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6/4/2011 6:14:46 AM
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Jackal Snipers retconned to Skirmishers?
I heard that Jackal Snipers are now Skirmishers. This is madness not Sparta.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Techno Greek Ah, to hear the whisper of a beam rifle followed by a stream of obscenities. I miss those days. And the beam rifle. [/quote] I miss the Beam Rifle too. That thing was beautiful. I loved it.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OrderedComa [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jack0fhearts [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Metroidman42 I meant the Snipers of Yore. [/quote] :| Pray teleth what thou mean. Do you mean to say that in the Halo: Combat Evolved remake (alleged,) the Jackal snipers are going to be made into Skirmishers? Or that all the Jackals we encountered in Old Mombasa were Skirmishers? No. They were Jackals. Imagine it this way; In Halo 2 the only Covenant we encounter (sans High Charity,) were those from Regret's fleet. He came to Earth thinking there was nothing here, so he brought very few heavy-class troops, no Skirmishers (as there was no need,) and certainly no Brutes. There would have been no need for a Scarab Assault Platform, so they simply brought a Scarab Excavation Platform. On High Charity, we simply didn't explore the districts that Skirmishers populated. [/quote] I think Skirmishers were somewhat of a rarity too weren't they? And didn't their fighting in the Battle of Reach severely diminish their numbers as well?[/quote] According to Bungie.Net, all Skirmisher units folded into Jackal units due to casualty's sustained on Reach.
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Ah, to hear the whisper of a beam rifle followed by a stream of obscenities. I miss those days. And the beam rifle.
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I have Halo 2 "Earth City" flashbacks,usually resulting in me being half naked in public. Seriously though, thanks for the help.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OrderedComa [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jack0fhearts [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Metroidman42 I meant the Snipers of Yore. [/quote] :| Pray teleth what thou mean. Do you mean to say that in the Halo: Combat Evolved remake (alleged,) the Jackal snipers are going to be made into Skirmishers? Or that all the Jackals we encountered in Old Mombasa were Skirmishers? No. They were Jackals. Imagine it this way; In Halo 2 the only Covenant we encounter (sans High Charity,) were those from Regret's fleet. He came to Earth thinking there was nothing here, so he brought very few heavy-class troops, no Skirmishers (as there was no need,) and certainly no Brutes. There would have been no need for a Scarab Assault Platform, so they simply brought a Scarab Excavation Platform. On High Charity, we simply didn't explore the districts that Skirmishers populated. [/quote] I think Skirmishers were somewhat of a rarity too weren't they? And didn't their fighting in the Battle of Reach severely diminish their numbers as well?[/quote] Yeah, Bungie stated that at the Fall Of Reach, the skirmisher ranks were pretty much exhausted due to the high casualty rate they suffered through out the invasion.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jack0fhearts [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Metroidman42 I meant the Snipers of Yore. [/quote] :| Pray teleth what thou mean. Do you mean to say that in the Halo: Combat Evolved remake (alleged,) the Jackal snipers are going to be made into Skirmishers? Or that all the Jackals we encountered in Old Mombasa were Skirmishers? No. They were Jackals. Imagine it this way; In Halo 2 the only Covenant we encounter (sans High Charity,) were those from Regret's fleet. He came to Earth thinking there was nothing here, so he brought very few heavy-class troops, no Skirmishers (as there was no need,) and certainly no Brutes. There would have been no need for a Scarab Assault Platform, so they simply brought a Scarab Excavation Platform. On High Charity, we simply didn't explore the districts that Skirmishers populated. [/quote] I think Skirmishers were somewhat of a rarity too weren't they? And didn't their fighting in the Battle of Reach severely diminish their numbers as well?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Metroidman42 I meant the Snipers of Yore. [/quote] :| Pray teleth what thou mean. Do you mean to say that in the Halo: Combat Evolved remake (alleged,) the Jackal snipers are going to be made into Skirmishers? Or that all the Jackals we encountered in Old Mombasa were Skirmishers? No. They were Jackals. Imagine it this way; In Halo 2 the only Covenant we encounter (sans High Charity,) were those from Regret's fleet. He came to Earth thinking there was nothing here, so he brought very few heavy-class troops, no Skirmishers (as there was no need,) and certainly no Brutes. There would have been no need for a Scarab Assault Platform, so they simply brought a Scarab Excavation Platform. On High Charity, we simply didn't explore the districts that Skirmishers populated.
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Some Jackals and Skirmishers wield the same weapons (needle rifles, focus rifles). It's just that Jackals have extraordinary skill with ranged weapons and stealth while Skirmishers have the speed and ferocity advantage.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CTN 0452 9 Jackal snipers are still jackal snipers. The skirmishers are added into canon on top of anything that already existed, and don't retcon any painful memories you have from Halo 2 on legendary.[/quote] I still have nightmares.
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The Skirmishers are basically the cousin race of the Jackel. That's what I read anyways.
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Jackal snipers are still jackal snipers. The skirmishers are added into canon on top of anything that already existed, and don't retcon any painful memories you have from Halo 2 on legendary.
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I meant the Snipers of Yore.
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You have heard wrong. The Skirmishers are basically the muscle of the Kig-Yar species.
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There are still Jackal Snipers in Reach...
