Not sure if someone has has pointed this out or not yet.
I was watching some warzone gameplay and I noticed a few obvious changes. Then I started looking closer at the AR reticle and after comparing it to beta footage I noticed this; the smart scope precision has been dumbed down. In the beta, zooming with the AR would give little to absolutely no bloom. In warzone, the reticule begins to expand while zooming. Glad this is happening, maybe it’ll add a bit more balancing to it’s over ranged beta version.
I noticed this too. It also now has a 36-round magazine instead of the 32-round mag its had from H3 to the H5 beta and appears to have completely lost its headshot multiplier.
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> It shouldn’t be winning at medium range. The highest range of effectiveness should be in between short and medium.
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> Honestly, that’s what you should be using the Magnum for.
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> That’s exactly what he said…
I thought he meant that the range of effectiveness should be from close range to medium range, not in between…
They made a statement … somewhere. that they nerfed ALL assault weapons. This includes the SMG. Frankly I don’t like the sound of that because you could finally actually use the assault rifle for assaulting people.
But Br users were complaining that people who KNEW how to AR were winning. so they nerfed it. But… we shall see how it goes.
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> They made a statement … somewhere. that they nerfed ALL assault weapons. This includes the SMG. Frankly I don’t like the sound of that because you could finally actually use the assault rifle for assaulting people.
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> But Br users were complaining that people who KNEW how to AR were winning. so they nerfed it. But… we shall see how it goes.
“Knew how to AR.” I think it’s the exact opposite. The AR is the most random weapon in halo. Further, it seems that people who don’t “know how” to BR are the only ones that want the AR upped.
I like the new look of the AR. The green is a nice touch. I think the barrel could be longer. And maybe stick a grenade launcher to the lower half. Just saying.
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> I like the new look of the AR. The green is a nice touch. I think the barrel could be longer. And maybe stick a grenade launcher to the lower half. Just saying.
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> I noticed this too. It also now has a 36-round magazine instead of the 32-round mag its had from H3 to the H5 beta and appears to have completely lost its headshot multiplier.
I got more excited that I probably should have when I noticed the 36-rounds.
I never really noticed a headshot multiplier in the beta, but would be bummed if it was removed.
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> So when should we use the AR?
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Apparently. -Yoinking!- hate the Halo community sometimes and their obsession with precision dominance no matter what.
The AR is a close and medium range weapon, it’s a frakking -Yoink!- rifle. It better -Yoink!- well be able to threaten a BR at mid range. I’m not saying it should auto-beat a BR, just be a danger to be concerned about and not something to laugh at like Halo 3 with AR vs BR.
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> They made a statement … somewhere. that they nerfed ALL assault weapons. This includes the SMG. Frankly I don’t like the sound of that because you could finally actually use the assault rifle for assaulting people.
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> But Br users were complaining that people who KNEW how to AR were winning. so they nerfed it. But… we shall see how it goes.
The SMG was the most fun weapon to use in the beta, hands-down. The Sniper Rifle on Orion was a close second, but the SMG was a blast for me. I hope they didn’t nerf it too much.
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> I noticed this too. It also now has a 36-round magazine instead of the 32-round mag its had from H3 to the H5 beta and appears to have completely lost its headshot multiplier.
I think that is just a special variant of the assault rifle.
