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Subject: Bored with the BR!?

Wait...what?

Is anyone else bored with the BR?

With Reach coming in less than two weeks, I decided to jump back into matchmaking, a sort of last hurrah for Halo 3. And don't get me wrong, Halo 3 was simply an amazing game, but it did get kind of old...

Not because of the game itself, I think its pretty well balanced, but the people who play it. It seems like if you don't use the BR, then your a "noob." A good example is the noob combo. I detest this ridiculous generalization of people who take advantage of it. I PROULY use the noob combo. It's freakin effective, take down the shields with a plasma pistol, finish off with a headshot. What's wrong with that? Why WOULDN'T I take advantage of it? Or how about the needler? Is that "noobish" as well? Bungie put these weapons into the game for a reason, and I will use whatever weapon best suits the situation.

Basically, I just want to use OTHER weapons as well, and would love to not get ridiculed for it. I think I have a pretty good BR, and I'm decent at 4 shotting. But please, don't complain if I have a little variety in my games and use something else.

Does anyone agree? Can I play one matchmaking game without getting told I'm "awful" for not using the BR 24/7.

Okay...I'm done venting.

  • 09.03.2010 7:15 AM PDT

Go Reach.

I agree, I think the "noob combo" takes just as much skill to be used effectively as a BR

  • 09.03.2010 7:20 AM PDT

Go Reach.

Although, I do LOVE the BR :)

  • 09.03.2010 7:21 AM PDT

I like cheese more than you
Except Blue Stilton. That stuff is nasty. As is any cheese that contains stuff other than cheese

Go Goosing instead then

If there is no goose, use a spiker/Plasma Rifle

  • 09.03.2010 7:23 AM PDT

Wait...what?

Every weapon in the game takes some sort of skill. They all have a learning curve. There is no "noob" weapon.

  • 09.03.2010 7:41 AM PDT

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." -Johnny Cash


Posted by: AslanArcher13
I agree, I think the "noob combo" takes just as much skill to be used effectively as a BR

Indeed! I like to use 1 shot from the sniper to lower the shields, then the BR to finish them off. Using/finding many of these different "noob combos" keeps the game interesting.

  • 09.03.2010 7:45 AM PDT

The noob combo in Halo 3 isn't that nooby. It's only called the noob combo because in Halo 2 it was so easy to kill with; the plasma pistol charge would track you around a 90 degree corner.

  • 09.03.2010 8:34 AM PDT

games with better balence than halo 3 dont have noob weapons because all weapons are closly effective

  • 09.03.2010 10:56 AM PDT
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Junior Dos Santos, know the name, he's the future.

BLACK POWER!

ya dude the needler rocks! i love that gun

  • 09.03.2010 11:03 AM PDT

~Beauty of Simplicity~

Reach will be the Halo game that I always wanted. Halo 3 is like DMC 2 with its BR. Anyone could beat DMC 2 without even using the sword, lol, and it's also the installment many fans pretend didn't exist.

  • 09.03.2010 11:28 AM PDT
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br's suck if u ask me

  • 09.03.2010 12:33 PM PDT

"Try to get a better understanding of things before you make your judgement."
-Khan, Metro 2033

I agree. I was playing Team slayer one time and the enemy reds ran into the bunker on high ground (the game was BR starts BTW) So logically, the AR is better suited for close combat than the BR (dont lie, it is!) so I equipped it. I was met with a "OMG! Look at the nood with his AR! Put the nooby gun away and use the BR!" Needless to say I didnt and we all ran in, 3 enemys, 4 of us. My team died but I emerged victorous because of my commencence =D

  • 09.03.2010 12:39 PM PDT

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  • 09.03.2010 12:48 PM PDT