- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
You can't really stop people from combo-ing unless you remove the plasma-pistols in the map, or just move them away from things like the battlerifle and pistol. If they got rid of the BR then people who sued the combo woudl just use the Magnum to use the combo, and if they bring back the Halo 1 pistol, they will just not waste time switching and use the 3 shot kill to the head.
You can argue from both sides of the spectrum, while yes the BR-55 is more accurate, and stronger than the MA5B, keep in mind that the MA5B is also stornger than the SMG. For example if you were running through campaign what would you prefer to have, a BR and an SMG, or a BR and an AR, having both is better. And if you were to pit one against the other, the guy with the BR runs at the fires a shot, then you oepn up with a constant spray of fire, wich prevents the BR from zooming, but can also try to fire through that, and maybe get the kill still, and one major reasons for the BR's accuracy is that it fires burst, if you'll notice shooting someone with no shields is easier to kill them with the BR than the Magnum, this is because you have more shots that could potentially kill him, as opposed to the Magnum wich only has one. It's like a the lottery, the more tickets you buy the more of a chance you have of winning, it's just the BR has bought more tickets.
Also, for those of you who complain that the AR is stronger (huh?!) Well don't worry, even (when) Bungie does bring it back, keep in mind that Mark VI armour is stronger than Mark V, so it will take longer to kill people anyway! Also if it was unbalanced there would just be a lot of auto-updates fixing that...if Bungie doesn't catch it during the innitial creation of the game...wich they should...because they're infallible.