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Posted by: deathman1000
Posted by: Datman1103
I'm not obsessed with the BR, but in matchmaking I pick one up everytime I can, because your pretty much screwed heading out into the firefight with out a medium-long range weapon, you'll just get destroyed.
As for the influence the MLG gametype has had on Halo players, its expected that if you call yourself a above average halo player, you should be able to BR very well. But I also lament the fact that Bungie put certain weapons in the game for a reason, and to take have a professional league based on only certain weapons is a bit of a folly. I think that MLG (or someone) should have a league with the normal gametypes and weapon layouts. I soooooo wanna pwn Tee squared with dual spikers.
Now, I understand the MLG side of it as well. MLG weapons are picked due to the fact that they do consistant damage on a consistant basis, and the fact that they require a higher level of skill to use.Old MLG gametypes used to have the Energy Sword (this was back in H2) but it was changed due to the fact that depending on client-host relationship, the length of the sword lunge could greatly fluctuate. The shotgun was too powerful, as it kills in one hit with being (most of the time) a low-skill weapon (no offense, I love me some open season). They put the mauler in, and it worked. The BR does consistant damage, can get headshots, and it filled the role of the starting weapon very well, as opposed to the AR, which can be a little tricky on the magazine size and damage, and because you can't get head shots with it.
As for the fiction(correct me if I'm wrong, Staten), the ODSTs are covert-operation soldiers. Its urban fighting, so they would probably want something that is good in close quarters (AR, or the SMG). Now, my matchmaking side is screaming that a silenced BR would be freaking sweet, but I'm content with the Auto-mag. I mean, I would expect someone in the game's levels to have atleast one BR, but what-evs. There's always carbines.
Quite possibly the only intelligent post I have seen on these forums which has not come from me or a bungie admin and your quite possibly the only guy I've seen that knows what intelligence is.