Posted by: z0rgy
the problem with that idea lays in the weapon themselves and what role they have.
the AR is a multirole weapon, it does everything. the BR is a long ranger AR that can headshot.
the PR is just a shield destroyer... even if you dual wield them and take someone with an AR by surprise, you're likely to loose the fight.
so unless they drastically change how plasma based weapons work, forget it.
it's a shame, because of how it works, you don't need to use a plasma rifle/pistol, spiker, brute shot or anything besides the sniper rifle, rockets BR and AR.
Sounds like you are thinking about the weapons in Halo 3, there you wouldn't stand a chance with a single PR against a AR. But this is Reach and you have to consider that Bungie may have improved the covenant weapons so they have a chance against the human counterpart. I don't say that they will make them equally powerful, but you have to think that they are.
And I've got lots of kills with plasma rifles in halo 3 matchmaking :P