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Subject: I hate the AR.. yet i miss it... for one stupid reason
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I hated to use the assault rifle.. hardly ever used it, but i'm gonna miss the digital thingie on the front that had a compass and told you the ammo(not that that mattered) I hope a weapon in halo 2 will have the little digital data thing

  • 05.17.2004 12:14 PM PDT
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Yeah, the compass was cool.

  • 05.17.2004 12:15 PM PDT
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Im gonna miss it for mp battles when im in a closed corner and i switch to it, and run at some dude firing like crazy, and smack him right as i close in on him.

  • 05.17.2004 12:17 PM PDT
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Well, I guess you could use the SMG for that, right?

  • 05.17.2004 12:18 PM PDT
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Ya, good point, most likely, the plasma rifle does it to, Im an idiot.

  • 05.17.2004 12:21 PM PDT
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No you're not, you just didn't realize it then.

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I never used that compass :P

[Edited on 5/17/2004 12:25:44 PM]

  • 05.17.2004 12:25 PM PDT
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I use it when I get lost in the ocean in SC!

  • 05.17.2004 12:26 PM PDT
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Ithink that the AR has a place in my heart as well as other's hearts because its the gun that everyone used when they played halo for the first time. At first the game really grabs your attention and you watch all the cut scenes, make it to the bridge on the PoA, then you get a pistol, "ah a pistol. wow. just like every other FPS starting gun" and then you get to the cafeteria where you pick up the AR. You then realize at that point, "Man, this game rocks! Look at me with the AR! Its time to open a can of whoop ass on these alien bastards! Blaaaaaap! Blaaaaap! Die you ugly alien bastards! Yeah!"

Instantly you bond with the AR by associating it with your first time playing. Its kinda like a smell or song you like because it reminds you a time in your life when you were really really happy. Later though as you play and get good at the Halo you realize the pistol is way better than the AR. I like'n the relationship to that of a Porche and Camero. Sure the Camero is loud and flashy, but man, the Porche drives so much better.

  • 05.17.2004 12:36 PM PDT
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How can you hate the ar?I almost cried every time i ran out of ammo with it or acidentaly threw it off a cliff! that weapon bacicaly defines halo.
or is it just me

  • 05.19.2004 3:59 PM PDT
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Its bark is just simply bigger than its bite. i don't hate it, it just isn't as effective as it should be. On normal and Heroic settings its ok, but you'll never pass Legendary using it. (Its kinda good on grunts)

  • 05.19.2004 4:02 PM PDT

The reload was the best thing about it.

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I liked the AR, automatic guns are the best... I remember in an 8 on 8 CTF the entire enemy team attacked our base and we all had AR's (except for two guys). The amount of bullets flying at the enemy was crazy! It would be better if they had a slightly more powerful auotmatic weabon in Halo 2, the AR was to weak and un-accurate to be a dominant weapon

  • 05.19.2004 4:11 PM PDT
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i loved the ar because of the ammo counter (and the sound and feel)- reminded me of the marines' guns on the movie 'aliens'.

  • 05.19.2004 4:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: mastchef 99
How can you hate the ar?I almost cried every time i ran out of ammo with it or acidentaly threw it off a cliff! that weapon bacicaly defines halo.
or is it just me


yeah halo isnt gonna be the same without it.

  • 05.19.2004 4:13 PM PDT
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I LOVE the AR. The gun itself was terrible, but wow was it cool.

8v8, all rifles = t3h win. The amount of gunfire is so cool.

  • 05.19.2004 4:14 PM PDT
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First the pistol, now people complain about missing the AR... The assault rifle was cool, BUT the battle rifle will bring the best of both of these weapons together (minus the headshots.) Nice accuracy, ability to zoom and physical similarity to the AR... It will be a fun weapon to use.

  • 05.19.2004 4:31 PM PDT
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yea, it seems like the humans had to adapt, by combining the pistol&ar into the br, because of the covie,s shields one couldn't just spray too often

  • 05.19.2004 4:53 PM PDT
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ya, but I think that the AR was just a "go crazy, and pump bullets into eliets on easy" gun, you know the kind of fun when your realy bored and you dont hame anything to do. But I will alays remember the AR. It was a bad stratigic gun, but a cool gun none the less.

  • 05.19.2004 4:55 PM PDT
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It was an excellent weapon through and through. People all around the world seem to not how to use it. What a shame. But do not worry. There is no concrete from the words of Bungie evidence that the MA5B is gone. So do not lose heart.

  • 05.19.2004 4:57 PM PDT
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How do you use the AR correctly?

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Short controlled bursts against Grunts and Jackals. Full auto-in-your-face spray with Hunters and Elites. Of course the Hunters don't need that should you want to save ammo. Against the Flood....do anything.

  • 05.19.2004 5:02 PM PDT
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The AR is good not the best to others but fine I use it on legendary all the time. I know it fires wide and dosnt got range but its still fine I use it all the time. You people are saying your going to miss it? but wait whats the SMG? its the same gun reborn, I love the sound of the SMG and it got the same aimmer take a look at it closer there the same. Another thing you people are saying is the pistol is not in part 2 because of the battle rifle? wrong, the plasma pistol is in the game so the pistol is going to be to dont just think its gone because of the BR fine it takes the two guns and is maybe better, but the BR is not going to be something for really close range like the SMG will be and the SMG is single handed weapon so now you can hold to ARs this time around.

In part 2 were going to be able to mix different single handed weapons like plasma pistol and human pistol its still going to exist the BR is dont going to replace the 2 guns there there dont jump ahead of yourselfs.

  • 05.19.2004 5:11 PM PDT