There was a lot wrong with Halo 5 which is why it’s pretty much a ghost town compared to the other games, in terms of population.
Not only way there heavy aim and a overwhelming skill gap, but it was a completely different experience from what Halo is supposed to feel like.
It tried to modernize Halo in the wrong way, but that’s neither here nor there. My point is, overcomplicating things will drive players away.
That’s why Halo 5’s population pales in comparison to MCC’s.
All you would have to do is to decrease its bloom, reduce its magnetism, and then increase its vertical recoil whilst keeping its damage model (and therefore the TTK it has) right where it is - much better than what even Halo 5 did to it.
The changes in Halo 5 actually included a reduced bloom and bullet magnetism on one hand when it was nerfed once, but then the developers overstepped their bounds when they unnecessarily nerfed its damage model too along with the other changes that were made to it.
Not overall if the AR happens to be nerfed on one level of play (average players), but ultimately strengthened on another (pro players), something that those changes I listed above would have come about. But of course, Halo 5 nerfed the AR for all levels of play which is/was unacceptable.
AR needs only a slight decrease of range, thats all. It has to stay a deadly weapon in short range.
If HCS / ESport player want a diferent weapon setting / configuration then make a special playlist “HCS Settings”.
This way everybody could take a look on how the esport settings work. I would be curious to see which playlist would be more populated.
It definitely needs a nerf. It’s feel way too much like call of duty to be able to run around and laser people with it. But my guess is that most of the people begging for it to be left alone are primarily disenfranchised COD players. Fair enough. Cod sucks, but that doesn’t mean we want that crap in Halo.
Never played COD. Im a long time halo player. SR152 in halo 5.
I like the halo infinite AR much more than the previous halo AR’s.
And who is “we”? The group that not wants this AR settings in halo inifinite.
The balancing of the AR is still wack compared to the rest of the sandbox. I’ve been lasered across the entire map by an AR more than once. No thanks. All the other weapons at least require a modicum of skill to use. With the AR it all comes to who shoots first and the hit reg.
Making certain weapons require more skill to aim wouldnt over complicate things. I will admit h5 just felt so different from what you’d expect out of halo.
That’s all I get from these whiny posts about the assault rifle. 
here’s a drum for all the salty tears.
You can’t be lasered across the map.
https://files.catbox.moe/zxna9x.mp4
It’s impossible without some form of bursting.
I died from what felt like 8 or 9 bullets from across the map and the kill feed said he was using an AR. Totally broken.
Well you were one shot or team shot. Either way, you still can’t be lasered cross map with an AR. That video proves it. It takes at least 15 bullets to kill someone with an AR.
I was not team shot. I got dropped from across the map by an AR. Stop arguing with me.
What you’re saying is false. Have you looked at the video?
It’s impossible.
It was probably a combination of de-sync and the player getting lucky with AR. I have died ultra fast in 1v1 situations numerous times due to de-sync. Either way, you’re right, it’s not supposed to be possible, but it is when the planets align just right and it’s unacceptable.
Yeah it probably was desync.
If the game was BR/AR starts it wouldn’t nearly be as bad but the Sidekick is just too random to keep up with the AR most of the time. 343 can’t help but make the AR braindead and stupidly good, probably to entice other franchises’ players.
Honestly if it weren’t for every social mode being AR starts it wouldn’t be so bad. I could handle it if quickplay was the only AR* start mode.
I got killed on Bazaar today. I was near the top steps by rocket spawn, they where at the door of the room on the opposite side of the map and I absolutely got melted. That shouldn’t happen with an auto rifle. I was flabbergasted.
“do you want the AR to be useless”
That’s exactly what they want lol. These ppl shouldn’t be paid any mind tbh.
What was wrong with H5’s AR? Please explain, because it is my favorite AR in the entire series.