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Subject: Will lack of the BR destroy Reach?

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Posted by: minibum
Posted by: Shai Hulud
Did it destroy ODST? No.

ODST was good but everyone is saying it gets boring. The reason? NO BATTLE RIFLE!!!

HA HA!

Please tell me your trolling?

A single weapon never makes a game good. Thats just failed logic.

  • 10.14.2009 10:06 AM PDT
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well first of all i think the BR should be in reach, i like the gun i just think Bungie should let go of the Halo 3 concept of weapons; "there are head shot weapons and then there are bludgeoning tools"

Posted by: minibum
Yes, yes it will. We need BR. How do we separate the failures from the pro skilled players?


of far as the separation of skilled players goes, the BR has noting to do with that.

and by the way, try hitting a target at medium-long range with the AR that takes skill

  • 10.14.2009 10:06 AM PDT

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No, but stupid threads like this will.

  • 10.14.2009 10:13 AM PDT

Posted by: minibum
Posted by: Shai Hulud
Did it destroy ODST? No.

ODST was good but everyone is saying it gets boring. The reason? NO BATTLE RIFLE!!!


This is why I've stopped posting in Battle Rifle threads in the Reach forum.

[Edited on 10.14.2009 10:22 AM PDT]

  • 10.14.2009 10:21 AM PDT

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Posted by: Czar_CJ_Elm
well first of all i think the BR should be in reach, i like the gun i just think Bungie should let go of the Halo 3 concept of weapons; "there are head shot weapons and then there are bludgeoning tools"

Posted by: minibum
Yes, yes it will. We need BR. How do we separate the failures from the pro skilled players?


of far as the separation of skilled players goes, the BR has noting to do with that.

and by the way, try hitting a target at medium-long range with the AR that takes skill


That's not skill. That's luck that the random bullet spread might hit the target across the map. Reach needs the BR. Take a look at the other poll about whether Br should or shouldn't be in reach. About 75% of the poll takers voted yes. People want the BR. Halo needs the BR!

  • 10.14.2009 1:55 PM PDT

War, War never changes.

Got my Recon from the Vidmaster achievments, like most.
Reach IS awesome, don't deny it

Halo did just fine without the BR back in CE. Give us a scoped pistol that does slightly more damage and we will be just fine.

  • 10.14.2009 2:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: minibum
Yes, yes it will. We need BR. How do we seperate the failures from the pro skilled players?


With an M6D Pistol.

  • 10.14.2009 2:06 PM PDT

-blam!- the Br, it sucks major ass.

  • 10.14.2009 2:11 PM PDT

omg! I was the 77th vote!

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  • 10.14.2009 2:12 PM PDT

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I would love to have the Pistol back, but they won't do that. Too many noobs whine about how OP it is. Just like the BR. Everyone complains how it's overpowered.

  • 10.14.2009 2:12 PM PDT

"The best of the best had to be at the bottom at some point."

trust me i love the BR more than the next guy, but i dont think the lack of 1 gun will destroy the game or the planet its self.

  • 10.14.2009 2:12 PM PDT
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  • 10.14.2009 2:17 PM PDT

He who runs, dies last. I suggest you run.

not having the BR could only make REACH better

  • 10.14.2009 2:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: Burned Remains
No, the Covenant will.

if reach is full of a bunch of people capable of only running around holding right trigger and b, there wont be anything on reach worth the covenant destroying.


Would Reach be better severd by keeping the fire-lane camping, spawn trapping "pros" that we have now? The BR is foolishly unbalanced, if you need a solid mid-range weapon that actually requires skill, use the Carbine. The BR, in it's current form, needs to go.

  • 10.14.2009 2:56 PM PDT

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Posted by: minibum
I would love to have the Pistol back, but they won't do that. Too many noobs whine about how OP it is. Just like the BR. Everyone complains how it's overpowered.


Sorry for the double post, but the chief (educated) complaint about the BR is not that it's overpowered, it's that it's imbalanced, and that is the truth.

Even though the pistol was overpowered FOR A PISTOL, it was balanced in CE gameplay. It fit without rendering nearly every other weapon useless, and that is problem with the BR it's too usefull.

  • 10.14.2009 2:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
A real test of a man is if he is willing to scrape a sharpened razor up and down his junk just to please a woman.

How do I vote for the second AND fourth option?

  • 10.14.2009 3:01 PM PDT

Halo: Reach gameplay will be just fine without the BR. If it is left out of multiplayer it will be interesting to see if the MLG community will move on to Reach or not. Since the BR is considered THE weapon for competitive play.

  • 10.14.2009 3:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: minibum
Yes, yes it will. We need BR. How do we seperate the failures from the pro skilled players?


It was a very difficult choice, but I went with "no." But that doesn't mean I don't REALLY like pumpkin pie!

That being said, are you really telling me that the battle rifle in H3 is skillful? How hard is it to headshot someone when you have a three round burst that allows for you to aim at their chest or sweet the reticule in the general area of their head? How is it skill - as opposed to luck - when you have to rely on a random burst for the 4 shot, hoping none of them miss even though your reticule was centered on the head? How is it skill when the first one to fire should always win, because the rate of fire is limited by a timing mechanism as opposed to the speed and skill of the player? The H3 BR is garbage.

Carbines FTW

[EDIT] I do think the new Halo needs to add more variety to the mid-range and cull out some of the unnecessary close ranged weapons that have no diversification or purpose. We need a starting weapon that gives range, but not too much power, like they said the AR would do in H3 but didn't. I think the BR would be perfect if you'd take away the headshot capability and made it a little more powerful so it was a 5-7 shot. That would give you range and some kind of accuracy, but wouldn't overdo it. Replace the mid range weapon with an accurate carbine that has a smaller reticule, and you finally have some skill needed for the good kills, plus a good rival for a sniper.

[Edited on 10.14.2009 3:17 PM PDT]

  • 10.14.2009 3:14 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Life is a journey, if you spend all of it with your nose in your map, you may miss some of the best parts.

Halo CE Pistol.

Done.

  • 10.14.2009 3:15 PM PDT
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--Minibum--
That's not skill. That's luck that the random bullet spread might hit the target across the map. Reach needs the BR. Take a look at the other poll about whether Br should or shouldn't be in reach. About 75% of the poll takers voted yes. People want the BR. Halo needs the BR

1- I said the BR should be in reach, matter in fact that was the first thing i said,

2- try controlling you fire with the, AR it's almost as accurate as the BR when you burst, the only flaws are it sounds like a bb gun, and the Bullets disappear after a 100 yards, and dose not do enough armor damage

i consistently kill opponents at max range with over a half a mag


[Edited on 10.14.2009 3:25 PM PDT]

  • 10.14.2009 3:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: Burned Remains
No, the Covenant will.
I lol'd

  • 10.14.2009 3:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: minibum
How do we seperate the failures from the pro skilled players?
If said "pro skills" evaporate when a single weapon is removed, they do not exist.

  • 10.14.2009 3:19 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

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Posted by: minibum
How do we seperate the failures from the pro skilled players?
If said "pro skills" evaporate when a single weapon is removed, they do not exist.


You win the eCookie my friend.

  • 10.14.2009 3:21 PM PDT
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Positive vibes.

I really do the love the BR, and for some reason I voted yes, but now that I think about it I think that players will still be able to do well without the BR. Especially Yhslaw...he uses maulers....

  • 10.14.2009 3:21 PM PDT