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Subject: What starting gun would you like?
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Poll: What gun would you like as your starting weapon?  [closed]
A rocket launcher:  0%
(0 Votes)
A fully automatic assault rifle:  32%
(21 Votes)
Somthing like the Br:  35%
(23 Votes)
A Sniper:  2%
(1 Votes)
A shotgun:  6%
(4 Votes)
A Lazer gun?:  2%
(1 Votes)
A Oversized, overpowered, mega ultra uber gun:  11%
(7 Votes)
Any other gun or even your own design!:  14%
(9 Votes)
Total Votes: 66

I've been thinking about what gun they could start you with in Halo: Reach.
They could go with an assault rifle but we all know they suck at mid-long range, and they could do somthing like the br, but I think it's overpowered.
What type of gun would you like to see as yor starting weapon?
A new gun?
A rocket launcher?
The sucky machine gun?

Post any gun, or make your own, it's YOUR opinion.
(:

Edit: My personal opinion is an AR, because I don't particularly like it, and so constantly need to take my enimies guns, and I think this gives a sense of variety to the game. So I voted for a fully automaic assault rifle, but i'd like to hear why you're voting for any other thing, or why your voting for the Ar, do you think the same way as me? Or is it somthing else? Don't just vote! If you vote it's a summary, if you comment i get to hear the whole thing. (:

[Edited on 06.23.2009 8:52 AM PDT]

  • 06.22.2009 1:13 PM PDT
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Something new, something balanced and fun to use.

  • 06.22.2009 1:15 PM PDT

Smg from Odst? I don't know but definately no Br starts only

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Yeah, i always thought the br was overpowered. It's like spawning with a power weapon.

  • 06.22.2009 1:19 PM PDT
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We have no idea what any of the levels are like. I think the weapon should go along with the map. If it's close quarters then SMG, huge map then the BR, etc. No rockets or anything like that but you get what I am saying.

  • 06.22.2009 1:24 PM PDT
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Yeah, i like that idea. The gun adapts to the map, not ONLY the gametype!
That's a great idea! But say it was a super large map, you'd start with a sniper right? And i don't like the idea of starting with a power weapon unless you play team snipers or somthing.

  • 06.22.2009 1:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: Rocks rock02
Yeah, i always thought the br was overpowered. It's like spawning with a power weapon.

You are so right. I mean what were they thinking spawning people with a weapon that takes 4 perfectly aimed and of course luck willing every single bullet in your 3 round burst connects for a 4 shot. And EVERYONE ingame spawning with this weapon? This clearly gives one person the advantage over another.

The AR is DEFINITELY not overpowered with the ability to kill someone with 4 bullets and a beatdown which takes roughly .4 seconds to do.

I will agree that the BR will give you an advantage in certain situations, but most of these situations arise in AR start games...which you prefer anyway I'm assuming so why are you complaining about the BR....

  • 06.22.2009 1:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: Rocks rock02
Yeah, i always thought the br was overpowered. It's like spawning with a power weapon.

You are so right. I mean what were they thinking spawning people with a weapon that takes 4 perfectly aimed and of course luck willing every single bullet in your 3 round burst connects for a 4 shot. And EVERYONE ingame spawning with this weapon? This clearly gives one person the advantage over another.

The AR is DEFINITELY not overpowered with the ability to kill someone with 4 bullets and a beatdown which takes roughly .4 seconds to do.

I will agree that the BR will give you an advantage in certain situations, but most of these situations arise in AR start games...which you prefer anyway I'm assuming so why are you complaining about the BR....
I don't want to sound like a nerd but...

With a br there are 12 shots in a 4 burst, and even if 11 are anywhere on the body, as long as one of the last 4 are a headshot, even if you miss 3 of the last 4, only one needs to hit the head for a 4 shot. The ar is a quick kill if your 5 ft away. Anywhere alse and you take about 3 rounds to kill them. If i had a br and you had a sniper, even at long range i could win 70% of the time. If you had an assault rife i could beat you even more often. You think that the assault rifle kills them? When your meleed you lose ALL your sheild. All of it. If i melee you and headshot you with the br i can kill you just as quick. Face it, the br is a all range, easy kill gun, that takes no skill to use unless you get a 4/5 shot. A good gun that takes no skill to use sounds to me like a power weapon. Yes Everyone has it. But your forgetting that in a match, people don't use the br unless they know how good it can be. And until they find out people use the ar even if they have both guns. And not once did i say that means that one person has an advantage over everyone else. Your pulling stuff from thin AR. And I don't like the ar or the br, infact i despise them both. To save you asking, what gun do i use? The br and Ar. why? not because i like them, but because they're the easiest and quickest guns to get. I'm not gonna run across the map to grab the spartan lazer when i spawn with what is probably the best gun in the game already.

  • 06.22.2009 2:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: Rocks rock02
Posted by: Rain of Heaven
Posted by: Rocks rock02
Yeah, i always thought the br was overpowered. It's like spawning with a power weapon.

You are so right. I mean what were they thinking spawning people with a weapon that takes 4 perfectly aimed and of course luck willing every single bullet in your 3 round burst connects for a 4 shot. And EVERYONE ingame spawning with this weapon? This clearly gives one person the advantage over another.

The AR is DEFINITELY not overpowered with the ability to kill someone with 4 bullets and a beatdown which takes roughly .4 seconds to do.

I will agree that the BR will give you an advantage in certain situations, but most of these situations arise in AR start games...which you prefer anyway I'm assuming so why are you complaining about the BR....
I don't want to sound like a nerd but...

With a br there are 12 shots in a 4 burst, and even if 11 are anywhere on the body, as long as one of the last 4 are a headshot, even if you miss 3 of the last 4, only one needs to hit the head for a 4 shot. The ar is a quick kill if your 5 ft away. Anywhere alse and you take about 3 rounds to kill them. If i had a br and you had a sniper, even at long range i could win 70% of the time. If you had an assault rife i could beat you even more often. You think that the assault rifle kills them? When your meleed you lose ALL your sheild. All of it. If i melee you and headshot you with the br i can kill you just as quick. Face it, the br is a all range, easy kill gun, that takes no skill to use unless you get a 4/5 shot. A good gun that takes no skill to use sounds to me like a power weapon. Yes Everyone has it. But your forgetting that in a match, people don't use the br unless they know how good it can be. And until they find out people use the ar even if they have both guns. And not once did i say that means that one person has an advantage over everyone else. Your pulling stuff from thin AR. And I don't like the ar or the br, infact i despise them both. To save you asking, what gun do i use? The br and Ar. why? not because i like them, but because they're the easiest and quickest guns to get. I'm not gonna run across the map to grab the spartan lazer when i spawn with what is probably the best gun in the game already.

I suppose I agree with most of your points except that you greatly underestimate my sniping ability when I'm actually warmed up if you're giving yourself 70% odds.

  • 06.22.2009 2:51 PM PDT

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Something like the Halo 1/Halo 3 ODST Pistol.

  • 06.22.2009 3:07 PM PDT

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I'm Basing it on the fact that from long range it's hard to noscope. When say you i mean the majority of players, not exactly you. You could be the best noscoper in the world for all i know, but alot of players cant noscope at all, and even more have to be at point blank range to do it.

  • 06.23.2009 8:45 AM PDT
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like the BR?

  • 06.23.2009 8:56 AM PDT

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Remove the BR and split its functions (longrange supression, midrange precision) between two weapons: MA5K Assault Rifle, M6D Pistol

MA5K Assault Rifle
45 rounds/magazine
15 rounds/second ROF
30 bodyshots/15 headshots to kill
max. effective range 50 meters (pulsed), 10 meters (automatic)
max. range 250 meters (bullet disappears)
2x scope


M6D Pistol
12 rounds/magazine
3.3 rounds/second ROF
10 bodyshots/5 headshots to kill
max. effective range 80 meters (single shot), 50 meters (automatic)
max. range 120 meters (bullet disappears)
2x scope

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  • 06.23.2009 9:05 AM PDT
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Something new, something balanced and fun to use.

Yes

  • 06.23.2009 9:07 AM PDT

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A balanced Magnum. The automag from ODST sounds like it doesn't pack too much of a punch, yet it has range and is headshot capable; thus it would promote teamwork, allow players to help on spawn and still not be an overly diverse weapon such as the BR or Carbine.
That said, I don't think they should remove the BR or Carbine from Reach as they are still useful weapons, yet you would be encouraged to seek them but not feel as useless on respawning as many people seem to claim.

  • 06.23.2009 9:22 AM PDT

At the time that Reach fell the BR55 was still just a prototype. Thats not saying that they can't use it, but there wouldn't be many yet because they would still be testing. The first BR was used on Harvest by Staff Sergeants Johnson and Byrne. Of course it was effective so they may have gone into mass production after that. I just don't like the BR in campaign. It makes it too easy.

  • 06.23.2009 9:28 AM PDT

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Posted by: MattRam08
I just don't like the BR in campaign. It makes it too easy.


So does any weapon if you use it correctly (eg: using the Plasma Pistol to "Range shoot" Brutes, and using the Sniper Rifle to kill enemies at a range they can't retaliate from)
If anything the Campaign should have the widest variety of weapons, allowign the players who wish to simply complete it to do so yet allowing more innovative players to play the game on their own terms as well.

However, this thread is about multiplayer so to stay on topic I'll just add that I don't think the BR (or a similar weapon) should be a starting weapon in Reach. We should have something that can be used effectively in team shooting scenarios and gives the player a basic defense on respawning yet shouldn't be a one stop solution to anything encountered in game.

  • 06.23.2009 9:34 AM PDT
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it would be cool with 5 player coop and spartans hav different guins for different people like one person statrts off with a chaingun one with a sniper one with a shot gun one with a rocket and one with a br / assult rifle with a rely sharp bayonet

  • 06.23.2009 11:30 AM PDT
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I'd like either the (normal/silenced) SMG or an Assault Rifle as primary, and an Automag as secondary.

  • 06.23.2009 11:34 AM PDT

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Posted by: Rocks rock02
Yeah, i like that idea. The gun adapts to the map, not ONLY the gametype!
That's a great idea! But say it was a super large map, you'd start with a sniper right? And i don't like the idea of starting with a power weapon unless you play team snipers or somthing.
This, but to add on make it a dulled down starting weapon, weaker bullets for each starting weapon?

  • 06.23.2009 11:44 AM PDT