- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Helios 210
I think the BR in Halo 3 is a brilliant weapon, and the adjustments made from Halo 2 - Halo 3 were good, except from one thing. As I was reading through this thread I cam across several quotes saying the BR's short-range lethality had been reduced, logically, how can this be? Since earlier in the thread several people made references and comparisons to real life weapons I will do the same. A point-blank shot with a sniper with decapitate a man, at maximum range it will just penetrate the skull - just. A magnum at point blank will shatter the skull, at maximum range you are lucky if it hits. So why in Halo 3, is the Battle Rifle weaker at short range than it is at medium? I used to think that this was because the game developers were not willing to incorporate complex physics into the projectile motion, however after researching it seems they've incorporated complex maths into the grenade parabola, the brute shot, and even the ranking system, perhaps because of the velocity of bullets they considered external effects negligible? But here I am going off topic, my point is, that a BR should - logically be more powerful at short range, if only because there is a bigger chance that all three bullets will strike their target, but also because the bullets themselves should posses greater momentum. This does not seem to be the case however, since, countless times I have watched people, having attained the drop on their opponent and firing two or three shots into the back of the opponents head being beaten by their opponent turning, literally firing a 1/2 second burst from the AR into their chest, and then beating them down, I believe this is the primary cause of 'whiners' to whine, even if no changes are made to the BR I believe a reduction in the melee power of the AR would be in order to make these close-range encounters fairer.
Let me know what you think.
Helios.
I like the way you think. this was all. very well thought out. but if they did that with the BR they would have to in the name of fairness do the same thing to all weapons. and i love the idea of giving noobs who shoot me in the foot 1 shot capabilities via sniper.