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Subject: BR fans ANYWHERE?
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I have heard people say that the BR is to overpowering. I also Know from personal experience that the BR can be devastating when being hit in the back and or in an open area. In my opinion the BR is a great weapon and if you cant use it effectively than you should learn quick. So my quastion is who are the BR fans,and Who isnt and why

  • 08.31.2007 9:53 AM PDT
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The BR is the best weapon to spawn with for Halo 2, but it's not the perfect spawning weapon.

Halo is about grenades, weapons, melee, yadda yadda, smg starts ruin this, we've all heard this before. So fast forward to BR start games which promote the use of all three, and it's also a weapon that you can hit anyone anywhere on the map.

It makes for good competitive play because you have to always be on your toes. You can't venture out anywhere without being targeted, and against a team that knows what they're doing, it's possible that you'll never have full shields at any given time (I have actually witnessed gameplay where a team on Warlock got demolished and were always half shields because of getting hit off spawn.)

Is spawning with a good weapon a bad thing? No. Well, not always. But the SMG is not a good starting weapon. People who say they can use the SMG just fine haven't played against teams that know Slayer inside and out. Granted, even the team slayer gods had to put up with the SMG, but they immidiately switch to a better weapon and gradually develope map control. Basically, slayer games aren't won with SMG's, but the SMG start is taken advantage of because the other team has a pea shooter when they spawn, while you have BR/Rockets.

So considering the emphasis of teamwork in this game, a seperate organization found that BR starts provide the most fair and balanced gameplay. Basically, it does. Even if the BR is sometimes too a good a weapon to spawn with, it's the best spawn weapon for this game.

[Edited on 08.31.2007 10:14 AM PDT]

  • 08.31.2007 10:13 AM PDT
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K......HOW THE HECK DO YOU USE THE BR?

I swear, I shoot at the person's head, 3...4..5 times.....still no joy.

He'll turn around, and shoot me once, and I'm dead.

WTF!

  • 08.31.2007 11:55 AM PDT
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Carrots.

SMG r pwnz BR lul.

But seriously, I like the SMG better.

  • 08.31.2007 11:57 AM PDT
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Posted by: GezaB
SMG r pwnz BR lul.

But seriously, I like the SMG better.

Are you mentally ill?

  • 08.31.2007 12:36 PM PDT

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I am a fan of the BR. I like it bbecause it is the best weapon you can spawn with in halo 2. It promotes teamwork and strategic play. People may say it is too good of a weapon to spawn with, but there is a weapon that should and will beat a BR in every situation.

Sword and Shotty beats BR close range

Sniper beats BR long range

Rockets beat BR at potentially any range.

So for those of you who say if you spawn with a BR then nothing else is worth picking up. The same guns that are worth picking up in SMG start games are the ones you'd pick up in BR start games.

  • 08.31.2007 12:45 PM PDT
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BR is so much fun but the beam rifle is my fav weopon.

  • 08.31.2007 1:39 PM PDT

Posted by: GezaB
SMG r pwnz BR lul.

But seriously, I like the SMG better.


IMPO (in most people's opinion), the only thing that is worse than the SMG is the Needler.

The only problem I have with the BR start is the fact that the BR does head shots. Other than that, for Halo 2, the BR is the ultimate starting weapon.

  • 08.31.2007 1:44 PM PDT