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Re: By the way...
Posted By: The Lionheart <angeliclionheart@hotmail.com>Date: 3/22/12 12:37 p.m.

In Response To: Re: By the way... (Nikko B201)


: I read somewhere that the MA5 has flip-up iron sights, but we never see them
: because we're always playing as people with compatible HUDs. For the ammo
: counter..well..I guess maybe the Marines/Army troopers don't have ammo
: displays on their HUDs? And of course, they don't all have HUDs. They'd
: need a big glowy thing so they can easily see their ammo level.

: As for accessories, it's already got a flashlight, it's not accurate enough
: for a scope, bayonets don't seem to be a thing...plus stuff like that
: seems to go under the barrel, inside the casing, on the MA5.

: Aaand that's my vaguely helpful musings out of the way for the day. Back to
: lurking!

I was thinking about this myself, and the conclusion that I came to is that no military would issue their troops a rifle that they cannot aim with, that they can only "spray and pray" with. So, when I look at the top of the MA5B(S) within that context, it makes me realize that they probably just have a sight THROUGH the ammo counter screen, and that the games could just never show that, for various "rendering power" reasons.

Remember how the Sniper Rifle scope, when you're not zoomed in, shows you that outline of everything that you point it at? I think that started in Halo 3. Well, imagine that when you look down the top of the MA5B/C/etc, that the ammo counter aspect of it is like a ghostly thin overlay on top of the video feed. Unless of course you have an eyepiece or visor, in which case you may not need to aim down the sights, due to the wonders of technology and computer-assisted aiming. :)

If in 500 years from now, they could make that video feed hyper-accurate and pre-calibrated and all that, and if they could make it difficult to mess up the camera that gives that video feed (pinhole type, maybe?) then that barrel shroud would provide additional protection to the user's aiming eye as they aim down the sights.

Whatcha think?

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Replies:

[Venerance] MA5B(S) by TDSpiral! *IMGs*The Lionheart 3/20/12 12:05 p.m.
     Re: [Venerance] MA5B(S) by TDSpiral! *IMGs*RC Master 3/20/12 12:23 p.m.
           Re: [Venerance] MA5B(S) by TDSpiral! *IMGs*uberfoop 3/20/12 12:41 p.m.
                 Re: [Venerance] MA5B(S) by TDSpiral! *IMGs*bluerunner 3/20/12 1:39 p.m.
           Re: [Venerance] MA5B(S) by TDSpiral! *IMGs*Quirel 3/20/12 5:24 p.m.
                 Re: [Venerance] MA5B(S) by TDSpiral! *IMGs*Bones 3/20/12 5:50 p.m.
     Pretty sweet!Nikko B201 3/20/12 12:34 p.m.
     By the way...TDSpiral 3/20/12 2:08 p.m.
           Re: By the way...bluerunner 3/20/12 2:44 p.m.
                 Re: By the way...Nikko B201 3/20/12 3:54 p.m.
                       Re: By the way...The Lionheart 3/22/12 12:37 p.m.
                             Re: By the way...Quirel 3/22/12 5:50 p.m.
           Re: By the way...Bones 3/20/12 4:06 p.m.



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