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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.”
Posted by: RabidNutCase45
Honestly, I think everyone is whining about the AR too much because they aren't playing right.
Think of a situation: you're on The Pit, and you round a corner to see a crazy bastard with an AR coming your way. You have a BR and an empty Rocket Launcher. Your options are:
a) Back up and shoot.
b) Go forward, shoot, and try for a melee kill.
c) Grenade spam.
Unless you have a plasma grenade, A is the best option. B, is the worst. The AR is a pretty good close range weapon, and it's usually better than the BR up close. Fact is, the AR should win. Still, people whine because they've chosen B so often and claim that the AR is cheap, despite it being useless once you're out of range (Even at medium range it's effectiveness fades). Most people making negative AR threads exclusively use the BR anyway, and they're just finding excuses that they've died most of the time.
My idea is to make both the BR and AR longer ranged, along with slowing the rate of fire on the BR. I think this should keep the BR good as a long range weapon, but make it useless as a CQC weapon (Which is how modern battle rifles are supposed to behave) and make the AR more of the assault rifle it's meant to be.
Removing it would be getting rid of a classic Halo weapon! I'd hate to see it go!