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Subject: The Only BR Thread
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Posted by: hebrewhammertym
anyone that has ever fired a gun with a burst fire mode knows that there is a spread. the recoil from the gun changes the direction of the barrel/muzzel and therefore the bullets form a spread pattern. the fact that bungie (i almost said blizzard lol) fixed the OP (thats overpowering) BR from halo 2 (which would fire 3-4 bullets in the exact spot and thus defied the laws of physics) just goes to show that we are getting our money's worth. the BR in halo 2 was crap, novice players wouldnt play online because anyone that was half decent could pick them off seconds after spawning. bungie didnt make it crappy by adding a spread....they added realism and upped the difficulty level to make it more friendly for those of us that have lives and dont sit in front of our xbox 12 hours a day.
i bet the people complaining about the BR are the same people that complain there isnt an auto aim function. if i wanted a gun that aimed for me, i would play golden eye.


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  • 07.03.2009 8:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: Pk 4 Skillz1
My thoughts:

*The BR was designed with strengths and weaknesses.
*The weaknesses were added in to offset the strengths.
*It takes skill to use the BR like JonnyOThan said.
*The BR is as effective as it was designed to be.
*Bungie DOESNT have to fix the BR because it is the way they want it to be.

So, if you don't like the BR there is one real simple solution.......................Don't Use It




[Edited on 07.03.2009 9:03 PM PDT]

  • 07.03.2009 9:02 PM PDT

All Im gonna say is that i miss BxR and Dbl Shots..

  • 07.03.2009 9:45 PM PDT
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The BR is excellent at medium range combat and OK at long range but the AR beats the BR at close combat but other then that I can 4 shot all over the place so please fix the AR beating the BR up close THX ^_^

  • 07.03.2009 10:56 PM PDT

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what's wrong? my favorite guns happen to be BR and snipers. whats all this about a thread?

  • 07.03.2009 11:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: Brian54
The BR is excellent at medium range combat and OK at long range but the AR beats the BR at close combat but other then that I can 4 shot all over the place so please fix the AR beating the BR up close THX ^_^

The AR is supposed to beat the BR up close. If the BR was so dominant at every range, it would be horribly overpowered and the AR would be virtually useless.

Posted by: ABumBeGada007
All Im gonna say is that i miss BxR and Dbl Shots..

What exactly are those? I wasn't much into Halo at all pre-3, so I'm not familiar with all of the glitches/exploits/etc. that people consistently mention.

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  • 07.04.2009 4:10 AM PDT

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Posted by: hebrewhammertym
anyone that has ever fired a gun with a burst fire mode knows that there is a spread. the recoil from the gun changes the direction of the barrel/muzzel and therefore the bullets form a spread pattern. the fact that bungie (i almost said blizzard lol) fixed the OP (thats overpowering) BR from halo 2 (which would fire 3-4 bullets in the exact spot and thus defied the laws of physics) just goes to show that we are getting our money's worth. the BR in halo 2 was crap, novice players wouldnt play online because anyone that was half decent could pick them off seconds after spawning. bungie didnt make it crappy by adding a spread....they added realism and upped the difficulty level to make it more friendly for those of us that have lives and dont sit in front of our xbox 12 hours a day.
i bet the people complaining about the BR are the same people that complain there isnt an auto aim function. if i wanted a gun that aimed for me, i would play golden eye.


You're kinda forgetting the whole '500 Years in the Future' Factor.


You're kinda forgetting the whole "It's a delicately balanced game" factor

  • 07.04.2009 8:00 AM PDT
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i love the BR personaly, its has a scope, fast firing rate and tons of other advantaged which i like. one of my most used weapons, honestly check it up. the BR is a instant alround favorite weapon. thank you.

  • 07.04.2009 11:55 AM PDT
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halo3genius, i realy like your ideas, which shouldnt even be "thoughts" but facts all weapons have weaknesses so its a fair game e.g. sniper at close combat stinks, needler at far range is alright but it realy depends on luck (maybe im not skilled eh?) jonnyOthan, all weapons require skill like accuracy for the sniper.The BR is great and by no way is too good or too bad its what the mulitplayers in halo want. bungie's weapons are great just as jonny said "skill" like you solution aswell, couldn't put it better myself.
if you dont know i love the sniper because im accurate but i hardly get it theres always someone better!!.

  • 07.04.2009 12:01 PM PDT
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DEAR BUNGIE YOU ARE ALL FLAMING HOMO-blam!-S THATS WHY YOUR ARMOR HAS FIRE ON IT. STOP -blam!- UP THE GAME.

  • 07.04.2009 12:17 PM PDT

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its because the spread isn't "pack tight enough" and at a certain distance the "spread" will acutally spread like physics says it should I would like to try the battle riffle fom the Halo 2 demo where it was a single shot semi-automatic riffle kinda of a realy big pistol with a 15-20 clip size

  • 07.04.2009 4:21 PM PDT

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Posted by: ZEKE 1337
Why are so many people complaining about the BR spread? I don't see a problem. It's not my top tool of destruction for nothing.


its because the spread isn't "pack tight enough" and at a certain distance the "spread" will acutally spread like physics says it should I would like to try the battle riffle fom the Halo 2 demo where it was a single shot semi-automatic riffle kinda of a realy big pistol with a 15-20 clip size

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  • 07.04.2009 4:26 PM PDT

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The amount of bungie ass licking going on in this thread is unbelievable. I dont claim to know better than the designers but as a player, I would like to see a more powerful br. The Ar is dominant at close range and simply takes NO skill. The fact that the br has spread seems to me to be a bungie cop-out, lowering the skill gap for the benefit of the unskilled players.

  • 07.04.2009 8:23 PM PDT
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Nothings wrong with the Battle Rifle. I like it the way it is. Nothing should be changed.

  • 07.05.2009 1:01 AM PDT
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BR's sickest gun ever. IMO it's awesome.

  • 07.05.2009 9:57 AM PDT

No spread change or anything, I would've liked the BR scope in fires one bullet, while unscoped fires the burst. (three bullets) - idea from a Halo 2 demo video

  • 07.05.2009 2:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: S W A R IVI
The amount of bungie ass licking going on in this thread is unbelievable. I dont claim to know better than the designers but as a player, I would like to see a more powerful br. The Ar is dominant at close range and simply takes NO skill. The fact that the br has spread seems to me to be a bungie cop-out, lowering the skill gap for the benefit of the unskilled players.


Agreed. Video games as a whole are getting worse including Halo 3. Designers are making games for the less skilled players and for the people who aren't as good. Halo 3 is one. Assault Rifle is the default weapon and is arguably the easiest weapon in the game to get a kill with. Personally I think the BR needs to do more damage close range. I know it would become too overpowered per say but I think [u] a BR should have potential [u] to take down an assault rifle rush.

  • 07.05.2009 3:11 PM PDT
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The BR is Beast That Simple No Controversy....I agree.
I have no problems with it. In my opinion one of the best weapon's in the game.
If your good with it you can take out just about anything with it.

  • 07.05.2009 3:14 PM PDT

The BR is a good weapon its just very annoying when people use it alot...it is a very good weapon and I do not want it to be changed.

  • 07.05.2009 5:37 PM PDT
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Does the BR vary in effectiveness depending on the playlist? I ask because it feels easier to four-shot in some playlists as opposed to others (Team Slayer vs. Social Slayer, for example).

  • 07.05.2009 10:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Bubpster
Does the BR vary in effectiveness depending on the playlist? I ask because it feels easier to four-shot in some playlists as opposed to others (Team Slayer vs. Social Slayer, for example).


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  • 07.05.2009 11:00 PM PDT

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Theres Nothing Wrong With The BR.
the only people complaining are probably noobs who just use the AR all the time coz they have no skill.
I really dont think bungie should change it in any way!
But for future games like ODST, they could maybe make it Supressed or something.

  • 07.06.2009 2:15 AM PDT
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