DiabolicalBagel said:
I'm glad there is no BR in ODST; I have to agree with the arguement of it becoming bland and easy to stand somewere high up and rain down upon some poor brutes with god's gift to good halo players.
I do like to mix it up a bit with weapons, always fun... unless it's a needler or an AR... I hate those so much.
If the covie are as aggressive as Bungie's advertised than they wouldn't have to worry about people doing that. It takes a shitload of BR shots to take down a brute on legendary anyways. Like Kylej said, it seems like an artificial difficulty bump to have to use one of Halo's many CQC weapons.
Long range:
Pistol
Carbine
Sniper
Covie Snipe
Close range:
Shotgun
hammer
sword
mauler
AR
spiker
brute shot
plasma rifle
smg
melee
The only reason people gravitate to the BR so much is because it's one of the very few long range weapons. Bungie has a million variants of CQC weapons and very few other weapons. If it was like CoD and had many more variants of BRs than people wouldn't be upset about losing one of them and wouldn't complain about it being a single powerful weapon. I'm all for variety, but when the Halo 3 sandbox has no variety amongst its long range weapons, than just make sure its few long range weapons are plentiful.
I know I'm not the only gamer that plays Halo. That many more people than myself enjoy crouching in a corner staring at their radar until they can get their super lung on. They're covered, they always have their AR in MP and the SMG or one of the million other CQC equivalents in ODST, so throw me, the minority that appreciates steady reticule, a fucking bone.
DiabolicalBagel said:
Just as long as Reach has a BR/equivalent... I will be fine.
By the looks of that nice, long barrel (front and centre) that gun is most definitely built for accuracy.
My cynical interpretation of the pic:
* The person in the center has the new staple of Halo 3 weapons - the AR.
It has a long scope too
* Guy on the left has a standing turret - spray away brother!
* Center left is touting the neutered BR (the ODST pistol) - scope and shoot, just hope the large spread lets you hit em
* Center right gets a knife that act like the sword - lunge my man, lung
* Mr. Right gets the sniper, the only saving grace of the arsenal. Lord knows how they'll neuter it to let the CQC guys get close enough to throw a pile of bullets at him
I like to think I'm being incredibly hyperbolic but with the way things are looking, the aimless crowd is winning over.