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Subject: What did you guys think of the AR in Halo 1?
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Posted by: CHUCK NORRlS
Looking around this forum, for just a few minutes, it becomes instantly clear that you all absolutely love the AR. I don't understand that. Do you guys have like dreams of the AR, and nightmares of the SMG. You all make them seem like the AR is the -blam!-, and the SMG is a piece of steaming bull-blam!-.

I really do not think that they are any different. They were both crappy guns.

Did you ever actually pick up an AR in H1?

Didn't think so.


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my AR was always my backup gun? if all else failed i'd wip out my AR and go to town on those covie bastards. SMG's were like shooting popcorn out of a popcorn maker. that's why i call them the popcorn gun.

  • 05.20.2006 6:17 AM PDT
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i never had a problem with either gun...but i prefured the AR over the BR

  • 05.20.2006 6:17 AM PDT

The AR just seems like it packs a lot more punch than those wimpy smg's. But still i think they should keep all the guns from the previous halo's in this game.

  • 05.20.2006 6:20 AM PDT

Yo!

The AR provided some of the best times, but i think most people are jsut glad to see bungie bringing back some stuff or atleast one thing out halo 1 that made is such a good game

[Edited on 5/20/2006]

  • 05.20.2006 6:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: Shadownet Spy
i never had a problem with either gun...but i prefured the AR over the BR


Same here, because off my bad habit of ignoring Covenant weaponry in H: CE whenever possible I used the AR a lot.

  • 05.20.2006 6:22 AM PDT
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ok, i love these topics because i'm a notorious dual weilder/bullet hose.

the AR and SMG are nearly identical in performace, and serve exactly the same role when you're playing.

i think the reason that some of us are so excited about the possible return of the assault rifle is this: the sound. with the AR, it was like you were mowing down grunts with a chainsaw, but with the SMG. it's more like you're throwing BBs at them and hoping they die.

bottom line: the AR sounds like a gun, the SMG sounds like a container of jiffy pop.

another edit: if this a variant of the AR that was described in one of the books, it'll be even cooler.

[Edited on 5/20/2006]

  • 05.20.2006 6:26 AM PDT
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i hated the AR i had the pistol as my back up and something really good for my primary and as for the smg its kool when dual weilded

  • 05.20.2006 6:27 AM PDT
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Assault rifle got 60 rounds!!!!!! If you use the pistol and took off his sheild...and he's not that far...... switch and shoot him to death! Assault rifle is best against unsheiled guys....It works good against banshees too

  • 05.20.2006 6:29 AM PDT
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i really only wanted an assault rifle when the little flood puffs came to suck my brains, but i carried it around all the time.

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Posted by: Shadownet Spy
i never had a problem with either gun...but i prefured the AR over the BR


Same here, because off my bad habit of ignoring Covenant weaponry in H: CE whenever possible I used the AR a lot.


i did the same thing, until i was playing on legendary, i went through so much ammo and battery because i'd run into the middle, mow down a few elites and run away, but because of the chaos my hit percent was like 50.

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Posted by: Marines
Assault rifle got 60 rounds!!!!!! If you use the pistol and took off his sheild...and he's not that far...... switch and shoot him to death! Assault rifle is best against unsheiled guys....It works good against banshees too


you can also take down wraiths, but the shotgun was always better at that.

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I dont now if anyone noticed or if i am losing my mind but master cheif has a AR in his hands during the trailer.

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Posted by: zombie2490
I dont now if anyone noticed or if i am losing my mind but master cheif has a AR in his hands during the trailer.


no offense but you're way late, and there's also been some speculation of an AR BR hybrid.

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Posted by: Captain Milk
The AR provided some of the best times, but i think most people are jsut glad to see bungie bringing back some stuff or atleast one thing out halo 1 that made is such a good game


That is a good point. Chuck Norris never thought of that. Chuck Norris won't roundhose kick you to the face now. :-D

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I like them both but prefer the AR

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Posted by: CHUCK NORRlS
Posted by: Captain Milk
The AR provided some of the best times, but i think most people are jsut glad to see bungie bringing back some stuff or atleast one thing out halo 1 that made is such a good game


That is a good point. Chuck Norris never thought of that. Chuck Norris won't roundhose kick you to the face now. :-D


i know your name is chuck norris but please no chuck jokes, that fad was lost here months ago.

  • 05.20.2006 6:48 AM PDT
Subject: What did you guys think of the AR in Halo 1?
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Moved out of the Halo 3 forum to here.
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Looking around this forum, for just a few minutes, it becomes instantly clear that you all absolutely love the AR. I don't understand that. Do you guys have like dreams of the AR, and nightmares of the SMG. You all make them seem like the AR is the -blam!-, and the SMG is a piece of steaming bull-blam!-.

I really do not think that they are any different. They were both crappy guns.

Did you ever actually pick up an AR in H1?

Didn't think so.


Chuck Norris

[Edited on 5/20/2006 by Anton P Nym]

  • 05.20.2006 6:13 AM PDT
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the AR was 500% better than those wimpy SMG's. hell, ill let 5 stupid halo2 players armed with SMG's, and ill let them shoot at me all they want. but when i whip out my AR...theres going to be a bloody mess and stray MKVI armor everywhere in Blood Gulch/Coagulation.

sorry if im going off subject, but seriously man, stop it with the chuck norris jokes. he sucks big time.

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  • 05.20.2006 7:20 AM PDT
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it has a punch to it a little but i like a br for its pin point firing. less ammo to spend plus a sweet scope

  • 05.20.2006 8:07 AM PDT
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I thought the AR was better then the SMG.

  • 05.20.2006 8:39 AM PDT
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thats so true! The AR is so deadly.

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It goes beyond the gameplay mechanics of the AR, the thing is just damn cool by design. It's reminiscient of the pulse rifle from Aliens, and the sound effects on it rocked. Sentimental value. Sure it wasn't the best gun in Halo, but definately the coolest.

  • 05.20.2006 9:34 AM PDT
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I respect your opinion, I'm probably just going to disagree with it.

Well, actually I did use it a lot, if you know how to use the thing it iss lethal, even from long range (as I found to my glee and to my friend's dismay).
It also looks damn cool. The new one looks cool too, and it also looks a bit more accurate maybe... from the longer barrel?

And whoever said the SMG is crap should be shot (haha, pun, gettit?....oh dear.) mainly because it isn't. It FEELS crap, I'll give you that, with a pretty weak sound and a lesser vibration on the controller, but in the game it is just as good as any other weapon if used correctly and in the right situation.
And yes, polls have shown that 75% of us want the Assault Rifle.

  • 05.20.2006 9:48 AM PDT
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The assault rifle rocks! Only reason i barely use it in halo PC is because if you warp while firing the AR, you a dead man cuz you wont have much more chance to kill, oh yeah, its awesome in unshielded games, the SMGs have no way of getting more accurate, as Assault Rifles are accurate when firing in bursts. Plus you don't need to dual wield for power. And that gives you the freedom of grenades without having to trade half your power for it.

  • 05.20.2006 3:41 PM PDT
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1.The MA5B (Assault Rifle)(AR) was my favorite weapon of Halo CE next to the shotgun.
2. M7 Submachine gun (SMG) was only good for killing Grunts which I never do.
3. The rifle the Master Chief is holding is most likly the MA2B

  • 05.20.2006 5:01 PM PDT

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