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Subject: Poll Question is; Do you want the battle rifle to return?

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Posted by: apologeticX
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Q. I just checked the Field Guide and I don't see a Battle Rifle. What gives?

A. Halo 3: ODST's campaign and Firefight modes don't feature the Battle Rifle... but don't worry, once you get your hands on the automag, you'll forget all about your precious BR.


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  • 06.09.2009 9:30 PM PDT

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Posted by: Tr19g3r Happy
OMG Bungie must be out of its mind the battle rifle practically made halo in a weird sense of way plz Bungie don't do this!
You've obviously never played the first Halo.

  • 06.09.2009 9:34 PM PDT
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Here's the cold hard truth:

The battle rifle ruined Halo. All you do with it is sit back and pop the bad guys off. I don't want to play this game knowing it's another "Get a BR and win." This game is about tactics and stealth, not run around and dominate everything. Seriously, Halo: CE was the most fun because it didn't have a BR in it. I'm personally going to be using the Auto-Mag and Pistol more than a Sniper or Carbine. I'm glad to have a feeling of the classic days again. Good job Bungie, may all the 12 year olds that don't have a life, go get one. Maybe play Halo: CE while your at it.

  • 06.10.2009 4:16 AM PDT

Posted by: Slegger
Here's the cold hard truth:

The battle rifle ruined Halo. All you do with it is sit back and pop the bad guys off. I don't want to play this game knowing it's another "Get a BR and win." This game is about tactics and stealth, not run around and dominate everything. Seriously, Halo: CE was the most fun because it didn't have a BR in it. I'm personally going to be using the Auto-Mag and Pistol more than a Sniper or Carbine. I'm glad to have a feeling of the classic days again. Good job Bungie, may all the 12 year olds that don't have a life, go get one. Maybe play Halo: CE while your at it.


in all honesty Halo CE's biggest problem was the lack of medium ranged weapons and the scarcity of ammo. The battle rifle didn't ruin halo, but it isn't a necessary weapon.

  • 06.10.2009 4:24 AM PDT
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Posted by: Slegger
Here's the cold hard truth:

The battle rifle ruined Halo. All you do with it is sit back and pop the bad guys off. I don't want to play this game knowing it's another "Get a BR and win." This game is about tactics and stealth, not run around and dominate everything. Seriously, Halo: CE was the most fun because it didn't have a BR in it. I'm personally going to be using the Auto-Mag and Pistol more than a Sniper or Carbine. I'm glad to have a feeling of the classic days again. Good job Bungie, may all the 12 year olds that don't have a life, go get one. Maybe play Halo: CE while your at it.


in all honesty Halo CE's biggest problem was the lack of medium ranged weapons and the scarcity of ammo. The battle rifle didn't ruin halo, but it isn't a necessary weapon.


That's what made it fun. Instead of having access to a BR (which is basically a sniper) you had to get up close with the AR and medium-ranged pistol. The ammo shortage just made it all that funner, having to switch weapons, and not be a pistol-whore the entire game.

  • 06.10.2009 4:29 AM PDT

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Posted by: TheVoiceInsyde
Posted by: sadamINSANE890
batlle rifle omg omg omg omg

its like the worst gun ever



Mayb cause u suck with it? Lol noob. Who doesn't love the Br?


Lol your a funny one, considering your a colonel grade 3 and your top killing weapon is beatdown.

  • 06.10.2009 4:30 AM PDT

While it does seem weird canonically, having both the Battle Rifle and the Auto Mag at the same time would be a death bomb. This game is about stealth and careful engagements, not "OMG GET FOUR SHOTTED BRUTE BASTARDS!"
That said, in matchmaking the same problem arrises, if you have a Battle Riffle, your practically invincible unless the other team actual makes a serious effort to get you killed or if your in very close quarters/all the way across Avalanche.
I agree that the Battle Riffle is a very useful tool, however remember that Bungie is not removing it completely from Halo 3: ODST, just from Campaign and possibly FireFight.
~Hunter

[Edited on 06.10.2009 5:15 AM PDT]

  • 06.10.2009 5:10 AM PDT

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Posted by: TheVoiceInsyde

LOL TEAMWORK WITH THE AR??? Are you a moron? Well, apparently you are. The Br is the best weapon, 4 shot to the head and your dead. Takes skill to master for a 4 shot. The Ar? Empty your clip in them and beat them down. Gee, which one takes more skill? I dare you, Challenge an MLG team like Str8 Rippin or FInal Boss to a game where they have BR's and You have AR's. Theyre teamwork and strategy will kick your -blam!- ass. No joke noob. So dont you dare say that an AR promotes strategy lol, such a waste of post space.



wow ok im no MLG hot shot but i can 4 shot most of my foes an im not that great at halo 3 (check my service recored) so thanks for the 'master'[ compliment!
but i can still use the AR to good effect its easy to nade at thier feet then pump them with half a clip! so what am i then? by your standards im a Master noob? well done there

and strategy is almost n nonexistant in halo 3, although MLG does have it but your everyday Team slayer/ social player just runs in blasting trust me i have tried every stragety to no avail.

Best weapon?? oh come on try Br my Sniper/Rocket launcher/Needeler/Beam rifle/warthog turret/machinegun turret/shotgun/ghost plasma cannons/ Guass warthog gun/ Bansheebomb and plasma cannons/wrath mortor and gunner and my tank.

now who has the best gun?

and yes you victim would be owned by an MLG team but wait! so will you!!
so i DARE YOU to take your Precious BR and take on someone who is PAID to be good and see how you go. learn how to Ar some day. it may come in handy! =]


now back to the thread. I was as shocked as most of you when the BR was announced to be removed from ODST but who cares? we have silenced- scoped SMGS! how cool is that!

  • 06.10.2009 5:14 AM PDT
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Posted by: Slegger
Here's the cold hard truth:

The battle rifle ruined Halo. All you do with it is sit back and pop the bad guys off. I don't want to play this game knowing it's another "Get a BR and win." This game is about tactics and stealth, not run around and dominate everything. Seriously, Halo: CE was the most fun because it didn't have a BR in it. I'm personally going to be using the Auto-Mag and Pistol more than a Sniper or Carbine. I'm glad to have a feeling of the classic days again. Good job Bungie, may all the 12 year olds that don't have a life, go get one. Maybe play Halo: CE while your at it.

Hah! Your post and "cold hard truth" aren't even on speaking terms, let alone equating to each other.

The BR was like a gimped H1 pistol. The H1 pistol was the midrange weapon, but it was MORE powerful, accurate and effective at long range than the BR. If you think the BR "ruined" halo, which it did the opposite of in fact, you don't know what you're talking about - especially when you hark back to the days of H1 which had something even more effective to fill that role.

  • 06.10.2009 5:37 AM PDT

Give up your hope, you MLG snake-in-the-grass. It was too late a few months ago. Go play Prototype.

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Posted by: L0ne Darky
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I don't consider this that bad, I mean, it's just one weapon that the majority of good players use. ODST is meant to make you use different tactics than the previous games.


(with all due respect)

WRONG

ODST is meant to tell the story of the combat that took place on the ground whilst MC was off prancing around and loligaging disarming bombs and receiving medals of honor and -blam!-.

In Halo 2, there were plenty of Marines and ODST troops equipped w/ BR's in the Battle for New Mombassa, So can you explain to me why I don't see any BR's in New Mombassa this time around?


Perhaps the slipspace jump destroyed them all?

  • 06.10.2009 5:50 AM PDT
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Honestly i don't see the big deal, the rifle wouldn't serve any purpose anyway, so having it would be a waste.

  • 06.10.2009 5:52 AM PDT

DO WORK.

if 1+1=2, then are muffins better than pancakes?

Leave it out, who cares. You'll have a sweet silenced SMG and Automag instead. But the bottom line is that the game is CAMPAIGN based. Your precious BR will still be on your back in precious MM games, ready to 4-shot after your Mastery of the Automag is complete.

  • 06.10.2009 6:01 AM PDT

yea, bungie is retarded.

This makes no sense. the odst used the BR's in halo 2,....this is the sequel to halo 2....so where the -blam!- are the BR's???

this is just like how the Assault rifle was taken out of halo 2...using the fact that they couldn't get it down pat on time, and that it didn't fit into the gameplay as an excuse when after all those years they could have easily put it back with downloadable content or something.

  • 06.10.2009 6:02 AM PDT

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Posted by: xstk182x
no one has played halo ce?

Yea I have but the Battle Rifle is my favorite halo3 weapon. I'd probably use it over a rocket or sniper.


So you're the guy that gets owned by the Rocks or Snipes when your too stubborn to pick up a power weapon.

  • 06.10.2009 6:06 AM PDT

Posted by: MMMuffintastic
Leave it out, who cares. You'll have a sweet silenced SMG and Automag instead. But the bottom line is that the game is CAMPAIGN based. Your precious BR will still be on your back in precious MM games, ready to 4-shot after your Mastery of the Automag is complete.


the people that care, are the people that are smart enough to have come to realize that the game no longer makes -blam!- sense! lol.
Opinions that state that the smg and pistol are better (even after seeing how in both halo 2, and halo 3, it's clearly the opposite) are irrelevant.
seriously. think about it. who wouldn't want to have a moment or two to pwn the -blam!- out of brutes with a BR just like old times??

  • 06.10.2009 6:06 AM PDT