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Would BR's work with barrel climb? It would decrease it accuracy and performance, while still maintaining it's ultimate functionality. Right?

  • 09.28.2009 4:09 PM PDT
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Not a good idea. Weapons in Halo have always been arcadey, adding in realistic elements like that would ruin the gameplay.

  • 09.28.2009 4:15 PM PDT

BR with barrel climb...I doubt it would have any more than it already has because of the fact that it is a tri burst shot instead of full auto.
So yeah, it already has realistic barrel climb for it's shooting style.

  • 09.28.2009 4:21 PM PDT
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The Automag has barrel climb in ODST, if fired quickly. That's where I got the idea.

  • 09.28.2009 4:24 PM PDT

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  • 09.28.2009 4:26 PM PDT

Yeah I noticed that too.

The smg has killer climb because of it's rate of fire.

But I doubt that the BR will have much of an appearance in this game, it wasn't introduced until later in the Halo series and this is a prequel, so yeah.

Very interesting idea tho.

  • 09.28.2009 4:28 PM PDT

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I highly doubt that just because the BR was added later that it would be reason to not include it. Halo 2 did not have half the stuff ODST has, and yet, they both happen around the same time. I say always keep the BR, why remove it?

  • 09.28.2009 4:30 PM PDT
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The BR seams to be as significant as the Assault Rifle in Halo games. It just doesn't seam right to completely remove it.

  • 09.28.2009 4:35 PM PDT

Because no where in the books or even in Halo 1 is it seen.

And YOU DO see just about every weapon from Halo 2 in ODST and vice versa.

The only things I can think of that you don't see is:
The equipment the brutes use (You hardly see them outside of covenant ships in H2).
The flame grenades.
Spike grenades.
And the ODST specific weapons.

Reason is there. The AR in the books and halo 1 is super powerful and will be an excellent replacement.

  • 09.28.2009 4:57 PM PDT

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Interesting concept.

  • 09.28.2009 5:35 PM PDT

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Interesting concept.


Great freakin name!

  • 09.28.2009 5:37 PM PDT

Just to tell all of you guys the BR has been in the halo series since Contact Harvest which is about 25 years before Reach but if they do make the BR it will be a prototype

  • 09.28.2009 5:51 PM PDT
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Just to tell all of you guys the BR has been in the halo series since Contact Harvest which is about 25 years before Reach but if they do make the BR it will be a prototype

Yep, all the more reason for it to have barrel climb.

  • 09.28.2009 5:57 PM 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.”

I would say no, since the BR is a burst fire weapon already.

I just want more time between bursts, and a 3x scope to define the BR's role more.

  • 09.28.2009 6:00 PM PDT

why would a tiny smg climb up when a half ton, seven foot, super strong soldier wearing a computer controlled suit be more then enough to hold it steady?

  • 09.28.2009 6:02 PM PDT

Adding "realistic physics", that pretty much sums it up. The same question applies to the AR. It climbs like a beast. MC should be able to hold it steady with no problem.

  • 09.28.2009 6:10 PM PDT