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Posted by: Madara Umezawa
If I have a BR and no power weapon I will usually pick up a SMG or plasma rifle as a secondary to get some good close range in. If the AR as you proposed had incread range and scope and yet could still be as accurate as a BR in burst. Then it would horribly outbalance the game more then the BR ever could. No one would have any reason to ever pick up those weapons again.
At least a weapon like the BR and Smg are from 2 sides of the spectrum and dont behave simular to each other in any true sense. But you got an assault rifle that does it all really would make the options to use other weapons a waste of time and almost would make it feel redundant
well that's the thing about the AR I proposed. It would do everything well and noting perfectly, EX: the BR and Carbine would win at longer ranges, and the SMG, spiker, and plasma rifle. would win up close. what i tried to do with the AR is make it versatile.
and the AR i proposed would be perfect for a situation where you have a dedicated purpose weapon as a primary like the Sniper, Rocket launcher, ect. so now you have a weapon competent at all ranges. with anoter weapon with a deticated purpose, other wise BR, SMG or BR, Shotgun would be and is a perfect anti Spartan set up
Im not proposing a Burst AR, the AR should be Auto fire, however when you control you fire, the AR should be and is more accurate. Bungie emphasizes using short controlled burst with the AR.
i know the AR dose more damage than the BR however the BR has head shot ability and the AR dose little armor damage. the reason for this being Bungie wanted to emphasize the use of melees. i don't like the concept of the MA5 actually being a purpose built bludgeoning tool
but the main purpose of this is to make the Gun fun to use
[Edited on 10.21.2009 2:44 AM PDT]