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Subject: no... please no... NOT THE OLD ASSAULT RIFLE!!!!!!!!
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Just because the rilfe looks like the old assault rifle doesn't mean it will function like it. I would think it will be surperior to the Halo CE assault rifle.

  • 05.10.2006 3:17 PM PDT

[22:08] [JohnHoward:] The Halo 1 pistol wasn't a mistake...
[22:08] [JohnHoward:] It was also intended to be the ultimate hold out weapon...
[22:09] [JohnHoward:] I always believe that balance is about giving each weapon / ability / whatever it's own perfect situation.


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I'm a HUGE fan of PDZ. If the new AR worked like guns in Duce, PDZ, GunZ, CS, and many other FPS's, I'd love it.

Basically, the reticle starts out small, and gets larger and larger the more you spray. Once you stop firing, it shrinks back, making your gun more accurate. You can get a kill if you sparay, but if you take your time and burst fire, you can get the kill much quicker. It's a nice way to filter out the good players from the bad, and add some style of other FPS's in the game as well. (The ability to get headshots with this gun would also make me very happy)

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  • 05.10.2006 3:18 PM PDT
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If the gun got less accurate as you shot, wouldnt be a Spartan.

  • 05.10.2006 3:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: Essexx 117
i was waiting for this day for many months, actually since halo 2 came out, and as soon as i see it, my heart drops. i see that old, chunky, no-good stupid assault rifle from halo CE... i thought new game meant new weapons!!!!


I couldn't agree more. I was thrilled when the assualt rifle was taken out of H2, now it's gonna' be in H3. :{

  • 05.10.2006 3:21 PM PDT
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Watch this, now.
Halo 1>Halo 2>Halo: Reach>Halo 3

Yeah, you're right. We should stick with the SMG. A weapon that is a toy unless you dual weild it with something else.

  • 05.10.2006 3:22 PM PDT
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who ever you are i hope god gives you physical pain....

The assault rifle is the sexiest weapon EVER

if you dont like it.. well dont use it!!!!

Do i like the new pistol?

of course not... no scope no power (unless used by a master)

so what do i do?

dont use it!

  • 05.10.2006 3:22 PM PDT
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retro is in

  • 05.10.2006 3:23 PM PDT
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Well ......I have a good Idea .......what about reintroducing the old rifle but upgraded so it shoots like an smg wiht the casless amunition but has the average attack power of the btl rifle and the smg so that u get sumthing one that makes skilled players better at what they do and 2 brings an automatic rifle into the game...leave the btl rifle as is but make its range a bit more long...Hizel has a real good idea about what the old assult rifle targeting system would be like.....just and 2 x zoom and upgrade the btl rifle to like say 3 x zoom this would make multiplayer games quite fun

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  • 05.10.2006 3:24 PM PDT

(10:19:49 PM) Scruss: oh and pezza, i saw what you did to that cat
(10:20:17 PM) Pezza: You were the one with the video camera breathing heavily. Of course you saw.

This guy honestly needs to shut up, there are probably 5 people out there that don't actually like the assault rifle? Do i care that you don't like it? NO! its the best fully automatic weapon in the Halo universe.. its like saying you don't like the first Halo.

  • 05.10.2006 3:25 PM PDT
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The smg is not worthy enough to be target practice of a AR.

  • 05.10.2006 3:27 PM PDT
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Its obviously a young kid...playing the game simply so you can watch a new 3d model firearm go boom. Go eat nails.

  • 05.10.2006 3:30 PM PDT
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They should have an option for customizing a weapon, so you can add a scope and make the AR a BR. That way, everyone will be happy.

  • 05.10.2006 3:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: Ikwa
the assault rifle was intense for clearing rooms, and if it is more accurate it will be the perfect gun
Unless your playing Legendary.

I think it's the MA2B(from the books), it looks rather smaller.

  • 05.10.2006 3:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: tomiesalami
You are a fool... THE AR has more accuracy than the SMG. Go back on halo1 and shoot a wall from 2 feet away, then go shoot a wall from 20 feet away with the SMG. IF you cant see the difference rip the eyes out of your sockets.


my god i hope thats a typo...otherwise im never going to commision you to test weapon accuracy.
to make an accurate test you:
fire both weapons from 3 ft, then from 5, then from 10, then from 20.
if your firing one from 2 and one from 20...um...id have to say your more than a bit biased.

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  • 05.10.2006 3:48 PM PDT
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ok this is my 2 cents, the BR and AR are both in my opinion very good weapons in both halos, like another fellow stated AR is good for clearing a room and fillinf the air with bullets
the BR good for mid ranged combat, but anybody can be good with it it takes no skill to use
unlike thats AR has somewhat a lack of accuracy and could be beefed up a bit for H3.
but what i really wanna see is a better shotgun, cause damn lets face it the H2 shotgun wasnt very good in my books.

  • 05.10.2006 3:50 PM PDT

I loved it form Halo 1. I only used that and the pistol and beat game on heroic(shotgun rarely).

  • 05.10.2006 3:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: Radak
who ever you are i hope god gives you physical pain....

The assault rifle is the sexiest weapon EVER

if you dont like it.. well dont use it!!!!

Do i like the new pistol?

of course not... no scope no power (unless used by a master)

so what do i do?

dont use it!


This person is obviously the smartest man alive, and as a fellow Halo fan, I SALUTE YOU...
Frankly, the "OLD ASSAULT RIFLE" is the best weapon invented in a any game EVER.
ROCK ON DUDE!

  • 05.10.2006 3:58 PM PDT
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Shutup and go play Halo1.

  • 05.10.2006 3:59 PM PDT
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ah hell guys...

1) AR WAS the most pimpin gun in the game... only gun you go rambo with...happy moments.( hope they extend the clip size.)... just glad its back!

2) pistols are secondary weapons, if you only used a pistol in halo CE you did it wrong. "pistols are used only to get back to the rifle you should never have dropped in the first place" (U.S. commander, Iraq)

3) (my opinion) i hope that the rocket launcher loses its lock on ability, or atleast most of it, it takes no skill whatsoever to use in halo 2 and no battlefield is left with a signature mark like in CE. i hope they go back to the old one with a little more ammo and little if any lock on ability.

i dont know about yall but i almost wet my pants seeing this new trailer, ar's back, even better graphics, ( maybe no flood), augh looks good

  • 05.10.2006 4:01 PM PDT
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wat are you smoking. I'd take the AR over duel wielding any day the game was more balanced with it.

[Edited on 5/10/2006]

  • 05.10.2006 4:01 PM PDT
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The thing is, is that the gun actually looks kinda different from the AR.

  • 05.10.2006 4:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: burritosenior
I loved it form Halo 1. I only used that and the pistol and beat game on heroic(shotgun rarely).


you could beat the entire game alone with a pistol-but i agree the AR pistol combo was and IS pretty pimp

  • 05.10.2006 4:01 PM PDT