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Subject: Do u want BR back in Reach?
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Wow, very close poll.

Anyway I said no, I would also not like Dual Weilding in Reach. I would like medpacks, also a lower jumping height.

Yes, I want this game to be as close to Halo: CE as possible :D

  • 09.26.2009 11:03 PM PDT

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I disagree... not to start an argument or anything because Halo: CE was a great game but I prefer H3 because of the BR... There is one thing I agree with you on though and that is they can do away with dual-weilding and the abnormal jump height... This is just my opinion though, but they could also do away with the insane distance a grenade can be thrown.. I mean come on how can anyone throw a grenade across an entire map?... And another option is they could bring back the lock-on feature of the rocket launcher from Halo2... But to conclude this I voted yes on the poll to bring back the BR because its the only weapon I'm familiar with and best at using...

  • 09.26.2009 11:51 PM PDT

Posted by: ZeroBaka
If the BR isn't in the game, I probably won't buy it.


I agree totally

  • 09.27.2009 7:14 AM PDT

We are the cause, of a world that's gone wrong. Nature will survive us, human dogs, after all. Wouldn't it be great, to heal the world, with only a song.

Why take it out though? I don't get why people suggest stuff like this. Of course it has to be on Reach. It's part of Halo now. If you can't deal with it, that just means you suck and you need to get better in my opinion.

  • 09.27.2009 7:29 AM PDT

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Thats an assault rifle... high five.


Posted by: GxK DiSTuRbED
Just look at the Reach picture.
The person in the middle appears to be holding what looks like a Battle Rifle.

  • 09.27.2009 7:49 AM PDT

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I hope it follows the canon and there are no BR in popular use at the time but you can find small caches of prototype BRs and SMGs and Magnums in certain facilities. It would make them more of a novelty in the campaign. As for MP I dont care either way.

  • 09.27.2009 7:52 AM PDT

BYAHH

Battle Rifle should at least be changed. It probably won't have to make sense story-wise as the change from halo 2 to 3 doesn't make sense. There wasn't some UNSC engineer going "how can we make the BR better..? Give it a retarded spread" between 2 and 3. Besides I like the ODST pistol. It is a great weapon once the shield is gone as its a one hit kill.

Besides in Reach Spartans will have the old armor therefore won't be crazy killer Spartans from hell that Master Chief was in 2 and 3. ODST was probably working a transition angle like anyone who plays as an ODST will have a better feel for the old armor. Halo: CE armor should return in Reach and the BR would crush.

  • 09.27.2009 8:05 AM PDT
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They should bring in the Assualt Carbine(MA5K(?)) instead.

  • 09.27.2009 8:09 AM PDT
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It simply wouldn't be cannon, The BR wasnt used in the battle of reach. YES, it WAS existent, but only prototypes. it was NOT used. Forget balance issues, cannon is more important.


And Spartans had the updated shield armor during the battle of reach. it was received just before the battle.

[Edited on 09.27.2009 10:43 AM PDT]

  • 09.27.2009 10:39 AM PDT
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Veto for ARs!!!!

No way.

ODST showed how awesome a current-gen Halo game can be that doesn't have the BR in it. Finally, no more "one gun that's good at absolutely everything!"

  • 09.27.2009 11:07 AM PDT
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Well, I hate to break it to all of you Die hard BR fans, but...

If you go through the stories and such, the BR was actually introduced about the middle of First Strike, Contrary to that, the prototype BR was in use by Johnson in Harvest.
So, Techniqually... The BR would not be in the game unless it were a prototype or Bungie decides to put it in just for kicks. This could be one of those "Up to Bungie" Things...

But just saying, The BR wont be in Reach, for the Conflicting Story reasons.

good gameplay > story.


. . .and the BR makes for some very unbalanced gameplay. Like I said in my post it needs to be rethought, or removed IMO.

Highest Skill: 30

most of the people advocating for no BR seem to have lower skill than I thought. It sure tells me something.

[Edited on 09.27.2009 11:20 AM PDT]

  • 09.27.2009 11:15 AM PDT
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The BR will be in Reach.

  • 09.27.2009 11:20 AM PDT

The human covenat war was roughly thirty years long. Contact harvest was the first contact with the covenant. Johnson recieved the prototype BR right before that engagement the BR has been there scince the beginning so its entirely possible it could be in Reach.

  • 09.27.2009 11:21 AM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

Posted by: z0rgy
like it or not, it'll be in the game.

here are the mandatory weapons in any video games :
rocket launcher, sniper rifle, shotgun, assault rifle.

and in halo, you need a weapon that's a mix between the AR and sniper rifle. you have the choice between an OP pistol bungie never used again after H1 and ... an iconic weapon MLG loves.
You mean like the ODST Pistol? Seems like the ODST campaign struck it on the nose with the SOCOM. Its great for headshots, but terrible for flesh damage and shield damage. I would be fine without a BR.

  • 09.27.2009 11:21 AM PDT

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why would you not? the BR is by far the best weapon in H3

  • 09.27.2009 10:39 PM PDT

YESS any one who doesnt is A BK = Noob

  • 09.27.2009 11:24 PM PDT

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it can't be in Reach it won't fit the stroy line cause the BR doesn't show up till Halo: First Strike which is between Halo 1 and Halo2 so it wont fit the story line considering Reach was before both games.

  • 09.27.2009 11:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: InSaNe SnIpEr431
why would you not? the BR is by far the best weapon in H3
that's the problem

  • 09.27.2009 11:35 PM PDT

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No, as it is in Halo 3 anyways.

There does need to be a versatile mid range weapon at the center of Halo's weapon tree for the game to remain Halo to me though.

  • 09.27.2009 11:40 PM PDT

I don't want to join your group.

"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." - Paul Dirac

As long as the game focuses on mid-range combat and includes a relatively quick-killing, medium-long range, headshot-capable starting weapon, I'm fine. It can be a BR, the Halo 3 pistol, the ODST pistol, or something new that fits the same role, whatever.

Not saying that's the only kind of gameplay that works with a shooter, but it's the way that Halo games (all of them) have run the most smoothly.

Edit: Didn't vote, because I'm not sure which option suits my opinion best.

[Edited on 09.27.2009 11:56 PM PDT]

  • 09.27.2009 11:56 PM PDT

Tank beats Ghost!
Tank beats Hunters!
Tank beats Everything!!!

No thank you, not as it is. Hopefully they will change it.

  • 09.28.2009 1:09 AM PDT

Keep BUNGLE away from matchmaking, away from these forums, and overall away from this game.

As long as Reach has a BR type weapon, it will be fine.

  • 09.28.2009 1:14 AM PDT

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Posted by: SweetTRIX
Posted by: z0rgy
Posted by: LockeGenRedux
Well, I hate to break it to all of you Die hard BR fans, but...

If you go through the stories and such, the BR was actually introduced about the middle of First Strike, Contrary to that, the prototype BR was in use by Johnson in Harvest.
So, Techniqually... The BR would not be in the game unless it were a prototype or Bungie decides to put it in just for kicks. This could be one of those "Up to Bungie" Things...

But just saying, The BR wont be in Reach, for the Conflicting Story reasons.

good gameplay > story.


. . .and the BR makes for some very unbalanced gameplay. Like I said in my post it needs to be rethought, or removed IMO.

Highest Skill: 30

most of the people advocating for no BR seem to have lower skill than I thought. It sure tells me something.

It tells you that we don't use a BR. Ask anyone who is at 40 or above and they will say they use the BR. I admit, I do use the BR, but only because there is no weapon as vesitile as it. I say, away with the BR- It's just too strong, and it eleiminates the effectiveness of most other weapons. Also, the void could be replaced with new weapons with a fresh taste.

  • 09.28.2009 3:48 AM PDT
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The BR & MLG Destroyed Halo.

  • 09.28.2009 4:00 AM PDT