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  • Subject: The SMG

I don't mean to brag I don't mean to boast but I got hummus for these MINI TOASTS!

SMG! FTW

  • 01.21.2012 7:41 AM PDT

Weapons of choice: M6G .45 Magnum, .44 Magnum, M16A3/M16A4, duel hidden blades
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"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."- Altair Ibn La' Ahad


Posted by: Pendulate

Posted by: DBD AceRay96
Surprisingly I do very well in halo
lol no you don't.

I wasn't talking about Halo 3, but thanks for trying to be a smart alleck.

  • 01.21.2012 7:44 AM PDT

Weapons of choice: M6G .45 Magnum, .44 Magnum, M16A3/M16A4, duel hidden blades
The creed I live by:
"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."- Altair Ibn La' Ahad


Posted by: MisguidedDrake4
Exactly; I'd like a MA5 with 60 rounds, replace the ammo readout with a type of holographic sight, better armor piercing rounds, a laser sight mounted on the side, and a heavy barrel configuration for long range capabilities. And I would like the ability to change the firing modes from full auto, semi-auto, and single shot.

While this might work to campaign, and I admire your creativity, it wouldn't work in MM. Why would I bother going single shot when I can dump the 60 round clip in around 2 seconds? People would just go for the most efficient (in this case spray and pray).

Thanks for noticing, but I'm trying to encourage discipline when using a weapon. That's why I suggested different firing modes; accuracy to me is more important than just raw firepower.

  • 01.21.2012 7:46 AM PDT

Weapons of choice: M6G .45 Magnum, .44 Magnum, M16A3/M16A4, duel hidden blades
The creed I live by:
"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."- Altair Ibn La' Ahad

I've got a way to fix that, but alright. Random question: Should I link my live account even though I do share it with my younger brother and there's no telling what he did on Halo or should I just not worry about linking it?

[Edited on 01.21.2012 8:28 AM PST]

  • 01.21.2012 7:55 AM PDT

I liked the silenced SMG. If I had a choice, I'd take the bloomed to hell DMR and the ODST SMG.

  • 01.21.2012 8:45 AM PDT

to be or not to be...that is the question.

the smg was awesome in halo 2 and 3. just have the halo 3 sound with a reach make over would make it even better in reach. But who knows, maybe super jumping will be back if they mess with the coding now :P

  • 01.21.2012 9:02 AM PDT

Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
Goat was famous. Irie was infamous. Gh0st was FaMaS.

My stats in Halol 4

Typical Waypoint post.
no it's "its got to go" you wouldn't say the "it is got to go" would you?

Oh lord

150+ pages of stupid.

  • 01.21.2012 9:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: the pib
The SMG was a generic spray-and-beatdown hose just like the AR, Plasma Rifle, Repeater, and Spiker. Halo needs fewer of these boring weapons, and more unique ones.

  • 01.21.2012 10:31 AM PDT


Posted by: DBD AceRay96

Posted by: Pendulate

Posted by: DBD AceRay96
Surprisingly I do very well in halo
lol no you don't.

I wasn't talking about Halo 3, but thanks for trying to be a smart alleck.
So you meant Reach? The game where you do nothing but boost with guests all day?
Weow that is pathetic.

  • 01.21.2012 4:07 PM PDT
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Always up for REACH customs!


Posted by: DrPepperlova07

Posted by: Zdann
Posted by: the pib
The SMG was a generic spray-and-beatdown hose just like the AR, Plasma Rifle, Repeater, and Spiker. Halo needs fewer of these boring weapons, and more unique ones.


Well what do you think would be a more unique weapon?

Think of all the different weapons in the sandbox and the unique roles they fill. Bungie has been pretty good at designing creative new weapons, in my opinion Reach has the most diverse arsenal with cool new additions like the Grenade Launcher, Focus Rifle and Plasma Launcher. 343 needs innovations like those for Halo 4 that add depth to the game, they shouldn't dig up underpowered low-skill reskinned AR clones.

[Edited on 01.21.2012 9:40 PM PST]

  • 01.21.2012 9:37 PM PDT

"To me, a nice triple kill with the sniper is infinitely more impressive than any Living Dead Killionaire"

Does flaming people on forums count as an esport?

I'm a commendation/achievement/statistics freak.

-David (Drake)


Thanks for noticing, but I'm trying to encourage discipline when using a weapon. That's why I suggested different firing modes; accuracy to me is more important than just raw firepower.

That idea does not make sense for balance purposes. If you make it high ROF and low accuracy (like the SMG we know) the damage per bullet would have to be tiny so it wouldn't be overpowered. If you wanted to make the single shot more effective by upping the damage, it would become overpowering at close range. What do you want, an auto-shotgun with a huge ROF and 60 round clip? or a long-range peashooter. The weapon you described has no practical purpose on Multiplayer, no niche. A BR or Sniper would beat it at range and AR+melee would beat it at close like in H3. Yeah alternate firing modes would be cool, but no one would really use the weapon because of its uselessness.

  • 01.22.2012 8:47 PM PDT