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Subject: would you like to switch some weapons from Full Auto, Burst, and S...
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Poll: weapons like the AR and BR having full burst and semi auto Y/N  [closed]
Yes give us more realistic Fire Fights:  65%
(32 Votes)
No let it be the same:  35%
(17 Votes)
Total Votes: 49

Would it be cool For Human weapons like the Assault Rifle and Battle Rifle during Halo 3 Campaign and Multiplayer to be able to switch from full automatic, to Semi, to burst.
It would add more options for cover and manover tactics and make it a little more interesting.

For the BR: Semi Automatic, and Burst
Semi for more accurate and burst for closer combat.

For the AR: Burst and Full Automatic burst can be used for more accurate
shots and for conserving amunition and Full Auto for full out fire fight.

And it will all be controled from the D-pad since it dosen't really have a purpose in game play.

[Edited on 6/19/2006]

  • 06.19.2006 8:54 AM PDT
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NO!!! You must not read from the book!!!

Now tons of people will come bearing down on you and yell at you for not having 'balanced' ideas.

I like being able to change fire mode, but not with every gun. That gets sort of annoying when every single weapon in the game has an alternate fire mode. Some guns would be good though.

  • 06.19.2006 8:56 AM PDT
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Yes, that was my number one complaint about the battle rifle, in Halo2 trailer it was shown as a 1 shot gun in scoped mode. Imagine my disappoint to learn otherwise....

  • 06.19.2006 8:58 AM PDT
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Thats what sparked my idea i was watching the E3 demo of halo 2 and the BR was Semi which was sweet and how many guns do you know of that fire only in burst. Theres alot of things from E3 that never made the game sigh...

  • 06.19.2006 9:20 AM PDT

That's why we have the beauty of modding the maps and changing it so, although the Battle Rifle feels weird with an ROF of 1. You'd have to bump up the damage per bullet, then you'd have another Halo 1 Pistol, cept that it looks like a rifle. I tried it, feels weird. A Battle Rifle on Full Auto is a different story. The Muzzle blinds you!

  • 06.19.2006 9:22 AM PDT
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yes A LOT of people thought the BR was gonna have 2 firing modes and A LOT of people were dissappointed

oh well, its fine the way it is

i think the new assault rifle for Halo 3 should have 3 round Burst and Fully Auto THAT would be sweet

  • 06.19.2006 9:23 AM PDT
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Agreed but the BR should have semi

  • 06.19.2006 10:30 AM PDT
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I personally think that the BR should die and be replaced by the AR...

That's only my feelings...

  • 06.19.2006 10:35 AM PDT
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Posted by: UNSCsilver 1
Thats what sparked my idea i was watching the E3 demo of halo 2 and the BR was Semi which was sweet and how many guns do you know of that fire only in burst. Theres alot of things from E3 that never made the game sigh...


Excuse me, but burst and semi-auto are the same thing. What we know as a 3 round burst. Fully Automatic is a continuous rate of fire, and a single shot would be, of course, a single shot. You must not know a lot about the rates of fire, but that's ok.

The D-Pad seems like it would be the right thing to do, but, if you ever read the tidbits on Live, up is used already. I would prefer the left bumper since that and the up on D-Pad are used for talking to your squad. Plus it is in a more convienient position. I'm sure everyone was hoping for this in H3 so it was good to address it.

  • 06.19.2006 10:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: IRFatBastard
I personally think that the BR should die and be replaced by the AR...

That's only my feelings...


I toldly agree the AR is 6x as good as the BR i am a full frontal person and starting off with a BR is not good for people like me that are full frontal because it just fire's bursts which sucks but that is just my opinian

  • 06.19.2006 11:10 AM PDT
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i not sure if it will be any good in mp. it might make the ar/br too powerful

  • 06.19.2006 11:19 AM PDT
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i dought it because bungie would even it out

  • 06.19.2006 11:25 AM PDT
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ya It would be pretty sweet

  • 06.19.2006 12:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mr KondikeGuy

Excuse me, but burst and semi-auto are the same thing. What we know as a 3 round burst. Fully Automatic is a continuous rate of fire, and a single shot would be, of course, a single shot. You must not know a lot about the rates of fire, but that's ok.




no semi automatic is not like burst for semi auto you have to pull the trigger one time for one bullet burst fire is considered automatic because you hold the trigger for multiple rounds get some friggin rainbow six in you

  • 06.19.2006 12:38 PM PDT
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well, obviously, rockets, fuel rod shotgun, and the sniper rifles wouldn't have duel mods, but this would be awesome for weapons like the new human Rifle (pretty sure it is a duel mode AR between full AUto (halo 1) and burst (halo 2) based on what I've heard), as well as the Needler ( give it a charged shot, like a shotgun, where you can unless 1/4- 1/2 of your needler clip at one time.

It seems like the next logical step in upgrading Halos weapons, and it wouldn't be that hard to adapt to. It'd also be great to have a pistol that switched between semi for accurate shots to full auto, like an uzi... which means they could get rid of the SMG and replace it with something like the scorpion M-16... so could blast guys with a devastating machine gun or launch grenades (farther then you could throw them... could be a different type of nade as welll... like one that explodes on contact)

I think they should limit it to duel-mode weapons.... there aren't many tri-mode weapons and most aren't pratical (a semi AR isn't very practical on the battle field, for example)

Switching between modes could easily be done with the right or left bumper ( these replaced the black and clea/white buttons... they're located above the triggers... they're basically like a second trigger (see PS and PS2 controller as well as XBOX 360 controller, but they're not trigger shaped). Easy, fast and defiently deadly... now thats the way I like it

[Edited on 6/19/2006]

  • 06.19.2006 12:38 PM PDT
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If you switch with Dpad then yes.

  • 06.20.2006 6:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: Carnage SWAT
well, obviously, rockets, fuel rod shotgun, and the sniper rifles wouldn't have duel mods, but this would be awesome for weapons like the new human Rifle (pretty sure it is a duel mode AR between full AUto (halo 1) and burst (halo 2) based on what I've heard), as well as the Needler ( give it a charged shot, like a shotgun, where you can unless 1/4- 1/2 of your needler clip at one time.

It seems like the next logical step in upgrading Halos weapons, and it wouldn't be that hard to adapt to. It'd also be great to have a pistol that switched between semi for accurate shots to full auto, like an uzi... which means they could get rid of the SMG and replace it with something like the scorpion M-16... so could blast guys with a devastating machine gun or launch grenades (farther then you could throw them... could be a different type of nade as welll... like one that explodes on contact)

I think they should limit it to duel-mode weapons.... there aren't many tri-mode weapons and most aren't pratical (a semi AR isn't very practical on the battle field, for example)

Switching between modes could easily be done with the right or left bumper ( these replaced the black and clea/white buttons... they're located above the triggers... they're basically like a second trigger (see PS and PS2 controller as well as XBOX 360 controller, but they're not trigger shaped). Easy, fast and defiently deadly... now thats the way I like it

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  • 06.21.2006 9:51 AM PDT
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No. Only the plasma pistol has two firing modes. This would complex the game unneedlessly. Halo is simple, and should stay simple.

  • 06.21.2006 9:54 AM PDT