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Subject: The Assault Rifle
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Poll: Was the CE Assault rifle a good weapon  [closed]
Yes:  74%
(46 Votes)
only in multiplayer:  6%
(4 Votes)
No:  19%
(12 Votes)
Total Votes: 62

So who here thinks the Halo:CE assault rifle was awesome?
(especially in multiplayer)


  • 08.06.2008 10:36 PM PDT

It was good, but it was balanced. I don't think it was awesome.

  • 08.06.2008 11:03 PM PDT
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No, but it sounded much better than in H3.
It wasn't really powerful enough, sometimes.

  • 08.07.2008 8:12 AM PDT

Feet don't fail me now!!

The weapon was highly innacurate. The pistol was awesome. I enjoyed plasma rifle too because it made people slow down, then you just melee and they were done.

  • 08.07.2008 11:57 AM PDT
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The assault rifle was a good weapon in multiplayer, and perhaps only useful against the Flood on Legendary.

  • 08.07.2008 1:45 PM PDT

Posted by: Master Kim
The assault rifle was a good weapon in multiplayer, and perhaps only useful against the Flood on Legendary.
The fact that it was balanced was a huge step forward in FPSs. Key word, was.

  • 08.07.2008 1:48 PM PDT

somewhere in the heavens...they are waiting. I love the Marathon Trilogy.
Halo CE will always be the best game in the Halo franchise. What a perfect game.
(Proud LONGTIME owner of the PC and Xbox versions of Halo CE)

The AR was so awesome in CE....

  • 08.07.2008 3:36 PM PDT

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Yeah i love it.

  • 08.07.2008 10:04 PM PDT
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It was a beautiful weapon.

Halo 3's version is a fraction of this weapon. I demand it's return.

  • 08.08.2008 12:48 AM PDT
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You guys should remember the fact that it was extremely inaccurate and under powered compared to the pistol. It was only good for close quarters.

  • 08.08.2008 4:25 AM PDT

Posted by: Master Kim
You guys should remember the fact that it was extremely inaccurate and under powered compared to the pistol. It was only good for close quarters.
That's not the point. It's the icon for this game.

  • 08.08.2008 5:38 AM PDT

somewhere in the heavens...they are waiting. I love the Marathon Trilogy.
Halo CE will always be the best game in the Halo franchise. What a perfect game.
(Proud LONGTIME owner of the PC and Xbox versions of Halo CE)

Plus it sounded much cooler than the Halo 3 AR.

  • 08.08.2008 10:39 AM PDT

Posted by: GeneralKenobi
Plus it sounded much cooler than the Halo 3 AR.
No, because it sounded like a weapon, not a broken laundry washing machine.

  • 08.08.2008 2:04 PM PDT
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ITS thes BEStESYT!!!!!!

/flood

  • 08.08.2008 3:14 PM PDT

Loose talk is noose talk.

No. Play T&R on Legendary. Only use the AR. If you can do this, can I r marry u nao plz?

  • 08.08.2008 4:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: Bob Bobinson
No. Play T&R on Legendary. Only use the AR. If you can do this, can I r marry u nao plz?


That's about as easy and fun as climbing a 500 foot wall covered in needles naked.

The Halo 1 AR was good for Halo 1, but I don't think it would have fit very well in the second game. At least, not as well as it fit in the first game.

It was you're average short range automatic gun. There wasn't much to be unbalanced about it. Besides, the game was pretty much all campaign without an online multiplayer, so even if it was unbalanced, there still wouldn't be very many complaints.

All in all, it's just an alright gun.


[Edited on 08.09.2008 9:59 PM PDT]

  • 08.09.2008 9:58 PM PDT

‮‮Awesax

Sounded better in Halo 1. Much...meatier.

<3 AR.

  • 08.10.2008 3:28 AM PDT

Just message me on live.

I prefer the Halo 3 Assualt Rifle.

  • 08.10.2008 4:31 PM PDT
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It was really inaccurate, but it had alot more firepower, so I can't really tell you.

  • 08.10.2008 4:47 PM PDT

Posted by: Bob Bobinson
No. Play T&R on Legendary. Only use the AR. If you can do this, can I r marry u nao plz?


I beat it on normal. In fact I beat the entire game on normal barely even touching the pistol aside from that first dew shots and a bit on the library where I ran out of ammo. I AR'ed it the whole way through.

But now you have set the challenge, I may just go back and try it. If I do however the quality will have to be shakey cam. I dont have a capture card.

EDIT: Also- I loved the AR. Even if it was somewhat weak the sound of it was beautiful. If it was bought back to Halo 3 I'd gladly cop all the critiscm in the world for running at people spraying.

[Edited on 08.11.2008 12:24 AM PDT]

  • 08.11.2008 12:23 AM PDT

It wasn't bad, but I wouldn't consider it good either. It was ok, it would have been nice to have it be a little more accurate and powerful. It served its purpose and that was about it, unlike the pistol that could be used in almost any situation.

[Edited on 08.11.2008 3:53 AM PDT]

  • 08.11.2008 3:53 AM PDT

There was certainly never a shortage of ammo. That, in combination with the large clip and the large amount of ammo one could carry made it useful as a weapon. I admit, I have a sentimentality for it.

A good weapon, indeed.

  • 08.11.2008 1:16 PM PDT
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it's a bad gun on heroic, and near worthless in legendary (average against flood but there are much better options).

Try taking on a single elite on legendary using only AR. Even if you win, you will lose more than half your health guaranteed.

In multiplayer, it was only useful against new players. I'd still rather have a pistol for close, mid, or long range (gotta love that pistol)

  • 08.11.2008 9:11 PM PDT
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I respect your opinion, I'm probably just going to disagree with it.

What I find funny is that people say it was underpowered in Halo: CE, yet it takes the same number of shots to kill someone as in Halo 3 but with just under twice the ammo; people say the new version is overpowered in Halo 3, now. Sigh.

As we've established, it sounded miles better. I also liked the melee, too; it was cool.

  • 08.12.2008 6:27 AM PDT

1.Arkham Asylum, 2.Mass Effect, 3.Halo CE, 4.Mass Effect 2, 5.Halo 2, 6.Splinter Cell Double Agent, 7.Gears of War 2, 8.Medievil, 9.Oblivion, 10.Crash Team Racing

It was the worst, but still good.

  • 08.12.2008 9:43 AM PDT

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