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Subject: Hey, with no BR (hopefully) can we have this instead?

To anyone that has read ''Ghosts of Onyx'', you will recognize this rifle.

Here is a brief description.

There is no actual date of which it was created, so it could work. It's said to be quite powerful, a very high rate of fire, and carries a whopping 45 rounds per clip. It's also said to be smaller and lighter then most rifles.

What's your take on the MA5K?

EDIT: Let's say they brought back the Halo 1 AR, slightly raised the range, and replaced the SMG with this rifle...? Or, raised the range of this rifle to BR range (it would also be automatic, as it is already)

[Edited on 06.07.2009 4:47 PM PDT]

  • 06.07.2009 4:45 PM PDT

looks like the BR with crappy artwork to be honest, but you never know. Keep in mind that Bungie probably has something in mind that will catch us off guard.

Good theory though!!

  • 06.07.2009 4:47 PM PDT

Cool! But I don't understand your apparent distaste for the BR...

  • 06.07.2009 4:48 PM PDT
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The spartan in the middle of the sillhouette is holding up a weapon that resembles a BR.

  • 06.07.2009 4:50 PM PDT

Posted by: mIg Snip3down
looks like the BR with crappy artwork to be honest, but you never know. Keep in mind that Bungie probably has something in mind that will catch us off guard.

Good theory though!!

Battle Rifle
MA5K

They are quite different. Notice the grip, the lack of scope, the less rounded front, and a wider rifle from top to bottom.

[Edited on 06.07.2009 4:51 PM PDT]

  • 06.07.2009 4:51 PM PDT

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You want no BR in Halo: Reach? Sign of a true Staff Captain.

  • 06.07.2009 4:51 PM PDT

Posted by: CivilTugBoat
Cool! But I don't understand your apparent distaste for the BR...

It's not that I hate it, it's that:
1-The BR didn't exist back then
2-The BR gets repetitive

Correction: The BR did exist back then, but as a prototype.

[Edited on 06.07.2009 4:56 PM PDT]

  • 06.07.2009 4:52 PM PDT

Posted by: ABotelho
It's not that I hate it, it's that:
1-The BR didn't exist back then
2-The BR gets repetitive


Oh, ok. It was just the "hopefully" in the thread title threw me off. Personally, I want a BR but the timeline would present a problem. So, this would be a cool addition. Actually, I think it's inevitable that Bungie will have a BR-like gun in regards with balance and gameplay.

  • 06.07.2009 4:59 PM PDT

Posted by: CivilTugBoat
Posted by: ABotelho
It's not that I hate it, it's that:
1-The BR didn't exist back then
2-The BR gets repetitive


Oh, ok. It was just the "hopefully" in the thread title threw me off. Personally, I want a BR but the timeline would present a problem. So, this would be a cool addition. Actually, I think it's inevitable that Bungie will have a BR-like gun in regards with balance and gameplay.

Yes, that was what I was originally thinking.

  • 06.07.2009 5:11 PM PDT

Posted by: killtrocity20
The spartan in the middle of the sillhouette is holding up a weapon that resembles a BR.

It is most likely a MA2B. It is like a cross between the Halo 1 assault rifle and battle rifle. Blue team really liked it, especially in their earlier missions.


http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/MA2B

  • 06.07.2009 5:14 PM PDT

"YOUR DESTRUCTION IS THE WILL OF THE GODS, AND WE ARE THEIR INSTRUMENT."

They had BRs in Contact Harvest.
2521.
They have them on Reach.

  • 06.07.2009 5:17 PM PDT

Posted by: ZeroXFallen
They had BRs in Contact Harvest.
2521.
They have them on Reach.


And here is where the conflict is. In First Strike, BRs are still experimental. In Contact Reach, they have been used for a while. Which book is more canonical?

  • 06.07.2009 5:19 PM PDT

Posted by: EliteGearsAgent
You want no BR in Halo: Reach? Sign of a true Staff Captain.
Nobody gives a -blam!- about remarks like this, don't be stupid.

  • 06.07.2009 6:00 PM PDT

Posted by: ZeroXFallen
They had BRs in Contact Harvest.
2521.
They have them on Reach.

They we're prototypes back then, they were not widely used.

  • 06.07.2009 6:29 PM PDT
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That is the MA5k

  • 06.07.2009 6:31 PM PDT

Posted by: wearespartans117
That is the MA5k

Yes, we know what already...

Don't worry guys, I already confirmed my theory on human de-evolution a while ago, with the Halo 3 forum.

  • 06.07.2009 6:34 PM PDT

Posted by: EliteGearsAgent
You want no BR in Halo: Reach? Sign of a true Staff Captain.

Making fun of a Staff Captain? Sign of a true MLG Fanboy.

  • 06.07.2009 6:41 PM PDT
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3 round burst only, DO NOT WANT

  • 06.07.2009 7:27 PM PDT

Fail for protecting the staff captains. I for one am dissapointed in no BR in ODST even more so if they take it out of REACH also. But you know the bungie team they're such nice guys they can't help but to give the noobs a fighting chance... Still not a good one

  • 06.07.2009 8:17 PM PDT

Posted by: Pheron117
Fail for protecting the staff captains. I for one am dissapointed in no BR in ODST even more so if they take it out of REACH also. But you know the bungie team they're such nice guys they can't help but to give the noobs a fighting chance... Still not a good one


ODST without a BR isn't that big of a deal.

  • 06.07.2009 8:20 PM PDT

Posted by: EliteGearsAgent
You want no BR in Halo: Reach? Sign of a true Staff Captain.

ROFLCAKES

  • 06.07.2009 8:21 PM PDT

"We sleep peaceably in our beds, because rough men stand ready to visit violence upon those that wish to do us harm."

"Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of all those who threaten them."

Depending on exactly how the story plays out I would like to see it assuming it follows the book. Since they were around as prototypes I see no problem with having them in multiplayer but as much as I love it I hope they don't start us with them in campaign I'd like to see them hold them back for a few missions until we (hopefully) link up with Halsey.

  • 06.07.2009 8:27 PM PDT

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The BR could be in Halo:Reach...they had prototypes of it back in Contact Harvest. Between that time I' sure they had it on Reach. After all, Reach was a military complex. Also, thankfully, some of the Bungie team members admit the Battle Rifle is their favorite weapon. At least one does. Go watch the making of Halo 3...Im sure we'll see it again. If not a weapon will be in it to fill its place. The game needs a weapon that fits the BR's role.

  • 06.07.2009 9:23 PM PDT
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Veto for ARs!!!!

Posted by: x Lord Revan x
The game needs a weapon that fits the BR's role.

A human gun that works at Mid-Range.

Yep, only possibility could be the BR. Ever. Forever.

  • 06.07.2009 9:28 PM PDT

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