: I think it was a mistake to introduce so many UNSC-equivalent weapons in Halo
: 2, and this situation wasn't fully rectified with Reach. If I'd had my
: druthers, I would prefer the Concussion Rifle to be merged with the Plasma
: Launcher so there's no straight equivalent with the Grenade Launcher and
: the Spartan Laser. The DMR would be replaced with the Battle Rifle to make
: the difference in precision weapons even greater.

I don't mind the plethora of human rifles and burst modes (though, perhaps it would have been better to keep it like the Halo 2 e3 debut of 3 shot burst \ 1 shot burst when zoomed) as I would 'expect' humanity to have that if going for some realistic stuff.

But the Alien weaponry... so much untapped potential and freedom to make the guns do fantastical things, without the need to explain it other than "I dunno, it's alien tech...." !

Steal some shit from Unreal or Quake FFS. Bio-Rifles! Shock Rifles! RipJacks! Needler grenades! Dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark they shoot bees at you!

Wait....