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Subject: battle rifle controversy
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Poll: What do you think of battle rifle?  [closed]
Great! Can't wait to use it!:  74%
(23 Votes)
I would rather have my MA5B thanks.:  10%
(3 Votes)
pistol, BR, AR, cant we all just get along?:  16%
(5 Votes)
Too familiar to pistol, makes pistol obsolete.:  0%
(0 Votes)
Total Votes: 31

im hearing a lot about you guys saying "battle rifle makes pistol extinct" and "nooooo what about my precious assault rifle????" well in my opinion the battle rifle will KICK ASS. its a cross of assault rifle and pistol and good for myself, who is more of a "one shot one kill" person (maybe not exactly one shot :-P) rather than a "spray and pray" person. I think it is significantly different than the pistol though, its fire rate is quicker and it is a bit less accurate. Whats your view on it?

  • 04.18.2004 11:56 AM PDT
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Wheres the "I don't care" option?
If it shoots, I use it. If it doesn't, I'll just use it just for the hell of it.

[Edited on 4/18/2004 11:58:26 AM]

  • 04.18.2004 11:57 AM PDT
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How may I ask is a battle rifle a cross between a pisto land assault rifle when the assault rifle is an automatic?

  • 04.18.2004 11:58 AM PDT
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I can't wait to use the BR. It might be my fav. human weapon!

  • 04.18.2004 11:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: GoldenElite0
How may I ask is a battle rifle a cross between a pisto land assault rifle when the assault rifle is an automatic?



Well the battle rifle has a scope and slower firing rate, like the pistol, but it is a rifle just like the MA5B

  • 04.18.2004 11:59 AM PDT
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Looks awsome to me. I really cant exactly comment on it too much, of course, no one can seeing as no one here has played Halo 2 or used the battle rifle. It looks like a clean and controlled weapon that is accurate and consistant. And I dont know how accurate it is in comparison to the M6D. But I can say without a doubt that the magazine for the battle rifle will have well over the 12 rounds that the M6D has, which means more opportunity to hit your target. Looks awsome though, cant wait to test drive the damn thing.

  • 04.18.2004 12:01 PM PDT
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am i right in thinking there will be an Assault Rifle and a Battle Rifle or are they the same thing. I'm confused.

  • 04.18.2004 12:02 PM PDT
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I didn't vote...sorry. Anyway, it might not make the pistol obsolete. In the description for the pistol in ye old Halo handbook it says the gun fires explosive rounds or something to that effect. Hence why it is so powerful. The battle rifle will probably not do that, hence the bullets are weaker yet balanced by the higher rate of fire with the scope. That's what I'd guess anyway.

And has anyone read First Strike? Does anyone hope the the handgun they talk about near the end of the book gets put into Halo 2?

  • 04.18.2004 12:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Boot117
Looks awsome to me. I really cant exactly comment on it too much, of course, no one can seeing as no one here has played Halo 2 or used the battle rifle. It looks like a clean and controlled weapon that is accurate and consistant. And I dont know how accurate it is in comparison to the M6D. But I can say without a doubt that the magazine for the battle rifle will have well over the 12 rounds that the M6D has, which means more opportunity to hit your target. Looks awsome though, cant wait to test drive the damn thing.



hey man you guys CAN test drive it! this guy called NoXisIdE (or soemthing like that) is down at www.halomods.com (mods for halo pc and halo mac) is making a halo 2 mod for halo! i tried it and its awsome! its got a battle rifle, smg, the new warthogs,etc etc. check it out!


PS: you can play on other servers with the mod activated but its kind of cheating.

  • 04.18.2004 12:04 PM PDT
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Sounds cool and I'd love to play the mod, but I am not a huge PC gamer. I play the odd PC game, but you'd have to tell me what game he's modding?

  • 04.18.2004 12:09 PM PDT
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he mods halo for pc (not mac srry) its a great mod i play it with my friend all the time. We go into servers and they wonder why our "assault rifles" are so accurate :-P or we make our own server and people with the mod come in and others that say "whats the halo 2 mod??"

  • 04.18.2004 12:17 PM PDT
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I'll keep my MA5B thanks. Plus I'll keep the old pistol as well. I find it to be more insulting to the enemy to be using what everyone considers to be an inferior weapon. I guess that is a sign of inferior skill, on the doubter's part.

  • 04.18.2004 12:29 PM PDT
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I honestly never find it insulting when an enemy kills me in Halo. Its part of the game and its expected regardless of what kind of weapon you get eliminated by. I generally get killed because of low health, or because I am out of rounds so as I said, its possible during a match.

  • 04.18.2004 12:32 PM PDT
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i dont like MA5B....its WAAAAAAAY to inaccurate, if its accuracy was 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 it should go up to 5 or 6 (yeah i know you guys are gonna say "its an assault rifle its supposed to be accurate :-P)

  • 04.18.2004 12:36 PM PDT
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I agree on the MA5B needing to be more accurate...but that's why you don't unload an entire clip at once. You fire in 5 round bursts for maximum effect. Unless of course they are right in your face.

  • 04.18.2004 12:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hikaru 119
I agree on the MA5B needing to be more accurate...but that's why you don't unload an entire clip at once. You fire in 5 round bursts for maximum effect. Unless of course they are right in your face.


true, fire bursts like the marines do. But the problem is with burst its still sort of innacurate and facing down an elite it takes too long.

  • 04.18.2004 12:41 PM PDT
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Elites, even on Legendary, have gotten to easy. Especially with the MA5B. You just got to know what you are doing is all.

  • 04.18.2004 1:25 PM PDT
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cant a full clip kill a blue elite on legendary?

  • 04.18.2004 1:31 PM PDT
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sometimes annihilator, if your close enough, most times you just unload and keep moving closer to him.

Steps to firing MA5B

Step one: Get close to your enemy

Step two: Hold down fire button and keep reticle near enemy

Step three: Strafe and move with your enemy to keep your reticle on them


battle rifle will be a LOT better for people who want to like the AR like me :-D

  • 04.18.2004 1:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: Annihilator
cant a full clip kill a blue elite on legendary?


A blue Elite can 50 AR bullets, a red can take 60, a black can take 75 as can a Gold.

  • 04.18.2004 1:42 PM PDT
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Heres what i think:
An Aussalt Rifle is to inaccurate
A Battle Rifle is just another submachine gun
A Pistol is very deadly if used properly
A Sniper is death in the form of a gun

  • 04.18.2004 8:03 PM PDT