Action Volcano Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I never see anyone using the Assault rifle or any automatic weapon other than myself. Does the community just really hate the automatic weapons or something? I find it really fun to use and I just don't see the joy in headshoting everyone. So if anyone could explain why there is a general hate for the automatic weapons that would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanicBagels Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's perceived as being less of a skillful weapon. That's due to the fact that it's not headshot based and tends to be used as a spray and pray weapon by the general player-base. However that's kind of ironic because the useful little things that you can do to become a dominant AR player, such as firing in short controlled bursts and using grenades to strip shields beforehand, are not things that just any noob can do well. In fact if you look at the big picture it would probably be easier to pick up a random precision weapon and hop into matchmaking than it would be to pick up let's say an AR. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Oracle Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I use the Assault Rifle all the time as my secondary when i play king of the hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard L. Church Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 My favorite weapon right there, I use it with finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1AK Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I've got an AR loadout. It's competitive on some small maps especially on objective games and can be useful on other maps if you know the fight is focusing in an indoor area or similar. The issue with the AR is that at even quite a short range the BR/DMR can compete for kill speed without needing much more 'skill' and at longer ranges the AR is rubbish. One advantage of the AR is that average players seem to be less confident about how to handle it (when used by a semi-competent player) than the BR/DMR because they normally only see new players using it to run straight at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloody Initiate Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I use it when there's a challenge for automatic weapon kills, but otherwise don't bother much. Generally the prevailing attitude is that if a precision weapon lands all its shots it should beat an AR - in AR range - every time. I wish this weren't so, but 343 disagrees with me... on a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluegiver Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I completed the AR mastery and haven't touched it since. It's not worth it. You have to be within twice melee distance to kill somebody shooting you, otherwise you will get 5 shotted before you can get the kill. It's not a dominant weapon. You leave kills on the table while using it. See someone one shot? Nothing you can do about it. You can basically only get 1 kill per clip with it too, which is not good enough. Those who say it is a noob weapon are just pissed that they get killed by it. There is nothing noob about using it at all. You can spray people with it from a distance, but you should have time to kill the AR user with a BR/DMR before he can land the kill shot. The only time you should ever die to an AR is if you get ambushed or are already low shields. If it was such a noob weapon, I don't think my KTD would have suffered dramatically and then dramatically increased once I start using the BR... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 ar is ok but i use supposer dont know if it makes a diiffrence but i almost got a pefection using suposer scatter shot combo on abondend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SykoWolf Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I like the Assault Rifle, its got power and is meant to be easy to use, i dont see the issue with using it myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaulting♥Frog Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I rock the Assault Rifle all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard L. Church Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Also, it depends on skill. It can be used at range, and I've beaten a DMR and BR many times with it. Like I said skill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBango513 Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I only tend to use automatics on King of the Hill, Oddball, and when I need to ambush someone on any other gamemode. Other than that, however, precision weapons dominate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Element Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I only tend to use automatics on King of the Hill, Oddball, and when I need to ambush someone on any other gamemode. Other than that, however, precision weapons dominate. same with me. I have special objective gametype loadouts with the AR as my secondary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard L. Church Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 Not many are good with automatics in all game modes, I can use it well in most maps. No of fence to anyone, just what I've noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricanBatman Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 actually no you are skilled for using that gun why? you have to reach out and touch someone and get close to them. which is damn near impossible when the real noobs use the dmr which is a sniper by itself and has massive amounts of aim assist and high ROF. so people can state 'spray and pray" all they want while they themselves use the gun thats OP and nooby. the real skilled players of this game use carbine, AR, Storm and Suppressor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Oracle Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 actually no you are skilled for using that gun why? you have to reach out and touch someone and get close to them. which is damn near impossible when the real noobs use the dmr which is a sniper by itself and has massive amounts of aim assist and high ROF. so people can state 'spray and pray" all they want while they themselves use the gun thats OP and nooby. the real skilled players of this game use carbine, AR, Storm and Suppressor Because i like the DMR im a noob and suck at halo? Im not the one going around on forums and posting "take away the DMR because its for noobs and people that suck even if i suck and cant kill anyone who doesnt use the worst weapons in war games " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaptorUnbound Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 I am good enough with them to use if I run out of ammo for my main weapon. But my playstyle is getting headshots all the time. So obviously I will choose a precision weapon over an automatic weapon every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricanBatman Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Because i like the DMR im a noob and suck at halo? Im not the one going around on forums and posting "take away the DMR because its for noobs and people that suck even if i suck and cant kill anyone who doesnt use the worst weapons in war games " Awww buddy but you are a noob using the DMR because you depend on aim assist and because of range, damage and ROF you outclass every other gun. But i understand your mental incapability and your lack of hand eye coordination to use any other gun. when that cancer of a gun is nerfed you along with 90% of the already low population will suck at this game i'll rip you a new ******* if you were to use a carbine, ar, storm, suppressor instead of your noob DMR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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