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Subject: why is bungie taking away the ODST's weapon?

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I like the br, just not enough to go rampant just because it's not in odst. The BR was a good weapon I wouldn't care if there are 2 weps that do the same thing. BR or pistol. I would take whichever I had more ammo of at that moment. Or maybe both. Taking out the Br was unnecessary, but I don't really care too much.

  • 08.07.2009 5:10 PM PDT
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Shut up about the BR

  • 08.07.2009 5:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: DARK K1LL3R 157
but what was the point of taking the BR away?

let me guess, to many AR spammers were whining to whine 1 1


There isn't even matchmaking, Chill out kid, Your not MLG.

  • 08.07.2009 5:14 PM PDT

I don't see why this BR debate is getting people worked up, You can only play firefight as a matchmaking system on ODST, so there will be NO AR/SMG spammers for the BR fanboys to complain about, but if you fanboys need a fix, you'll still be able to fire up Halo 3 if you ever need to get AR'd to death.

  • 08.07.2009 5:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: Blaster73
Posted by: DARK K1LL3R 157
but what was the point of taking the BR away?

let me guess, to many AR spammers were whining to whine 1 1


There isn't even matchmaking, Chill out kid, Your not MLG.

QFT.

  • 08.07.2009 5:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: urk
The decision didn't have anything to do with the BR vs. AR stuff that endlessly goes on in the forums. The pistol is disgusting. Sweet for headshots. And the SMG is a perfect match.

Once you start tearing through armor with the scoped SMG and then popping a headshot with the pistol like Annie Oakley, you won't think twice about what's "missing."

Hat. No hat.


When you say the pistol is disgusting you mean badass right? Or do you really hate it?

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Posted by: urk
The decision didn't have anything to do with the BR vs. AR stuff that endlessly goes on in the forums. The pistol is disgusting. Sweet for headshots. And the SMG is a perfect match.

Once you start tearing through armor with the scoped SMG and then popping a headshot with the pistol like Annie Oakley, you won't think twice about what's "missing."

Hat. No hat.


When you say the pistol is disgusting you mean badass right? Or do you really hate it?

Haha, I was wondering that too.

  • 08.07.2009 5:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: Blaster73
Posted by: DARK K1LL3R 157
but what was the point of taking the BR away?

let me guess, to many AR spammers were whining to whine 1 1


There isn't even matchmaking, Chill out kid, Your not MLG.

He's a Forum troll get over it.

MLG didn't make the BR, as soon as you kids realize this the better.

The Battle Rifle has been in Halo Canon for a while, it was popular before MLG too, people just have this image of the BR is "MLG" because its a focus of their gametype.

[Edited on 08.07.2009 5:59 PM PDT]

  • 08.07.2009 5:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: urk
The decision didn't have anything to do with the BR vs. AR stuff that endlessly goes on in the forums. The pistol is disgusting. Sweet for headshots. And the SMG is a perfect match.

Once you start tearing through armor with the scoped SMG and then popping a headshot with the pistol like Annie Oakley, you won't think twice about what's "missing."

Hat. No hat.

Then why make us wait...?

:/

  • 08.07.2009 6:02 PM PDT

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  • 08.07.2009 6:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: Blaster73
Posted by: DARK K1LL3R 157
but what was the point of taking the BR away?

let me guess, to many AR spammers were whining to whine 1 1


There isn't even matchmaking, Chill out kid, Your not MLG.

He's a Forum troll get over it.

MLG didn't make the BR, as soon as you kids realize this the better.

The Battle Rifle has been in Halo Canon for a while, it was popular before MLG too, people just have this image of the BR is "MLG" because its a focus of their gametype.


QFT, sadly the BR was good, now it's just an excuse for somebody to trash talk because they think that if MLG uses BR's, and I use a BR, i must be MLG.

It's not the fact that MLG didn't make the BR, MLG made the people who run around trash talking because they are good at BR, which they think means they must be GODS at MLG.

It's all impressionable children, much like MLG is their role models in life, and they must use the BR and trash talk people.

The truly good people can use all weapons to their advantage, and not charge with a BR against 2 people with a AR up close.

  • 08.07.2009 6:07 PM PDT

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Posted by: souled up
They took it away to give players more freedom to other weapons. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure people would choose a BR over a PR in Campaign/MM.


I'd take a PR any day.

  • 08.07.2009 6:31 PM PDT

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I think it's pretty safe to assume that Halo 3, ODST will feature EVERY weapon featured in Halo 3, and they will function the same way they did in Halo 3, along with a few new weapons or modified weapons. Just because you haven't seen a BR in promotional material yet, doesn't mean it won't be in the game.

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Posted by: Emo Joe89
I think it's pretty safe to assume that Halo 3, ODST will feature EVERY weapon featured in Halo 3, and they will function the same way they did in Halo 3, along with a few new weapons or modified weapons. Just because you haven't seen a BR in promotional material yet, doesn't mean it won't be in the game.

It has been confirmed by Bungie and Urk himself came in here saying the M7S and M6/S are better. Also, by "disgusting", he means sick (in a good way).

[Edited on 08.07.2009 6:48 PM PDT]

  • 08.07.2009 6:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: souled up
They took it away to give players more freedom to other weapons. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure people would choose a BR over a PR in Campaign/MM.



That, and the Battle Rifle doesn't seem to be a "up close and personal weapon" which seems to be what the ODST's are all about.

  • 08.07.2009 6:45 PM PDT

*pew* *pew* *pew* *crunch* AAAUUUUUGHGGGH!

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  • 08.07.2009 6:49 PM PDT

How's it going?

They are taking it away because they made the bad@$$ pistol...
Simple as that.

  • 08.07.2009 6:59 PM PDT

Posted by: urk
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Posted by: urk
Hat. No hat.
Urk? I will worship you if I could use that.

Okay, time for my inner Super Nerd to pop out like the weiner he is. The BR is a marksman's rifle. It's pretty much a medium range sniper rifle. You have to be specially trained to use them. So, that's why not many Marines would have them. They'd have a closer-ranged bullet spraying Assault Rifle instead, good for urban close-ranged environments (i.e. New Mombasa). The real world says that soldiers would get the crappier rifle because it's effective, cheaper, and better in this perticular setting. ODST's could have them, but their original mission has instead the closed hallways of a ship, so they wouldn't have sniper rifles and BRs.

The more obvious answer is that bringing back the pistol would mean that there's a ridiculous amount of headshot weapons in the game. So, Bungie brought back the original rather than the imitator.



[Edited on 08.07.2009 7:06 PM PDT]

  • 08.07.2009 7:01 PM PDT

MLG is for MLG pros. Not for immature scrubby MLG wannabes. I wi11 4-Sh0t Bks wITh mA BR

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They took the Br away because their are two kinds of people who play Halo.
The kind that love the Br with a passion, and the kind that hates it like crazy.
AKA The MLGeeks and the AR noobs.

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Bungie did not take out the Battle Rifle for multiplayer. You apparently think so, you are very wrong. They replaced the Battle Rifle with the M6C SOCOM in Campaign and Firefight. To better fit the way the Campaign is played.

  • 08.07.2009 7:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: bjb yo
They took the Br away because their are two kinds of people who play Halo.
The kind that love the Br with a passion, and the kind that hates it like crazy.
AKA The MLGeeks and the AR noobs.

I hate both of those kinds of people. I use the BR when I have it for specific situations where using it is a good idea and I do the same for the AR. Every weapon has it's place where it's ideal to use it so why hate or love any weapon too much?

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Posted by: DARK K1LL3R 157
but what was the point of taking the BR away?

let me guess, to many AR spammers were whining to whine 1 1
Actually, the M6C/SOCOM, or "Magnum", has been tweaked to be more like the Battle Rifle. The idea is that you use the Magnum (which now has a scope and a much higher rate of fire than the Battle Rifle) for headshots on one-hit enemies, and to pick off shield-less Brutes.

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how can you hate the BR it is the most powerful weapon and you dont use it because you arent accurate,it really is a good gun.

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Posted by: DARK K1LL3R 157
but what was the point of taking the BR away?

let me guess, to many AR spammers were whining to whine 1 1


Its this mentality that makes me lose faith in humanity.

  • 08.12.2009 9:16 AM PDT

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