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Subject: The Assault rifle

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Is the assault rifle going to be like in Halo 1 or like in halo 3. This is before halo 1 so i am thincking yes...

  • 10.01.2009 3:49 PM PDT
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im hoping that in this storyline the AR hasnt been invented yet. I hate that piece of BLAM!

  • 10.01.2009 3:50 PM PDT

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  • 10.01.2009 3:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: DH CoMMoN
im hoping that in this storyline the AR hasnt been invented yet. I hate that piece of BLAM!

You realize this is like 1 week before Halo CE right (BTW, the Halo CE AR was awesome and required lots of actual skill.)

Edit: Nevermind, you didn't even play Halo 2, GTFO this thread unless you know what you are talking about N00B!

[Edited on 10.01.2009 3:53 PM PDT]

  • 10.01.2009 3:52 PM PDT

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Im pretty sure it is. Maybe we will get to use the MA5A. An even earlier version of the AR. lol

Halo Reach: MA5A

Halo CE: MA5B

Halo 3: MA5C

Just a thought. Although it isn't that far before Halo CE so yeah, you probably will use the MA5B.

I don't think the "MA5A" has ever been a confermed weapon in the Halo universe, but come on. That would be stupid if it started out at B.

[Edited on 10.01.2009 3:55 PM PDT]

  • 10.01.2009 3:53 PM PDT

Golf Wang. Brony.

I love the Halo CE Assault Rifle. The sound of it was great, and its range was perfect, gameplay-wise.

I don't know what happened with the Halo 3 AR.

  • 10.01.2009 3:53 PM PDT

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

I'm hoping for a mix. One with the firing mechanics of the AR in the first game (that is, if you burst-fire it, it can be very accurate at longer ranges), but perhaps with a clip closer to the size of the one from Halo 3.

  • 10.01.2009 3:53 PM PDT

So bassically like the Silenced SMG in ODST? That could work. The SMG could be reserved as a close qaurters gun.

  • 10.01.2009 3:57 PM PDT

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I love the CE assault rifle, sounded awesome and had a sweet rate of fire and range. hopefully they bring it back

  • 10.01.2009 4:02 PM PDT

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Posted by: Shai Hulud
I'm hoping for a mix. One with the firing mechanics of the AR in the first game (that is, if you burst-fire it, it can be very accurate at longer ranges), but perhaps with a clip closer to the size of the one from Halo 3.


it wouldnt work then. cause the amazingly shalow clip of the AR is practicaly a puddle it evaporates before u know it.
no the clip needs to be just like halo CE and mabye even a bit more powerfull (a bit) allowing for u to effectivly kill 2 people b4 reloading. (multiplayer people)

  • 10.01.2009 4:05 PM PDT

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*Do note before reading this, the canon for Halo weapon mechanics seems to change every game, even from Halo 3 to ODST there were little change, such as the AR spread tightening up and the new Carbine firing sound, thusly we can get around simply Copy-Pasting the Halo: CE AR into Reach.*

I'd like to see an AR that works on par, or prefferabbly superior, to todays' assault rifles (M4 and AK74 spring to mind). Fairly high accuracy, even more so as the MJOLNIR armour and the brute stregth of the Spartan IIs can help cancel out some of the recoil. There would still be some spread, but that would only become a problem in longer bursts, say past the tenth round. A 3-5 round burst would be around as accurate as the Halo 3 Carbine or BR.

However, I would like to see some old mechanics return. The small, ineffective bullets from the MA5B should return along with the 60 round clip. That I believe shouldn't be retconned and lost in the annuals of time. In the event the SMG shows up, that should get the same treatment too, accuracy akin to the P90 or the Doom 3 Machinegun (which is very similar to the P90); not as good as the AR, but in CQB can overwhelm other weapons with sheer spam.

[Edited on 10.01.2009 4:12 PM PDT]

  • 10.01.2009 4:12 PM PDT