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Subject: Remove the AR from Halo:Reach

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Posted by: Hylebos
I find it amusing how we are fighting to the death over this when the decision for the basic weapons of the game have probably already been made by this point and its now up to the programmers to get the balance right.

Both the AR and the BR will return in Reach. They might not function quite like they did in Halo 3, but they will be back.


Ha yeah its pretty funny, makes me chuckle. As if this sort of thread could have an actual effect on the game........

As if Bungie would think;
"You read that Remove the AR thread in the Reach forum?? He's got a point. Let's start over with no AR".

  • 07.16.2009 10:39 AM PDT

What? WHAT?! Get rid of the AR? ...wait... do you like the SMG?!?

Anyways, I don't see that happening... ever... They removed the AR once (Halo 2) and brought it back later (Halo 3.) Bungie obviously saw that the AR serves a purpose in their gameplay and brought it back to fill in the hole it left it our hearts!
Now, personally I'm terrible with the AR... I'm more of a BR person, but AR keeps the BR in check (and the BR keeps the AR in check.) If there was no AR, BR's would have no problem in "sort of" close range battles, and if the was no BR, AR's would rush all the time. Basically the AR and BR work together, and getting rid of one of them would seriously unbalance the other (not to mention almost all the other guns in Halo.)
...So... I think I made my point... I'll shut up now.

  • 07.16.2009 11:00 AM PDT

They didnt keep it for Halo 2

  • 07.16.2009 11:06 AM PDT
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Live and Learn!

I'm surprised the military even uses guns like AR's and BR's 500 years in the future. We have guns deadlier and more accurate nowadays.

[Edited on 07.16.2009 11:14 AM PDT]

  • 07.16.2009 11:13 AM PDT

Posted by: Houman Bjorn
They didnt keep it for Halo 2




really??.....

well, the power of 2 smgs replaced it, the Assault Rifle is the heart of Halo, Halo would die without that weapon everybody loves the Assault Rifle, it doesn't matter that is not very useful against the BR in Halo 3,with luck the BR won't be in Halo Reach and we all be happy

  • 07.16.2009 11:16 AM PDT

Posted by: JtDob
I'm surprised the military even uses guns like AR's and BR's 500 years in the future. We have guns deadlier and more accurate nowadays.




they maked it like that to be more realistic and all that -blam!-, you know that stuff, there are more deadlier guns in the Halo universe but if Bungie put then in the game if would be horrible, the players would die every 2 seconds on easy...
I mean, If bungie put an automatic shotgun, the game would be very bad

  • 07.16.2009 11:20 AM PDT

Spoons!

Posted by: STiS
Posted by: BULLETxSP0NGE
Most played games in 2008

1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
6 CoD: World at War



i wonder what that list looks like without #6


It would look something like this
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
etc

And that is what the list looks like without the 6.

[Edited on 07.16.2009 1:52 PM PDT]

  • 07.16.2009 1:50 PM PDT

Obviously this thread was made to combat the Anti-BR thread, which already makes it lame.

However, they AR was around and the main weapon back in Halo: Reach. The AR also allowed close-mid range battles more balanced. There were several counters against it, and it countered the BR perfectly in Halo 3 when players would try to use the BR as a close-mid range weapon over their AR.

[Edited on 07.16.2009 1:54 PM PDT]

  • 07.16.2009 1:52 PM PDT

Posted by: TWOMEY1993
Obviously this thread was made to combat the Anti-BR thread, which already makes it lame.

Especially since the OP missed the entire point of the other thread. It wasn't an anti BR thread, its a "lets make things more balanced" thread.

  • 07.16.2009 2:12 PM PDT

HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the ar is the best weapon ever even if it loses to the br more times than not.....

  • 07.16.2009 2:55 PM PDT

so if you had it your way halo would have like 4 weapons?

  • 07.16.2009 2:58 PM PDT

Join me and together we can beat the -blam!- out of little kids on halo 3 as friend and aquantence

First off would you rather start off with a SMG like halo 2s multiplayer and have people !!!pwn!!!you with duel weilded SMGs while you try to get a sniper or somthing. Also if you want to have a Br all the time play halo for about 5 secs and you will see a Br. Also bungie also thought that the assault rifel was the weapon of choice for most people cause in halo 2 with the SMG people just ran to another duel weildable weapon and defeating the purpose of melee and grenade throwing. So your idea would destroy a lifelong idea of the assault rifel and all the fun times you have with it in multiplayer and campaign you jerk!

  • 07.16.2009 2:59 PM PDT

I am of an open mind and I am willing to hear criticism. Also: That's stupid and you're stupid.

Posted by: STiS
Posted by: Councilor_117H2
Posted by: Houman Bjorn
They didnt keep it for Halo 2




really??.....

well, the power of 2 smgs replaced it, the Assault Rifle is the heart of Halo, Halo would die without that weapon everybody loves the Assault Rifle, it doesn't matter that is not very useful against the BR in Halo 3,with luck the BR won't be in Halo Reach and we all be happy


yes bcuz the franchise was so dead during the H2 days


It also wasn't dead in the Halo 1 era when there wasn't a BR present, and it's still not dead in the Halo 3 era.

Let's keep both, that way, everybody is happy. Yay.

  • 07.16.2009 6:26 PM PDT

Vrrin Vrrin, yeah here I come.

they might have the halo 1 AR in it, since it is before halo 3.

  • 07.16.2009 6:27 PM PDT

Challenge me to a Hawaiian Punch chugging contest. I dare you.


Posted by: mubox47
$.50 in store credit.

Posted by: STiS
Posted by: ExquisiteDragon
Say what?! The assault rifle will never be removed from Halo. It's an icon. And, it's very useful.


ExquisiteDragon....meet halo 2.....halo 2.....ExquisiteDragon
You said Halo was dead during the H2 days . . .

  • 07.16.2009 6:52 PM PDT