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Subject: Why the MA5B will return!!
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reasons the MA5B is not returning...

they made the plasma rifle[the alien standard] one handed and dual weildable. the AR is way too big for that, and it sorta sucked. so they made a handheld version, the SMG. same 60 rounds, but they gave it a higher rate of fire. and its dual weildable.

and the BR is not your new standard, the SMG is, and the plasma rifle still is for the covenant.

  • 08.04.2004 8:40 AM PDT
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The Pistol Was The Next Best Thing To A Close Range Sniper Rifle, The Gun Had Meduim

Range So It Was Perfect For Some Situations, Which In The Whole Game Of HALO You

Need The Pistol At Certain Intervals.

  • 08.04.2004 8:41 AM PDT
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Only certain intervals. However I've found myself using the S2 AM and the MA5B more than the M6D. The M6D is nice, but it truly has become a back up weapon for me.

  • 08.04.2004 8:44 AM PDT
Subject: Why the AR will return!!
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The BR is an upgreded AR dumbfuk.

[Edited on 8/4/2004 9:05:53 AM]

  • 08.04.2004 9:05 AM PDT
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The Battle Rifle is nothing more than a different model weapon, not an upgrade.

  • 08.04.2004 9:09 AM PDT

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the BR is very similar to the old pistol, and the SMG is very similar to the AR. its not hard to see this.

BR is not an upgraded AR, their characteristics are very different.

  • 08.04.2004 9:12 AM PDT
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The best weapon IS BY FAR THE AR if you don't count the cheap aZZ pistol
I mean on the rader i see someone coming throw grenade run shoot BLAM dead!
It sounds simple but is complex also its good vs snipers and SOMETIMES the pistol when they ZOOm in because it shoots so rapidly ALso i hope they make alot of new weapons the only thing that my PS2 Fanboy friends complain about in halo is the amaunt of weapons.

  • 08.04.2004 9:15 AM PDT
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The Battle Rifle is nothing more than a different model weapon, not an upgrade.

Where have you been??!!

http://www.haloplanet.com/halo2/game/weapons/

read about the Battle Rifle, and it also says its a modified AR in Halo: First Strike

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  • 08.04.2004 9:18 AM PDT
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OK, stay with me here:
Since you will be fighting on earth where not everyone has the latest technology, you may come across infantry or civilians, for that matter, who will be using old technology (ie, the MA5B). This also makes sense if you understand that people have been fighting long before you arrived on earth (you're a little late, remember?). Taking it a step further, you might even see some pre-Halo era weapons (the MA5A?). Anyway, that's just my two cents.

  • 08.04.2004 9:25 AM PDT
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I'm with true ninja on this one.

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i think the new standard and replacement for the AR is the BR...and i doubt that the AR will return. In first strike all the SPARTANS started using the BR instead. Its just better so it would make sence that marines and ODSTs would use it too. The plasma rifle is one handed and the smg makes a better one handed weapon than the AR would...AR is gone.

  • 08.04.2004 9:35 AM PDT
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the AR is awesome if you know how to use it correctly

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Subject: Why the MA5B will return!!
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Posted by: xH4L0 L3G3NDx
ok ok i was thinking bungie would not dare throw away any of the
guns from halo they would just make them better. now heres my
idea and its very plausable.
We now have this battle rifle as our standered weapon and the covies
have their carbine. well rember in halo ce the elites primary was the
plasma rifle and the humans was the MA5B well now the covies primary
in H2 is the carbine. but what do you know the plasma rifle is returning,
sooo what ya know that means it would make sence for the MA5B to
return but not be the primary anymore but more as something you could
pick up. now i bet it will have some sweet upgrades maybe a new cross
hair as Hikaru119 had said " it should be changed from the circle cross
hair to more of an X, and posably make the reticle smaller for more
accurate shots" i think its rounds should also pack more of a punch.
now this isnt hardcore evidence that it will return, but why wouldnt
it, if the plasma rifle is?


It wont return, the SMG is basically a slightly weaker it

  • 08.04.2004 10:14 AM PDT
Subject: Why the AR will return!!
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hey guys sorry i havent been able to reply my internet has been down.
what do you guys mean by " the smg replaced the AR and the BR
replaced the pistol " ok whoever thinks that needs a lesson on guns.
so here we go the AR is an assualt rifle "rifle" not sub machine gun
it packs more punch than that automatic peeshooter, and has better
range. Plus you cannot duel weild the AR, i would put money down that
if the MA5B got some tweeks it could hold its own in battle. next
" i thought the BR replaced the pistol" where was i when a burst
firing/semi auto rifle became a pistol or HE pistol, and when has the
BR fired 50. cal rounds, huh i guess it hasnt. plus what are you gonna
use when your outta rounds with the BR sure you could be duel weilding
but why not just blow his head off with a nice HE round or maybe even
a good cak to the back.

  • 08.04.2004 5:25 PM PDT
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I think they should have and upgraded kind called the MA7GL it would be full auto but if you pulled L it would launch a grenade great for taking out snipers...

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they never said the battle rifle or carbine were primary guns. idiot.

  • 08.04.2004 5:51 PM PDT
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who the hell u talkin to fool?
Posted by: mojonation1487
they never said the battle rifle or carbine were primary guns. idiot.

  • 08.04.2004 6:05 PM PDT
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I always used the AR against the flood, just charge the bastards unloading into their gut, they'll drop faster than a shotgun could ever do.

  • 08.04.2004 6:47 PM PDT
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Hikaru how much expierience do you have in tournaments or XBC? Because I gurantee you go into a 50k match with a AR in tow over a Pistol and you will be humilated.

[Edited on 8/4/2004 7:19:42 PM]

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The SMG basically takes the place of the AR it's even better because you can use TWO of them. The Battle Rifle is going to be the default gun as it will be reliable and someone who is good with it will burst kill alot of people. And in a essence what makes a BR (unscoped) much different than the MA5B? In Halo 1 the only way to use the AR efficently was to fire in bursts so the BR will rock.

  • 08.04.2004 7:22 PM PDT
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The Carbine is meant to balance out the Marine's sniper rifle. Not the BR. Atleast thats what i got from reading bungie's overview of it, and from OXM's.

  • 08.04.2004 7:26 PM PDT
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You could never be so wrong the Carbine is a alternative version of the BR.

  • 08.04.2004 7:29 PM PDT
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You guys are so *cough forgive me mods* noobish! The AR wasn't very good, any pro will pick up a Plasma Rifle over the AR any day. The bungie MP guide makes fun of the AR's uselessness by saying how some would rather melee with a empty pistol than use the AR. The Battle Rifle is a complete upgrade firing bursts and scoping in to do mid range damage it will be your best freind.

  • 08.04.2004 7:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: GeEk
The best weapon IS BY FAR THE AR if you don't count the cheap aZZ pistol
I mean on the rader i see someone coming throw grenade run shoot BLAM dead!
It sounds simple but is complex also its good vs snipers and SOMETIMES the pistol when they ZOOm in because it shoots so rapidly ALso i hope they make alot of new weapons the only thing that my PS2 Fanboy friends complain about in halo is the amaunt of weapons.


Learn to play without a radar, and learn to use the pistol.

  • 08.04.2004 7:48 PM PDT

SB-117

I think they should modify the AR alittle.

Yes the SMG is in someways just an AR except its better because its dual wieldable but what if the new AR was slightly stronger than a single SMG yet not as strong as dual SMGs? That way would you pick up the powerful AR or would you pick up an SMG and hope to find another to dual wield with? Bungie like strategy in their games.

Basically, I think they should introduce the AR except make its stronger than the an SMG so that it makes up for its lack of dual wielding

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