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

hmm... would you take a loud BR into a metropolis filled with enimies, or a supressed pistol which is much better in this situation. "even if the brutes see us, the only thing they will hear is thier butts hitting the floor"

  • 08.12.2009 9:18 AM PDT

Posted by: RabidNutCase45
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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.


I don't care for the BR, but I must point out that Romeo received a sniper for that mission.

  • 08.12.2009 9:19 AM PDT

I for one think the pistol is going to be much better than the BR. Who played Halo CE and didn't fall in love with the pistol? and then in Halo 2 and 3 there was no scope :( but now it's back. Who cares that there's no BR... the original (scoped pistol) beats the new (BR) in my opinion.

  • 08.12.2009 9:21 AM PDT

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I just don't like the fact that it doesn't make sense, the pistol isn't really a main weapon it's a sidearm, even modified it's still just a sidearm. Removing the BR doesn't fit.
Bungie have said it themselves. ODSTs have access to specialised weapons that none of the other UNSC are allowed. Even Spartans.

So they have a specialised pistol and SMG, because they do the same jobs as other weapons, but are much smaller. The smaller the better when you have to get into a drop pod with them.
Think about trying to fit an assault rifle and a battle rifle in with you. They are too big, and you have to carry them around New Mombassa.

  • 08.12.2009 9:25 AM PDT

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