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Subject: Why are people freaking out that there is no Battle Rifle.

Posted by: Dr M4dness
I haven't seen any threads complaining about it. Can you give me an example?
where the hell have you been?

anyway, staying on topic, i'm kinda glad the BR is gone. i mean, i like it, i use it, but it's the ONLY weapon you see in MM.

it's too unbalanced. i think they should have gotten rid of the carbine as well, for the same reason.

but what i think a lot of people are forgetting is that this game is based on stealth, not run-and-gun. if you had a BR, you'd attract WAAAAY too much attention. a *silenced* gun is much better suited.

  • 06.08.2009 3:10 PM PDT

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personally im glad to see the back of the BR

  • 06.08.2009 3:45 PM PDT

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FYI: I play campaign a lot. I use the BR a lot in campaign. I don't play MLG. I can live with the change easily. I'd like to think I'm adaptable enough to cope with even drastic changes to the Halo experience.

But lets get this straight: The BR is a damned useful weapon in campaign. Arguably the most useful. Anybody who says its absence won't be missed doesn't know what they're talking about. Try playing on Legendary instead of Easy and see how much more difficult it is without a BR.

[Edited on 06.08.2009 3:51 PM PDT]

  • 06.08.2009 3:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: T3H Sniper King
I enjoy the absence of the Battle Rifle.

  • 06.08.2009 4:07 PM PDT

Posted by: RC Master
FYI: I play campaign a lot. I use the BR a lot in campaign. I don't play MLG. I can live with the change easily. I'd like to think I'm adaptable enough to cope with even drastic changes to the Halo experience.

But lets get this straight: The BR is a damned useful weapon in campaign. Arguably the most useful. Anybody who says its absence won't be missed doesn't know what they're talking about. Try playing on Legendary instead of Easy and see how much more difficult it is without a BR.


I agree with you completely. In fact, I think that the BR might just be too useful, to the point where it overshadows all of the other weapons. I mean, don't get me wrong; the gun has its place, but I find the campaign to be much more entertaining when I don't have the BR to fall back on in every single battle (I deliberately ignore it just so that I can try to approach battles differently). Whether the change is welcomed by the community at large or not, it'll certainly mix things up a bit, which we can all agree is a good thing for any game franchise.

  • 06.08.2009 4:11 PM PDT

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Mlg fanatics. What else can they do?


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  • 06.08.2009 4:11 PM PDT

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The Battle Rifle got rusted pretty much. I'm glad to see the old pistol back. That thing owns everything, even flying banshees. Hey Bungie, can we destroy dropships with it now?lol.

Why would you need a Battle Rifle? You have two plus weapons that have zoom. It would also be hardly beneficial since ODST is meant for fast-paced gameplay.

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I'm cool with or without it.

  • 06.08.2009 4:56 PM PDT

I use the BR -blam!-loads in campaign. I mean its perfect for every enemy except vehicles, hunters and flood. I loved headshotting grunts and brutes when they go berserk, but if the pistol is good i wont really mind. (and im not saying power i mean awesome at all distances.) Its still in multi- anyway :-)

  • 06.08.2009 5:28 PM PDT

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  • 06.08.2009 5:36 PM PDT

Love using machine guns, only use BRs in multiplayer because it's the only way to kill someone (Since lately everyone starts out with a BR in the beginning.) Glad to see that it's gone, can't wait to blast grunts with shotguns and SMGs.

  • 06.08.2009 5:40 PM PDT
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The Battle Rifle is a late-comer to the Halo series in comparison to the Assault Rifle, and the Auto Mag somewhat resembles in function the M6C pistol from Halo CE, therefore it is automatically awesome and gains my seal of approval. Although I do use the BR quite a lot, I am not a big fan, and I am also happy that it is absent.

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  • 06.08.2009 5:42 PM PDT

I'm sure theres going to be a part where I'm like I wouldn't have died if I had a BR

  • 06.08.2009 5:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Uranus62
I use the BR -blam!-loads in campaign. I mean its perfect for every enemy except vehicles, hunters and flood. I loved headshotting grunts and brutes when they go berserk, but if the pistol is good i wont really mind. (and im not saying power i mean awesome at all distances.) Its still in multi- anyway :-)


Where have you been? The Battle Rifle is awesome against the flood! You have to aim for their "mouths", or where the tentacles are. However I usually use a sword, shotgun or carbine to deal with the flood.

  • 06.08.2009 5:44 PM PDT

Posted by: tom rules 118
its only the MLG players who are complaining.


if MLG are so good cant they kick ass without the BR?

shouldnt the true ODSTs be able to pwn with whatever armory they are presented with?

  • 06.08.2009 5:50 PM PDT

Posted by: grunt taxidriver
Posted by: tom rules 118
its only the MLG players who are complaining.


if MLG are so good cant they kick ass without the BR?


They can't. It's sad really. Look at MLG maps. BRs. Everywhere.

  • 06.08.2009 5:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: grunt taxidriver
Posted by: tom rules 118
its only the MLG players who are complaining.


if MLG are so good why cant they kick ass without the BR?

shouldnt the true ODSTs be able to pwn with whatever armory they are presented with?


Fixed.

Anyway, you speak the true, without the BR "MLG PrOz" are utterly useless.

  • 06.08.2009 5:52 PM PDT

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In halo 2 and 3 the BR replaced the ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM and now the ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM has decided to smite the BR and take backs it's rightful place in the halo universe.

  • 06.08.2009 5:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: tom rules 118
its only the MLG players who are complaining.
Oh yeah, because they certainly care about the removal of the BR in a campaign extension.

  • 06.08.2009 5:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: KILROY501
In halo 2 and 3 the BR replaced the ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM and now the ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM has decided to smite the BR and take backs it's rightful place in the halo universe.

Preach on, brother. The "ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM" will take back its rightful heritage from the wretched BR!

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Posted by: ASplinteredEdge
I hate to admit it, but I will be laughing extremely hard when you guys find out that the pistol isn't as amazing as you all think it will be.

There will be no three-shotting chieftains.


Very true.

  • 06.08.2009 6:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: KILROY501
In halo 2 and 3 the BR replaced the ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM and now the ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM has decided to smite the BR and take backs it's rightful place in the halo universe.
Dream on. This pistol is based on the M6C from Halo 2, which had laughable power. Hardly a "ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM".

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  • 06.08.2009 6:03 PM PDT
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i love how all the nubs are getting their panties in a knot about the br and saying that good mlg players are useless without the br

this is not true it only appeas to be true because its the most skilled weapon and its the most versatile but if u went back to halo 2 all of the mlg pros were forced to use otherweapons because they did not have forge so plz shut it before u make dumb posts

  • 06.08.2009 6:04 PM PDT

I don't really care. I like it but not enough to whine.

  • 06.08.2009 6:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: KILROY501
In halo 2 and 3 the BR replaced the ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM and now the ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM has decided to smite the BR and take backs it's rightful place in the halo universe.
Dream on. This pistol is based on the M6C from Halo 2, which had laughable power. Hardly a "ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM".

*AHEM* The pistol in Halo 2 was called the M6D, and was down-graded massively, it also could not zoom in. Did you even play Halo 1? The M6C was the massive BR-rivalling pistol, loved by all, and it was very much so an "ULTRA PWNAGE PISTOL OF DOOM".

  • 06.08.2009 6:07 PM PDT