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Subject: Halo 3 BR

I heard from some of my friends that in Halo 3, there isn't gonna be a battle rifle, and that they were going back to the assault rifle. Is this true? If so, do you think its a good idea?

  • 05.15.2006 2:17 PM PDT
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do you really think your friends are a better source than Bungie, jeez when will you ppl learn?

  • 05.15.2006 2:19 PM PDT

Dude, they are probably gonna load this game up with ALL the weapons. They wouldnt like people complaining about how there wasnt the pistol, or there wasnt the BR and so on. This happend with Halo 2, and im sure they wont want to see people complaining again. Plus, this is probably there last halo game, so im pretty sure that they'll pack it with as much weapons/vehicles/anything as they can.

  • 05.15.2006 2:21 PM PDT
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All we know for sure is that there is going to at least be a version of the assault rifle. Don't believe your friends. Don't trust Game FAQs either. They only know what people say to them, not what's real.

  • 05.15.2006 2:25 PM PDT
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Here is your answer straight from Bungie. You should read the home page.

Bungie Weekly Update
Posted by Frankie at 5/12/2006 3:05 PM PDT


Hey guys, a Q&A about the trailer which answers a lot of the questions we can freely address.


First up - Bad news for about 200 of the most serious bridgers, standbyers and boosters yesterday - we banned them. Better, newer tools allow us to spot network throttlers and other CRETINS more easily. There will be plenty more bannings before we're through. It's not hard to detect, but we like to be careful about who we ban. So if you're boosting with a modder, or a bridger, stop. Stop because it's stupid to cheat at a video game, and stop because you will get banned and yes, we can tell. I don't understand people who will cheat to get a rank number they know they didn't deserve. Clowns. Anyway, enjoy being banned.

Meeper asks,


Why is the Assault Rifle in there?


Who says it's the standard Assault Rifle? Doesn't look identical to me…

  • 05.15.2006 2:25 PM PDT
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What they should do with the battle rifle is convert it to single shot make it 50 caliber and a 12 round clip...because I hate that damn three round burst. They should also replace that ugly rail formation with a cooler looking scope and make the barrel long and tipped with a box flash hider similar to that of the sniper rifle (except without the really large amount of gas that pours out of the holes in the side)

And of coarse they should keep the new rifle

[Edited on 5/15/2006]

  • 05.15.2006 2:30 PM PDT
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50 cal... and a 12 round clip...flash hider??? okay... this is a battle rifle... its a friggin carbine... not a portable destruction machine or even a sniper rifle... the rounds are good as they are.... and the whole point of the battle rifle is to... either
A) Provide decent amount of cover fire for running
or
B) To kill people at a moderately close distance and still have enough ammo left to do the same process 10 more times....

  • 05.15.2006 2:57 PM PDT