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Subject: Should There Be a Full Automatic Battle Rifle?

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Poll: Should There Be a Full Automatic Battle Rifle?  [closed]
Yes:  24%
(56 Votes)
No:  76%
(181 Votes)
Total Votes: 237

Should there be an option to have a Single Shot, 3 Burst, and Full Auto firing modes? It would make gameplay much more operational.


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Full Auto

The BR shoots approximately 7.2 Bullets Per Second. Or 2.4 Burst per second. Keeping that in mind, Full-Auto would keep the same Rate of Fire but increased Recoil/Kickback. Recoild would be increased so the weapon would handle like and SMG, the muzzle would climb after 4 Bullets of continous fire. Effectively making it accurate only up to short distances. It would make a great weapon for providing covering fire, and covering hasty retreats. Just flip to full auto and spray 900 rounds per minute at your pursuers. As well the Reticle would only turn "Red" at 10 - 25 Feet.

Single Shot

Single Round Mode is good for placing shots on distant enemies in the open. The reticle would turn Red at a much longer range, this would allow for effecient headshot placement. This mode would be good for finishing one shots at long range. Recoil would be reduced to almost a negligible amount, and Rate of fire would be as fast as you can pull the trigger.

Burst Mode Would stay the same.


In the Halo Landfall ViDoc ODST's are using a Full-Auto Variant of the BR. In another Halo Live Action Trailer Marines are using single shot Variants of the BR.

[Edited on 09.13.2009 1:12 PM PDT]

  • 09.12.2009 3:45 PM PDT

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one of the things that makes a br different from other weapons, is that its not a gun u can just hold down R with. you have to time each shot perfectly and aim while doing so.

  • 09.12.2009 3:47 PM PDT

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I think that you should be able to toggle between burst and automatic fire.

  • 09.12.2009 3:48 PM PDT
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No, that would ruin the BR.

  • 09.12.2009 3:48 PM PDT

no, because if battle rifle goes fully automatic it's just going to be another assault rifle with a scope and long range. For a single shot i think that's pretty reasonable.

  • 09.12.2009 3:48 PM PDT

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maybe make instead of a 1-shot br, another weapon. possible a mix between the br and sniper. stronger than br, but not as good shortrange, and have one shot but trigger pull.

  • 09.12.2009 3:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Alec9224
No, that would ruin the BR even more than it already is.


Fixed.

  • 09.12.2009 3:52 PM PDT

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1- shot!!

Kinda like an WW2 rifle from Cod

*ping,ping,ping,ping,ping,ping,CLING!* clip out...

[Edited on 09.12.2009 3:53 PM PDT]

  • 09.12.2009 3:53 PM PDT
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As you progress throughout your life you realize that the older you get the closer your are to death, the only thing you cannot change.

You should be able to toggle back and forth and when you go automatic, it can only kill like 2 seconds faster than the AR.

  • 09.12.2009 3:55 PM PDT

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How about just, one shot?

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Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
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Posted by: Shamikh
How about just, one shot?
The Carbine is the one shot at a time version of the BR.

  • 09.12.2009 4:00 PM PDT

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In the Beleive Trailer ODSTs are using BRs on full auto, doesn't that mean that the BR has multiple modes of fire.

  • 09.12.2009 4:01 PM PDT
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If I'm not mistaken broskis. The original idea for The BR was kind of a semi auto kinda deal. If you remember Halo 2's E3 demo showed the BR firing only one shot per trigger pull. wish they would've kept that though.

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Posted by: C1oud
If I'm not mistaken broskis. The original idea for The BR was kind of a semi auto kinda deal. If you remember Halo 2's E3 demo showed the BR firing only one shot per trigger pull. wish they would've kept that though.


Here is the Old video

However, I think around, before Halo 2 was to be released, Bungie thought of having the BR switching between burst fire unscoped, to a semi auto single shot scopped in the alpha of Halo 2. Instead, we got the extremely proffecient three shot burst fire in Halo 2, whether it was scoped or not.

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  • 09.12.2009 4:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: Shamikh
How about just, one shot?


Immediately after pulling the right trigger, melee. There's your one shot.

  • 09.12.2009 5:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: Shamikh
How about just, one shot?


Immediately after pulling the right trigger, melee. There's your one shot.


I dont want to be meleeing all the time.

All weapons should be able to switch between different firing modes.

  • 09.12.2009 5:16 PM PDT

Originally, the halo 2 BR was single shot before it was ever released. Personally, I think I like the BR just the way it is. Make the pistol powerful and that's all a single shot BR really is.

  • 09.12.2009 5:22 PM PDT

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To make a change like that would require a serious overhaul of gameplay. Which is not necessarily a bad thing.

  • 09.12.2009 5:34 PM PDT

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Single shot, slightly smaller reticle, 3x zoom, and a little bit more powerful but with a slower rate of fire also.

  • 09.12.2009 5:40 PM PDT
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Maybe the BR could also have a mode like the Shotgun, and Plasma Rifle, and Plasma Pistol, Needler, Rocket launcher....Then we can just throw out every other weapon in the game and just carry BR's, because, after all, it's the only weapon we need, right?!


Sorry, got a bit carried away there :P
I'm just sick of the damn BR. If only the other weapons had more punch, then people would use them more.

  • 09.12.2009 5:43 PM PDT

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I agree the Battle Rifle is kinda over powered and doesnt take much skill to use and is Over used.
The Magnum should be way stronger though.

  • 09.12.2009 5:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: Kika Kadum
The Magnum should be way stronger though.

Not stronger, it should just have a greater rate of fire, with out a scope, and a smaller reticle (greater accuracy).

  • 09.12.2009 6:02 PM PDT
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no

  • 09.12.2009 6:02 PM PDT

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Think about 4-shotting. Now if it was a full machine gun, its like having instant kill on.

  • 09.12.2009 6:14 PM PDT