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Subject: The Only BR Thread

The BR has been a great invention since Halo 2. People have to keep in mind that, it is NOT a sniper rifle, so, of course it's going to have spread.

  • 11.20.2009 7:35 AM PDT

I believe the BR is great, but it is TOO all-around.
If you don't agree than I'd like you(anyone) to make some points.

-You can beat shotguns at close range w/ a melee and side step shot.
-You can beat AR at any range.
-You can beat a rocket by bouncing off the first shot, than 4-shot before they can fire the second.
-You can beat the sniper except at map extremities (Vahalla, top of tower to low rocks)

I think that the BR should be nerfed somehow . I'm not a "OMMMGGGMGMGM BRZ4sHTZ > ARZSUX" person, but I do beleive the BR is a little overpowered.

  • 11.20.2009 10:01 PM PDT
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The br is deff better then the ar. The ar is good for newbies, or noobs who cant get a head shot. The br is so key with the grenade, head shot combo. While the ar, anyone can just aim at the body and hold down the right trigger nothing speacil. If some one can play me 1 vs 1 I use br the whole game they use ar I guarantee you I will will.

  • 11.21.2009 12:30 PM PDT
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I'm out of chips.

Posted by: Flamedrix
see, the only people that are defending the AR are the noobs who can only get a kill by spraying at people. these are the kids who suck so bad that they can't even take a BR and use it. the AR is a bull crap weapon that was put in the game for those kids that suck at halo. this way they can have a chance at winning. bungie just felt bad for all the bad kids that played and had to give them some way to make them feel good about themselves.


Flamedrix Rules!!!!!!!!
You are the biggest dumbass I've seen in a long time. The AR was made for close range, and the freaking retards like you that use the BR 24/7 get destroyed by the Assault Rifle when they fight at close range, then they complain about it and say the Assault Rifle is for kids who complain all the time. Flamedrix indeed, does not rule.

  • 11.21.2009 2:11 PM PDT
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so your all having a cry ,becasue its becoming your most used weapon.WTF

  • 11.21.2009 4:21 PM PDT

Isaiah. M

"Man is lucky to be ignorant, for if he new the truth it would either destroy him or drive him mad."

the only problem i have with the br is when im trying to br someone and they just wont die the aiming system should be like call of duty where you can just zoom in and then zoom out to allow the aimer to lock on to the target preferebly the head

  • 11.21.2009 4:38 PM PDT

since i had to make a new email(someone apparently stole mine...y?) but i have a homepage on youtube

www.youtube.com/user/cashisfunsobuythings

i would appersiate (did i spell that right?) if you considered on stopping by.

(and really ppl my name isn't acutally johan mittchelle, but close!)

i also like the br alot on multiplayer but on campain it's not around as much as the ar, which can be found almost anywhere on any level (besides that crappy little plasma pistol, which weirdly enough in halo 1 is very good) so i say that everyone uses br way more, u can only play so much campain.....

  • 11.21.2009 6:18 PM PDT
Subject: The Only BR/AR Thread

since i had to make a new email(someone apparently stole mine...y?) but i have a homepage on youtube

www.youtube.com/user/cashisfunsobuythings

i would appersiate (did i spell that right?) if you considered on stopping by.

(and really ppl my name isn't acutally johan mittchelle, but close!)

dude you are so right(the guy in gold above me, read his comment), that ALWAYS happens, you think you gona get that headshot and!...only 1 of the 3 bullets hits him, and the guy throws a plasma grnade at you and you die....

[Edited on 11.21.2009 6:22 PM PST]

  • 11.21.2009 6:22 PM PDT

Posted by: X19restart94X
The br is deff better then the ar. The ar is good for newbies, or noobs who cant get a head shot. The br is so key with the grenade, head shot combo. While the ar, anyone can just aim at the body and hold down the right trigger nothing speacil. If some one can play me 1 vs 1 I use br the whole game they use ar I guarantee you I will will.


so, so true. i 100% agree

  • 11.22.2009 2:39 AM PDT
Subject: The Only BR Thread

since i had to make a new email(someone apparently stole mine...y?) but i have a homepage on youtube

www.youtube.com/user/cashisfunsobuythings

i would appersiate (did i spell that right?) if you considered on stopping by.

(and really ppl my name isn't acutally johan mittchelle, but close!)

i know its retarded

  • 11.22.2009 6:14 AM PDT

The BR takes skill to use and will overpower the AR if you can get 3 or 4 shots

  • 11.22.2009 8:32 AM PDT

i disagree the ar can overpower the br at close range due to the fact the sheild is constantly going down and that you can get the beat down in quicker...if your just going for a kill with the gun rather than the beat down the br is better but at close range the br will lost most of the time...i choose to carry the br and the ar at all times...at mid to long range i would use the br because it is better ar range then the ar but in colse combat i qould use the ar because it is better in close combat...i alos have to agree that using the br does take skill as most of the people who play now bounce everywhere and therefore harder to get all 3 bullets in the head but it is still one of the better weapons on halo 3...though like all weapons it has its weaknesses

  • 11.22.2009 11:16 AM PDT

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Posted by: C_MAN_2117
I believe the BR is great, but it is TOO all-around.
If you don't agree than I'd like you(anyone) to make some points.

-You can beat shotguns at close range w/ a melee and side step shot.
-You can beat AR at any range.
-You can beat a rocket by bouncing off the first shot, than 4-shot before they can fire the second.
-You can beat the sniper except at map extremities (Vahalla, top of tower to low rocks)

I think that the BR should be nerfed somehow . I'm not a "OMMMGGGMGMGM BRZ4sHTZ > ARZSUX" person, but I do beleive the BR is a little overpowered.


A shotgun point blank wrecks any other gun... a good sniper will hit u in the face... rockets are a one hit kill... and at close range the ar wrecks the br... ur an idiot.

  • 11.22.2009 4:21 PM PDT
Subject: The Only BR/AR Thread

Way to make a big deal out of nothing. Really, I applaud your persistance.

[Edited on 11.22.2009 6:16 PM PST]

  • 11.22.2009 6:15 PM PDT
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You haven't left yet?

i used to use the ar alot on social slayer (i dont play social slayer any more), until i got killed alot by a br and got the concept that the br is more affective. so unless my only option is a ar i use the br alot more

  • 11.22.2009 7:08 PM PDT
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There is a simple fix to the Balance between the BR and AR.

there are two thing that could be done.

1- Make the AR kill fast then the BR within optimum auto-fire range and increase the optimum auto-fire range to 30m.

2- make the AR do more Armor damage then shield damage. it would even them out a little when grenades are involved.

and for any one who wants to argue the BR and AR are balanced. answer this why is that at any range the BR kills faster than the AR

With both weapons the more skilled player will usually win however a skilled player with an AR will lose to a skilled player with a BR a majority of the time

----Long range BR wins
no kidding

----Mid range BR wins
you could just shoot him and there is dam near nothing an AR wielder could do but if you be fast you could just knock off his shield with a nade and go for the HS

----Close range BR wins
Don't get in to melee range at that point all an AR weilder could do is throw a nade to try to drop your shield but the second he dose that you could melee him if your close enough or just continue to shoot. by then you would have got off 4 burst. or even then the AR takes 8 rounds to kill you once you shield is gone so there is no way in hell a skilled AR wielder would beat a BR wielder in the open

----Knife Range BR wins
If your are close enough and react quickly you could actually melee the AR wielder before he deals enough damage to make his melee deadly and get the head shot before he could be melee again




[Edited on 11.22.2009 11:00 PM PST]

  • 11.22.2009 10:40 PM PDT

Lol

The BR both broken and not broken. It is not broken because of the spread, that just forces the player to lead shots. It is broken because of the 30% chance of bullets not registering. Luck and chance should not ever influence a game in the sense where the better skilled player should lose to a lower skilled player. The bullets should register all the time as long as you lead your shots properly. Bungie needs to stop worrying so much about a all purpose weapon. That's the point for mid range weapons. To be an all purpose weapons.

  • 11.22.2009 11:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: Killer4785
The BR both broken and not broken. It is not broken because of the spread, that just forces the player to lead shots. It is broken because of the 30% chance of bullets not registering. Luck and chance should not ever influence a game in the sense where the better skilled player should lose to a lower skilled player. The bullets should register all the time as long as you lead your shots properly. Bungie needs to stop worrying so much about a all purpose weapon. That's the point for mid range weapons. To be an all purpose weapons.


i agree that the BR is actually fits very well in Halo's case it's just the fact that there is another Battle rifle called the MA5 and it's worthless in every sense of the word. and yes the AR is technically a battle rifle fires a 7.62x51mm

  • 11.22.2009 11:30 PM PDT
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I think the AR and BR need to be able to carry more ammo in each clip.

  • 11.23.2009 10:57 PM PDT

Zombie? What are you!? Racist? Its called "living impaired" you idiot!

I wish I could dual wield. AR in one hand, BR in the other. But why can't you? One a mongooose, you can hold and aim the AR just fine with one hand. The same way with the BR on the mongoose. Why can't you dual weild two ARs, or two BRs, or one of each? Bungie confuses me!

  • 11.25.2009 6:44 PM PDT
Subject: The Only BR Thread

I am a mute gamer.

well i use AR online more, but in campaign i use BR waaaay more

  • 11.26.2009 9:33 AM PDT
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The BR and AR are just fine.

  • 11.26.2009 1:16 PM PDT

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Posted by: Czar_CJ_Elm
There is a simple fix to the Balance between the BR and AR.

there are two thing that could be done.

1- Make the AR kill fast then the BR within optimum auto-fire range and increase the optimum auto-fire range to 30m.

2- make the AR do more Armor damage then shield damage. it would even them out a little when grenades are involved.

and for any one who wants to argue the BR and AR are balanced. answer this why is that at any range the BR kills faster than the AR

With both weapons the more skilled player will usually win however a skilled player with an AR will lose to a skilled player with a BR a majority of the time

----Long range BR wins
no kidding

----Mid range BR wins
you could just shoot him and there is dam near nothing an AR wielder could do but if you be fast you could just knock off his shield with a nade and go for the HS

----Close range BR wins
Don't get in to melee range at that point all an AR weilder could do is throw a nade to try to drop your shield but the second he dose that you could melee him if your close enough or just continue to shoot. by then you would have got off 4 burst. or even then the AR takes 8 rounds to kill you once you shield is gone so there is no way in hell a skilled AR wielder would beat a BR wielder in the open

----Knife Range BR wins
If your are close enough and react quickly you could actually melee the AR wielder before he deals enough damage to make his melee deadly and get the head shot before he could be melee again


This is where it falls apart. Down to between mid and long your right in most respects. The others pretty much dead wrong. Albeit some exceptions but within about 10m on the radar a bit more maybe if both can aim The ar kills faster.


Also this is what leads to people screaming online. "omfg this kids a scrub he cant br" Sorry but im a somewhat good player and im getting tired of being insulted because im not obsessive with a br I use whatever is going to kill you. In most cases now its the ar or carbine. The ar because people like this guy above me. They only think you can kill with a br. They dont compute in their mind that an ar duel does not always end in a double beat down if your somewhat intelligent just shoot move around some.

Nearly every player online only thinks that when you have an ar you MUST run in a straight line using fully auto firing. Then everyone just completely disregards the magnum so. The magnum is 5 shots to kill (final being to the head) Dual magnums is 4 shots (from each pistol)


If aimed it can be deadlier than a br. In alot of cases (until long range). Don't flame me because your a battle rifle obsessive just look at the facts laid in front of your eyes you dont want to believe.

  • 11.26.2009 7:06 PM PDT

I've seen my family fade away, You've taken my whole life left me nothing to say. Sitting in silence with heaven above me i prayed every night by their graves. I search for closure i feel it no longer i can't turn my face away. I stand before you Ive seen what I've had to but now i leave your sight to avenge my family, I've taken my whole life there's nothing left to say.

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Posted by: CheckTheMail
BR>AR "Nuff' Said."
This is an overall generalization- There are more cases where the BR beats the Ar, concidering that the AR sometimes wins in Close-range combat. But the Br is deffinately better for taking down mid-long range targets.


I actually disagree with that generalization. I have(on Halo 3) won in a mid-range fight using an AR against a friend's BR. And yes he is a better player than me. I am just that comfortable with the AR, unlike 99% of all Halo players who think the AR is some kind of joke gun.

If people would give guns other than their beloved BR(introduced in the least fun Halo game BTW) a chance they might realize that the weapon isn't a god weapon and they can win without it if the need should arise.

I only use underused weapons like the AR and Brute Shot and I do just fine, even taking out Snipers when I need to.
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  • 11.26.2009 7:11 PM PDT
Subject: The Only BR Thread

AR is to good for the amount of skill it takes to use.

  • 11.26.2009 8:23 PM PDT