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Subject: Seriously. Why do people hate the Assault Rifle?
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You know, the AR does have a fairly good range. I use it from medium-long range to pick off Grunts and Flood with single shots.

  • 08.21.2007 4:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mormathius
You know, the AR does have a fairly good range. I use it from medium-long range to pick off Grunts and Flood with single shots.
ahhhhhhh
normal doesn't count!

  • 08.21.2007 6:32 PM PDT
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I dunno, I read in a GI Magazine that they were gonna re-introduce the Assault Rifle into Halo 3, but with a few modifications, not making it completely useless...But I like it.

  • 08.21.2007 9:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mormathius
You know, the AR does have a fairly good range. I use it from medium-long range to pick off Grunts and Flood with single shots.
ahhhhhhh
normal doesn't count!

WTF. I don't mean I kill em in 1 shot. I mean I fire single-shots. -blam!-

  • 08.22.2007 9:45 PM PDT
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I'm not going to lie, you're just plain suicidal if you're going to use the assault rifle in the campaign on higher difficulties, but multiplayer-wise, it's not as weak as one might think.

  • 08.23.2007 6:32 AM PDT

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they hate it cuz it kicks ass, and looks cool with the chief, and has like, 5,000 rounds, or something like that.

  • 08.23.2007 10:01 AM PDT
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Posted by: rienstien
they hate it cuz it kicks ass, and looks cool with the chief, and has like, 5,000 rounds, or something like that.

  • 08.23.2007 11:29 PM PDT
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It kills in 26 shots, has a 60 round magazine, good accuracy
Hahahahahahahaahahahaahahahaha!

Twenty-six shots? Are you going to get all of those shots in? At medium range? Why not use the pistol instead?

Posted by: Digi7
Why do people hate the Assault Rifle so much?
Because it's a freaking assault weapon. It's supposed to be your main staple, your weapon of choice, but instead, as a design flaw made by Bungie, the pistol turned out to be the superior weapon. The side-arm replacing the assault weapon? Please.


Although, I'm not complaining, because it's mostly just a cosmetic issue. The assault rifle isn't too useless, though. It's actually quite effective in close range; except that you'd rather want a shotgun in that situation. Just fire six-something bullets followed by a running melee will give you a kill.

dude...its a simple question, no need to throw in that vocabulary...

  • 08.24.2007 3:34 PM PDT
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I hate it because it's in-accurate, not that powerful per shot, and takes a long time to reload.

  • 08.24.2007 7:30 PM PDT
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In campaign, it was pretty much ineffective against covenant shields, rendering it mostly inferior to the plasma rifle (a weapon which was both powerful and abundant) but when it came to the flood levels, it's good stopping power against flesh and high ammo capacity made it one of the best anti-flood weapons in the game (apart from the shotgun, of course).

The assault rifle is more powerful in multiplayer than it is in single player. As a close-in weapon, it shines. When going toe-to-toe against a foe, an assault rifle is a safe bet for victory (unless they have a shotgun or in the case of Halo PC, a flamethrower).

When it comes down to it, the Assault rifle is neither the best or the worst weapon (far from both, actually) and makes for a solid and well rounded default weapon. Don't dismiss the MA5B, it is a helluva lot better than people make it out to be, which is what makes it so potent. People don't expect it to be any good so they don't bother using it and never get any experience with it. If you know how to handle an assault rifle right, you can certainly become a force to be reckoned with. Remember, all it takes to knock the sniper or pistol guy out of scope is one bullet, and that puts him at a disadvantage.

  • 08.24.2007 8:21 PM PDT

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