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Halo Online was... ambitious... in some departments. Weapons especially.There were variants of many guns in the game that players could purchase via microtransaction or in-game currency to modify your loadouts with. Since Halo Online was cancelled, these weapons are unused BUT would be neat to have in Halo 3 as items you could drop in Forge or have as pickups in certain game-modes where an alternate AR would be better than your current AR.These weapons were variants of the Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle, DMR, SMG, Magnum, Mauler, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Pistol, and Carbine.When Halo Online first entered beta, there were many variants of these weapons but as time progressed, they narrowed down the list of variants and retweaked them to fit more in the balance.They are as follows :

• STANDARD - Just your standard variant of the guns we are used to.

• ACC MODS (green)- Reduces bullet spread, thus increasing accuracy for mid-to-long range encounters. May also reduce rate-of-fire. Example : ACC BR does 2-round bursts. May also add a zoom function, like with the ACC SMG.

• DMG MODS (red)- More damage-per-shot, but at the cost of more recoil and a smaller magazine capacity / overheats faster, slower fire rate, and possibly loss of a scope option. May also cause the weapon to fire two bullets at once, like with the DMG SMG.

• SUP MODS - Adds a suppressor kit, reducing noise and active camo distortion, prevents radar from picking up on your position when firing while stationary, but reducing your weapon's damage-per-bullet and the range at which your bullets despawn.

• SNP MODS - Increases your weapon's zoom, increases the range at which projectiles de-spawn, and increases projectile speed.

• ROF MODS (yello)- Increases or decreases your gun's rate-of-fire, but thus allows for better controlled recoil. ROF BR becomes full auto, but has a much lower ROF, still has a 3-round burst when ADS. May also increase ROF like with the ROF SMG.

• MAG MODS (blue)- Extends the magazine size of the weapon at the cost of a slower reload. May also increase ROF in some guns. Example : MAG BR does 5-round bursts. But for some guns, like the Carbine, it changes it to an energy weapon with an overheat function and gives it 100 shots.

• PWR MODS (gold-plating)- An overall upgrade to the weapon as a whole by merging two or more of the above together into the weapon, but not as much as the individual mods. Example : the PWR AR has 40 ammo, while the MAG AR likely has 50 ammo.

There are also somewhat Armor Abilities, where they are either active upon pick-up like a Power Up and then have a timer or they are activated with the tap of the same button you would use to drop or use the Halo 3 Equipment -

• REFLECTIVE SHIELD - Ricochets shots off of you while still damaging your shields, but redirects the projectiles and melee-damage back to your enemy. Being struck while this ability is active will drain it's timer faster.

• LIGHTNING STRIKE - Adds an EMP effect to your projectiles.

• VEHICLE CLOAKING - Active Camo for your vehicles for a stealthy getaway / splatter spree.

• V.I.S.R. - Halo 3 ODST's V.I.S.R. but with the NV drawn back to not blind you when in daylight. Highlights weapons, vehicles, and players with outlines. Lights up dark areas. Does put a de-saturating filter on the battlefield so colors are more muted.

• CONCUSSIVE BLAST - Punch the ground for an Area-Of-Effect burst to knock-back enemies and do some damage when surrounded. STAY OUTTA MY BUBBLE SHIELD! Causes physics items to bounce, so it is a better alternative to Armor Lock when encountering vehicles.

• HOLOGRAM - Halo 4's Hologram ability, teabagging included.

Anybody else believe that these should be added to Halo 3 for Forge maps and opportunities for new PvP modes? Imagine playing Super Fiesta with guns with these variants or these new equipment/armor abilities added to the match?

Here is a vid that shows examples of what El Dorito was able to recover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE_3IVz9dSs&t=277s

Halo Online: Complete overview of weapons,vehicles and equipmentYouTube