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  • Poll [34 votes]: should they have the assault rifle in halo 2
Subject: assault rifle
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Poll: should they have the assault rifle in halo 2  [closed]
yes:  24%
(8 Votes)
no:  41%
(14 Votes)
yes the other machine guns suk, so only the rifle:  3%
(1 Votes)
yes but with the other machine guns:  26%
(9 Votes)
y would i care?:  3%
(1 Votes)
maybe:  3%
(1 Votes)
what's an assault rifle? (lol):  0%
(0 Votes)
wut's halo 2? (again lol):  0%
(0 Votes)
Total Votes: 34

i want it in halo 2 , it was my fav wep in halo 1 ne way.

  • 05.16.2004 7:44 AM PDT
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3 machin guns, all the way baby

  • 05.16.2004 7:47 AM PDT
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Well, we have the SMG, which is better than the assualt rifle, so why include the assualt rifle?? Now we have the battle rifle, which zooms and is more accurate.

  • 05.16.2004 9:58 AM PDT
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Okay from a storyline point of view the MA5B should return. And Halo is a storyline based game believe it or not you cutscene slippers. I'd go into how the UNSC could not possibly ship out to every soldier a prototype Battle Rifle and SMG in under a month (which is all we have between the end of First Strike and the beginning of Halo 2), but I am not in the mood to discuss it today. Bungie said old weapons are returning, and they are obsessed with storylines, so I'm assuming that it'll be back. Plus I like it better than the SMG. Looks like it's more powerful than it, just not as fast in rate of fire as those bullet hoses. So the gun is fine....*stopping now before I start something*.

  • 05.16.2004 10:03 AM PDT
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first of all, if the AR is your fav. weapon, then i feel bad for you. secondly, the AR is the standard weapon of the UNSC. they cant take it out. it is also what the chEef is holding during every cinematic. as the gentelman above me pointed out, taking the AR out (however suckey it may be) would be a tragic mistake in the plot department

  • 05.16.2004 10:10 AM PDT
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ya i really dont care if its in or not but like it would mess up the storyline if it isnt in

  • 05.16.2004 10:15 AM PDT
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if the AR is your fav. weapon, then i feel bad for you

I feel bad for me too.

People just need to learn how to use it. Thing is when we first started fighting the Covenant all they threw at us were Shade Turrets, Ghosts, Banshees, Wraiths, Grunts and Jackals in the ground campaigns. Which the MA5B can easilly take out....excluding the Wraith of course, but that is beside the point. (I am referring to Legendary mode when I say easilly)

Elites, Hunters, Engineers, and Brutes didn't show up in the picture till much later in the war. Hunters and Engineers at Sigma Octanus IV on July 17, 2552. Elites didn't even arrive until the Fall of Reach on August 30, 2552. Which was roughly a week before the events at Halo. So most of these enemies are actually quite new to the UNSC Armed Forces. Of course these threats are harder, but the MA5B gets the job done.

  • 05.16.2004 10:21 AM PDT
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the assault rifle is more acurate than the smg,

  • 05.16.2004 10:28 AM PDT
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it's my favorite wepon only in single player, do you think it's usable in yeilding?

[Edited on 5/16/2004 10:32:34 AM]

  • 05.16.2004 10:29 AM PDT
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yeilding? Do you mean doubles? Cuz it probably is not.

  • 05.16.2004 10:44 AM PDT
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The Assult rifle should still B there, One more gun 2 kill those S.O.B.s with! :)

  • 05.16.2004 10:51 AM PDT
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but the cheefey man can hold it in one hand, like in the cenimatic in 343 gs. so i liken the cheefey could dual weild it. ya poo!

  • 05.16.2004 12:12 PM PDT
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Big wrong. Times change, and in halo2's case weapons change. Why would u want the ar when u have a more effiecient weapon (smg). U won't need it. Smg is more capable and more efficient. I am sick of these threads. I've seen this topic about 20times now. Same witht he pistol br is replacing it. Instead of 10shots u get 30 shots. A 3round burst mode and for sniping or medium range a one shot mode. Smg smokes the ar and gets the job done. Please everyone say goodbye ar and pistol, and hello smg a br.

  • 05.16.2004 7:46 PM PDT
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This is where I ask... where is the UNSC version of the M249 or the M60. Where is the heavy machine gun used to chew through vehicles and lay suppression fire? It would be nice to have marine haul it out and start chewing up the dirt and rocks, keeping the covenant pinned, while the other marines advanced.

  • 05.16.2004 8:26 PM PDT
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I've got a soft spot for the AR. Give 'er a grenade launcher to replace that silly flashlight on the bottom (and really make it an OICW, since it's modelled after one anyway) and she'd be able to go toe to toe with the SMG and BattleRifle.

The assault rifle has to return, you can't simply turn your back on an old friend. Stop and think of all the things you and your assault rifle have been through together.

-oh, and gruntkiller. . . it's 12 shots and (I'm almost positive) 40 shots. Don't you love it when I'm obnoxious?-

[Edited on 5/16/2004 8:37:49 PM]

  • 05.16.2004 8:35 PM PDT
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Agreed. Number of times I've played the library and wished I had a minimi to fill the air with bullets. Might mess up the weapon balance though.. having a 200 round mag. Halo has such a good weapon balance. Maybe a marine with a heavy support gun would be nice. The assault rifle was a happy medium, though.. somewhere between the ammo and accuracy of a modern assault rifle and a heavy support weapon.
Then again I'm seeing a similar balance between the SMG and the Battle Rifle.. one weapon for when you need to be accurate.. another for when you need to hose a hallway with bullets.
So in conclusion... I don't really care. When I feel like mowing down a horde of people with a minimi I'll play Ghost Recon.

  • 05.16.2004 8:40 PM PDT