Posted by: Tonoottu
If the BR is taken out of the game it will drop Halo's sales instantly. The AR was brought back because some people (noobs) were whining about not having the AR and/or that the BR is too over powered, which it isn't. According to canon the Pillar of Autumn was specially designed for spartan's use on missions, thus having the AR which is normally too large for Marines, and the M6D with explosive rounds. I personally would love the BR to stay. I mean come on a pistol that 3 shot's is even worse than the BR. People complain about the BR because either A: They don't know how to use it, B: Because MLG uses it or C: A and B. I mean GET OVER WITH IT Halo is a COMPETITIVE GAME this isn't frigin Hello Kitty Island Adventure for crying out loud. And btw MLG used the Halo 1 pistol too you know, so it probably wouldn't take out MLG from using Halo. But Halo 3: ODST was originally supposed to be an expansion but it turned out to be a full game. And the original arsenal in that specific game had stealth weapons (Silenced SMG and Magnum)
I disagree. Battle Rifle is in no ways essential to the game. And having it as its current form is not needed. If leaving a one gun out of the game is going to drop its sales, then I say let it drop. People who care about one weapon in game so much that they are not going to buy it just because it's not there, fail to enjoy the game as an experience IMHO. And I don't remember of hearing (or reading) that statement about the MA5 weapons being too big for normal human marines...
In that light, I would personally hope of having the MA5's as main weapons in most of the time, as it is said to be one of the commonest weapons in UNSC arsenal. With having some older BR variant as lesser seen weapon, with similar status such as the SRS99-series have had in Halo games of being seen, but too so frequently.