I realize that the AR is not satisfactory when you use it solely, but the weapon traits are all about balance. You are just hoping for a gun that is incredibly easy to use and very powerful, but unfortunatly there has to be a trade-off to make a good game. If a gun is really strong, it has to be hard to use. If its as easy as randomly point and shoot, then that gun better be weaksauce to make sure nothing gets out of hand. If they made a game that included a weapon you could point and randomly shoot and get instant kills, it would be Call of Duty (loljk) would probably not play it. EDITED to make it less offensive. Sorry!
Personally the Halo CE AR was better than all of em and the betas was the worst. --- We never said anything about long range. The AR wasn't even that effective at close range in reach and I hope it is improved. I want to use the magnum at long range again and Im glad I got to in the beta. The AR was way to weak. And I am talking about a weapon that people loved and have had a travesty happen to it. IF you wanna talk about multiple weapons Mr. yoyo, go to the thread that talks about all weapons, this is AR specific. I am not wanting this to be the only gun that needs improvement.(Btw u has to aim the AR its not point and shoot. That would be the SMG and its beast anyway) So don't undermine the AR because everyone is talking about what needs improvement. There are other threads about other weapons with posts of what is good bout it and what needs improvement.
i liked the AR the way it was in the beta. it was fine when used as a support weapon. Then ignore it, hes allowed to post his opinion. dont say you "dont have time to deal with it" like you're some busy exec of a company, what the hell are you doing that you dont have time? not that it matters, since you're in no position to do anything like "deal with people like this."
Me and the "people" have come to an understanding. Its all good now. No more comments about it plz --- Nah we want it to be like the CE AR
Disregard my old post. I want the AR to be the CE AR, but with alot less range so that the DMR and magnum would make sense. I would also like 5 or 4 DMR headshots to outkill the AR so that the DMR would require skill rather than requiring you to not use it against ARs. Anyone with me?
Isnt aiming pointing and shooting? Anyways, i think the AR should become more of a short to almost medium range specialty weapon. Make it have a limited range but amp up the damage a bit
No problem, it was in my first post, not my second one, so you probably only read the second post. Its easy to get mixed up sometimes just reading writing if someone, me in this case, doesn't communicate something clearly enough since its not a real conversation. --- Thats exactly what I think too. I would tend to want the AR to have the same range as the CE AR, but with slightly less damage, but then it would work exactly like the Magnum essentially. So that forces it to be how you said, like the CE AR but with less range so that the DMR and Magnum have proper roles and functions. I also love your DMR headshot thinking as well. --- You fool... Lol jk I agree. It needed a smaller clip, and to do a little less damage maybe too. And its range was a bit far. I think it needs to be like the Reach Magnum, but with a slower rate of fire, and more power myself. But I'm pretty satisfied with the Magnum in Reach, so I can live without the Halo CE Pistol. Although if I was Bungie, I would say screw balance and make every weapon in any Halo game EVER and then figure out what weapons would work well together on whatever map. If you have like 20-50 weapons to choose between, you should be able to balance the weapons lmao! And I mean ALL weapons, even down to the Brute Plasma Rifle, the Halo CE Plasma Rifle, the Halo 2 and 3 Plasma Rifle, and the Plasma Repeater, the SMG and the silenced scoped SMG, and well you get the idea. If a color changed on a gun and nothing else, its a different weapon so we MUST KEEP IT IN THE GAME! Thats what I would want to do lol. I think having tons of weapons like that would be fun, especially for forgers. Of course, only the usual number of weapons would be placed on maps so that players wouldn't get confused and not know what weapon they were picking up.
I think you're drastically overestimating the lifespan of someone who's going to be exclusively using their AR. Why spawn more of them for ammo when you could spawn needlers or magnums or plasma pistols or any number of better guns?
Better? debatable. Other guns besides ARs? definitely. WHy would I have a map filled with Ars, or any gun for that matter? Thats missing the point. The point is to provide AR ammo to people who like to use Ars and need more starting ammo for em. (example: My teammates wont die or drop their ARs, so how will I get ammo from them, cuz no one else is using Ars. Oh here is a conveniently placed AR, now I haz moar ammo to pwn ppl wiht my AR and surely more ammo will be available after ppl die) You see what I'm getting at right?
Every time someone spawns, they add AR ammo to the map. Enemy and friendlies will both die or swap out their AR. Ammo should not be a problem unless there is something seriously wrong with your game.
I know its only my opinion, but why would you complain about the reach AR not being able to kill in one clip when the AR is only useful for 'burst n wack' tactics anyway? If you are, in fact, using the AR just for shooting then it would seem you are simply trying to rebel against all the BR/DMR users. I believe the assault rifle was toned down well. You can still 'Burst n Wack' but if you want to do anything else you are going to have to use another weapon!
Yes but unless they get killed around you or you simply find the swapped AR, which people don't actively look for ammo unless it's along the designated path. So AR ammo on a map can really make a difference so you have more starting ammo when you use it. Especially in free for all maps. --- Well because in reach you usually run out of a clip before you even break his shield so it still takes 2 hits to kill him. ANd people using the AR for just shooting its perfectly fine. But don't jump to conclusions and say people who use AR other than "burst an whack" is being prejudice against the BR and or DMR. I am not prejudice against BR DMR. I never said or implied it, so that is not even a valid point. I can use the AR BR and DMR for just shooting anytime I want, no prejudice against any other weapon. We are complaining how weak it is in reach but we also comment on how we love it and how we hope it gets more badass in Reach. In my opinion the AR was toned down to weaksauce. In your opinion that's just fine, better that way.