project003
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Not really an update so much as a problem fix for myself, but I just wanted to share it with you guys. So like I said, this is going to be my personal vision for the Halo universe, and regardless of the timeline, if it's the weapon/vehicle/armor varient I want, it's what's going to be in it.
Well, one of the problems I've been running into with my re-visioning is the old trust MA5C assault rifle. It's probably the most iconic weapon in the Halo universe...and also one of the most poorly thought out weapons Bungie ever made. I was excited when I found out they were radically reinventing the assault rifle, but what we wound up with is, i think, even worse. Iconic or not, the MA5C has one single design flaw that makes it completely useless as a military weapon.
(remember, what you're about to see are just rough sketches)
Imagine you're a UNSC marine on Halo. Your by a river with trees ruffling around you, a nav point in the distance. Suddenly, without warning, an ELITE ULTRA jumps out in front and charges you. Quickly, after soiling yourself, you raise your trusty rifle and take aim just as you were trained to...............
......and then fire blindly....consoled by the fact that you at least know how much ammo you might be wasting....
Serious design oversight. So bad that I was seriously considering pulling a Halo 2, dropping it all together, and sticking with the battle rifle. While Bungie's attempt for Reach wasn't what I had in mind, I do think the assault rifle needs a visual overhaul, which I'll be doing at some point in the future. However, no matter how much I tried I couldn't see how to get a viable set of ironsights on the basic silhouette of the assault rifle. I'd about given up when, while playing call of duty, inspiration hit me. It's so simple I can't believe I didn't think of it before (nor can I figure out why Bungie hasn't done it yet):
Problem solved. :cool
this is where your wrong:
weapons like the M6 series and the MA5 or M37 series don't have a sight because they are ment for CQC or short to mid-range battles. you don't aim down the sight liek any other gun. you simply point and spray. me and Ithica had a long discussion about this at the time I was over his place getting my apprenticeship from him. the UNSC also has weapons with sights ie the SMG, the BR, the DMR, the shotgun ect. the point is, the assult rifle and the pistols don't have sights because they are ment for spray the %^$*#^ out of anyone they can see, aim doesn't count for these weapons.
(example, when you are clearing a room, you don't aim down the sights the entire time, you just point and look, dave explained this to me, if you aimed donw the sight, your vision becomes narrowed, therefore, you aim with your eyes, not with your gun. same goes with the pistol, if you look at all these small conceiled-carry weapons, i have a few, none if not all of them have no sights, it's a smooth top slide, these guns are ment for point and shoot. aiming takes too long.)