- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
HERE are the main factors in everyone's theories on the return of the Pistol and Assault Rifle:
* 1) You think it or they will come back, based on storyline importance, because it's impossible to re-issue an entire new line of standard-issue rifles.
* 2) You think they're gone, for gameplay's sake, to balance out everything.
* 3) You're skeptic, because you feel the AR is way too close a mix between an SMG and the new BR. If made, perhaps, more accurate and powerful, it'd be a scopeless, full-auto BR. Also, the BR is just a less-powerful, more accurate pistol.
* 4) You're an ass and will accept whatever comes to you, bringing it then to the Covie hordes the instant it ships.
Now, here's MY theory, slightly revised:
The AR and M6D will return. For the sake of storyline purposes (they can't simply DISAPPEAR) and because the only skepticism is based on the fact that we HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET. We simply have NOT seen the pistol, the MA5B, nor even the shotgun or flamethrower or fuel rod gun.
Like i said earlier, people, we have 6 MORE MONTHS to wait for everything - for all we know, we simply haven't seen these weapons because they're not DONE YET. We haven't seen the BAnshee, Shadow, Scorpion, or 4-wheeler / ATV (some think of the 'Hog as the ATV) in gameplay - they're simply NOT DONE. Period.
Patience, my brethren. Patience.
EDIT: How come everyomne thinks we can intitute such a change with the current "tech" we (would) have in 2552? We're talking cold, hard STELL here, people!!!! CHRIST! To transport all that weaponry in a matter of weeks is IMPOSSIBLE. Maybe possible to institute within our major cities and crap, like in the '03 E3 demo, but NOT for the entire game!! TRANSPORT, in the PHYSICAL WORLD, is what wer'e talking about, NOT the advancement of technology. If you TRULY believe that we can move THAT MUCH MASS in such a short time, you must be thinking like, tranporter warp thingamajiggers, or rockets that circumnavigate the globe in minutes or some -blam!- like that. And what about TRAINING??!!! "Here, say goodbye to the very STAPLE of the UNSC, this is the new BATTLE RIFLE. Use the little scope thingy. Oh, and i HOPE you like semi-auto!! HAHAHA!!!!"
No. No, No, NO. We've simply seen so much of the Battle rifle because they're trying to make IT to Halo 2 what the AR was to Halo 1.
[Edited on 5/14/2004 7:47:58 AM]