"Halo 4: I Get a Woman!" - Sgt. Mjr. A.J. Johnson, RIP

[ejburke]

I favored the PR over the AR mostly because the PR was disposable and easy to replace. You could afford to waste shots on chickenshit Elites who love to hide and regenerate.

If you used anything on the Library other than the Pistol and the shotgun, you were doing it way wrong.

Agreed. Halo 1 had the most fun Flood combat. Popping and blasting made the Library enjoyable when I discovered pistol/shotty kills Flood dead on my second or third run through the game.

As others have said, it's easiest to melee infection forms and cause a chain reaction. And if you run out of shotgun shells, well, the pistol is still better than the AR vs regular Flood. You can drop them in one or two shots from a safe distance.

[Amit]

The assault rifle is inefficient at killing flood combat forms. Infection flood you can just melee like has been said before, the rest just pop when they hit your shield. With a pistol you can take out combat forms from a distance by hitting them in the "head" region. When they start to swarm you, np, because you already thinned them out from a distance with a powerful gun and then you have your shotgun for close combat. AR does not put out enough damage on flood to warrant the amount of ammo used.

[Warsaw]

But you have to admit it is so damn fun to unload an entire magazine into a single target, have it get back up half-way through, and then promptly fall down again under the torrent of lead.

[Amit]

Actually, the first time I played 343GS, I was using the assault rifle. I mowed down two or three combat forms. I was like Fuck Yeah! I then proceeded to freak out when they started to get back up with missing limbs. Oh those were the days.

[Pooky]

Still prefer the AR. Also who gives a fuck about ammo when you get 600 spare and Flood drop it like candy lol.

[ejburke]

I'll give it this much: if I'm ever trying to recapture my original terror of the Flood, the AR would be my weapon of choice. Hmm, that sounds fun. Anybody want to do an AR-only co-op run of the Library when anniversary comes out?

Shit, were we talking about Halo 4? This whole derailment is my fault.

[Pooky]

I'll give it this much: if I'm ever trying to recapture my original terror of the Flood, the AR would be my weapon of choice. Hmm, that sounds fun. Anybody want to do an AR-only co-op run of the Library when anniversary comes out?

Shit, were we talking about Halo 4? This whole derailment is my fault.

The AR is just more viscerally satisfying to use. And sometimes I find it more effective at suppressing large swarms of combat forms. I mean, if I just wanted to use the most technically effective weapon in every situation, I'd play Reach and use PP + DMR through the whole campaign.

[Warsaw]

Hey now, the Plasma Pistol in Reach is awesome because it finally returns the usability of that weapon which had been lost since the first game. That said, it is amazing how fast it demolishes Elites even on Legendary.

[Kornman00]

That said, it is amazing how fast it demolishes Elites even on Legendary.

But not LASO

Q_Q

[nuttyyayap]

Yes LASO; use primary fire and an elite's shields gonna break in about 2-3 seconds.