice age from one shot. A covenant glassing beam has a similar effect on a lesser scale since it's more focused. It functions similar to the turbo lasers of the EU star wars. But actually make sense in how it functions as a constant beam of plasma. Neither have the same impact as kinetic based weapons for large scale targets. The impact is different and dangerous in their own way. A dreadnought for example has a torsion driver, 28 converging beam cannons 300 light mass fusillade cannons. Then theirs such things as planet breakers the didacts ship is a planet breaker. 1 heavy ion weapon, 1 stasis tension driver, 40 torsion drivers, 1700 light mass fusillade cannons, 25000 converging beam cannons, particle cannon, anti ship artillery system which is two z8250 heavy artillery. Yet most if not all of this has no information about it because the information isnt given. We know from animations that they had captial ship destroyers and planet destroyers, they built planets etc. I find it unlikely that they wernt effective weapons in combat.
@@yulfine1688
I don't see how orbital bombardment in Star Wars doesn't make sense. But what I don't understand is the effects of Hardlight. When I think of most particle weapons I think of something like a Beam or a Ion gun but when I see Hardlight I don't understand it's purpose in combat like is it a combination of a explosive and kinetic burst of energy and what makes it so unique? So it's light made into a physical object or shape I get that but I don't know whay makes it effective or how effective it is. Especially since it seems to have the same effect that a plasma weapon has on a target where anything near by is melted.
@@thorshammer7883 I cannot answer that but they wouldnt use it if it was pointless. Star wars orbital bombardments are shooting lasers in mass from numerous ships tiny little ships yet the actual numbers given in EU would make one shot enough to wipe an entire planet since it acts as a kinetic bolt as well as a plasma based substance. And once again I cant answer what makes it so useful as a weapon gameplay wise is the worst option to see how something functions. There isnt anything written on hardlight weapons and how they function that makes hardlight so deadly. So until that happens in canon we are stuck guessing..
A game of Where the foxtrot did that come from sounds fun
Ah, yes, enslaved *ragequit*
Laughs in UC gundam Beam weapons
lasers
Such an interesting weapon, held so interestingly
"Where the foxtrot did that come from"
Skilfully done reference
can't wait to see the video on the Hard Light weapons
It's basically a hadron collider in a small package. 😂
Imagine Master Chief getting shot by sniper Elites on Halo 2 Legendary
The Beam Rifle is heavier than the Stanley Cup. Wtf?
Well a particle beam has to propel SOMETHING, and it's possible that the power source is compartmentalized to avoid issues.
“Whekekehk” (beam rifle sound)
Linda would love to play with this toy very much I believe. 😁
Lol! Everyone says crap, when Snipers are in the area!
Let's just be grateful the Banished and Kig'Yar aren't on good terms, so they don't have peak deadly sniper teams.
Can you do the focus rifle next i always wondered what the history was like for that I never seen anything like that
A halo 2 players worst nightmare
0:35 Installation-00's taking a few moments to just think "nice ass"
The beam rifle, aka why I only played the halo 2 campaign once
What is that video at 2:32
Is there a Difference between Halo 3's and 4's Beam Rifles? Because other than a Design Change, there has to be a Difference between the 2 Eras.
How do you aim with that?
Probably an integral sight in the rifle.
I love your work!
What if in Halo infinite you have to experience New Mombasa like map campaign with these bloody soul rippers?
I’m wondering when you’re gonna collab with Forgotten Weapons for one of these. I mean you both like talking guns..
Imagine Ian from FW breaking down a beam rifle to show how it works
I like amped Kraber
whats the footage 2:30?
The remastered "day at the beach" cinematic
Jesus it’s heavy
I'm getting halo 2 legendary flashbacks
12000 fps that's insane velocity my 22-250 pushes a little 22 caliber bullet 4000 fps and it's devastating to small & medium game animals.
The Bungie Beam Rifle is so much h better looking than 343's
upon impact the particle beam tranfer their kinetic energy...
what?
this line make newton want to die..
Looks a bit alike the stationary turrets (Anti-Personnel and others). I mean the turrets use the quite the same only dual barrels.
hahahahahaha
Don't give them ideas!
How the hell humans where able to keep up against things like that...?
Stanchion sniper system
Damn Jackals...
ah yes...beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem
RIP KAT
Laughs in Jackal.
"Laughs in T'vaoan"
First time I heard the f bomb was because of this thing
looooove it
First and God 00 you are horribley undersubed
DMR
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Wow I'm early
1st!!