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Subject: Not So Sure About the Battle Rifle
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IDK about the Battle Rifle, guys. Yes, while zoomed in, the gun looks powerful. But when not zoomed, it only fires in 3-round bursts (which I hate) that seem less powerful. You saw it on the E3 04 demonstration, when they shot the front side "wings" of the ghost off. The right one went off after a few shots zoomed (i think 3 or 4), but the left one went off after two 3-round bursts, and two more zoomed shots. I hope theres a fully-automatic mode for the weapon.

  • 06.09.2004 11:36 AM PDT
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it's a long range and accurate rifle not a power cannon or mini gun, there are lots of other weapons to deal the damage with

  • 06.09.2004 11:41 AM PDT
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If this weapon is supposed to replace the pistol, it damn well better be powerful!!!

  • 06.09.2004 11:43 AM PDT
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It is pretty powerful to do that to a Ghost so fast. They wanted the vehicles to be destructable, but that doesn't mean they're made of paper and plastic wrap.

  • 06.09.2004 11:49 AM PDT
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The pistol is overpowerd for what it is. The BR should only be level with the pistol, or perhaps even lower. I doubt that 3 shot burst will ever be used, but i know ill be zooming in alot. I wish it were always 1 shot though.

  • 06.09.2004 11:51 AM PDT
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I'm all for the battle rifle. I dunno why the hell the Marine Corp in Halo would have the assault rifle in it's arsenal, it's accuracy is poor and the Marines don't usually go fully auto on something when we got the M4 nowadays which does burst shots and single shots for accuracy.

  • 06.09.2004 11:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: Nonclad
The pistol is overpowerd for what it is. The BR should only be level with the pistol, or perhaps even lower. I doubt that 3 shot burst will ever be used, but i know ill be zooming in alot. I wish it were always 1 shot though.

Me too. I think that the bursts will add some flavor though.

  • 06.09.2004 11:54 AM PDT
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Flavor is good. Battle Rifle will be my very close buddy on the front lines of Halo2.

  • 06.09.2004 11:56 AM PDT
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The battle Rifle looks exelent. I think that the # round burst will save ammo and can be effective. The 3 bullets go fast. Because it is so accurate, it is alittle slower.

  • 06.09.2004 11:57 AM PDT
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If you think about the name BATTLE RIFLE you might notices tht this weapon is used for long hard Battles and if its going to be long and hard you will need as much ammo as possible, which is why the Battle rifle has a 3shot burst, so you can save ammo.

Its not that hard when you think about it really...

  • 06.09.2004 12:09 PM PDT
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It'd be ridiculous to give an advanced rifle single shot all the time. 3 shot burst is perfect and is ultimately better than full auto, like the AR. No one knows how powerful everything will be because they are still tweaking, and it may be even harder than they showed on the demo to damage a ghost. Either way, it replaces the pistol in that it seems to be the new jack-of-all-trades sniping weapon, but the pistol will still be in the game, I'm pretty sure of it. It'll be altered, no scope, but there

  • 06.09.2004 12:20 PM PDT
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did u notice that when he was zoomed in he hit the tip of the wing? When not he hit closer to the body,

  • 06.09.2004 12:21 PM PDT
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im sure the pistol will still be the same as it was in halo 1 except for some tweaking, and im sure it will still have the scope and range and accuracy.....but compared to the new and alot more weapons that are around our good ol' pistol wont be that good any more. ( Theres no point having a Pistol in one game then changin its design the next! )

  • 06.09.2004 12:24 PM PDT
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the pistol is going to change did any of you read First Strike? And if you have read the Game Informer article on Halo 2 Char (my idol) said the Battle Rifle didn't have the range/power/accuracy that the pistol in Halo 1 had thus leading to more balance

  • 06.09.2004 12:28 PM PDT
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The Battle Rifle looks great, but give me good ol' Marathon akimbo shotties anyday *grin*

  • 06.09.2004 12:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: skseifer
I'm all for the battle rifle. I dunno why the hell the Marine Corp in Halo would have the assault rifle in it's arsenal, it's accuracy is poor and the Marines don't usually go fully auto on something when we got the M4 nowadays which does burst shots and single shots for accuracy.


We do have the M4, but it's just a cut-down version of the M16, and is mostly carried by special forces and HRT because its easier to wield in CQB. Being part of a combat squad is not always about making accurate shots. A lot of times, its about covering your buddies, and in order to do that easily, a full-auto weapon is required. If you get a chance, try out Full Spectrum Warrior, and you'll see what I mean. It does a lot to teach you about the way the regular military (average Army grunt squads) uses their weapons. A lot of automatic fire is only intended to make the enemy keep their heads down while friendlies move into position for the kill.
The battle rifle looks like it will serve the dual purpose of being a good ranged weapon while still being able to lay down a good rate of fire for those situations when you (undoubtedly) will face an all-out Covenant assault.

  • 06.09.2004 12:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: Rat Nukem
( Theres no point having a Pistol in one game then changin its design the next! )


Well, yes there is, if it was overwhelming in the first game. I didnt mind the pistol's power in Halo, however I cant deny that is was the preferred weapon on almost any level, and I'd rather have a lot of balance with weapons rather than having a sniping fest with a sidearm. And yeah, the new pistol design is in First Strike, just like the new Battle Rifle was in First Strike, before Bungie made that known to the public.

  • 06.09.2004 1:02 PM PDT