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The only complaint i have about the BR has nothing to do with the weapon itself, but with host. Having host gives you a huge advantage in a BR battle, especially in larger maps like standoff and valhalla. I've been on both ends of it, having host(knowing i had host because i would very easily kill an opponent thats half way accross the map with only 6 or 7 shots and them barely doing any damage to me in return) and i've been on the bad side of it as well. Getting shot all the way accross a big map like standoff and the bullets hitting me as if the guy was only 100 feet away. Those games are difficult to win if the Host team plays it properly. Smaller maps though can sometimes be a different story. The Pit and Guardian for example.
The other night 2 of my friends and I played a game of Team Slayer BRs on Guardian, it was a 3 vs 3 match. We were down the whole game, the other team was not that great, they were decent but not as good as we were but their Host BRs and gernades across the map were too much. We ended up losing the game 50 - 41. Their MVP went 22 and 9 for a +13 K/D. That kid was unstoppable that game. He was running around the whole map doing whatever he wanted. Needless to say he had host, his bullets to the face that game felt more like punches to the face even though he was shooting me all the way across the map. I ended up going 16 - 17 that game, -1 K/D. But what are the odds that the game after the next, guess who it was. The exact same team, on the same map, same gametype. Team slayer BRs on Guardian, again. THIS TIME we had host, and we spawned on the good side... elbow. Even though we had a slight miscue at the start and let the guy that took the Snipe 3 lift get the Overshield at the beginning of the game AND grab the sniper, we went on to completely dominate those kids 50 - 30 for a well deserved Steak. The same guy that dominated us for a +13 K/D in game 1 ended up going 10 - 20, -10 K/D in game 2. Absolutely nothing changed between the 2 games except for 1 thing. It was the same 3 guys vs the same 3 guys on the same map and gametype. In game 1 they had host and spawned elbow, in game 2 we had host and spawned elbow. VERY different results. We could never completely control the map in game 1, it was just not possible on their host, no matter what we did they ran over us like a stampede. In game 2 however we never lost control, it was a completely different game and all because we were playing on different hosts.
All i want is for BR battles to be more fair regardless of who's host that game. What i can't stand is playing a game and knowing for a fact that you're not doing the same amount of damage to the other guy as he is to you. Anyone who's played this game a lot in matchmaking knows what i'm talking about. I hate having to back down from a battle and hide to regain my shield just because the other guy's bullets are doing more damage, hitting more cleanly then mine. If bungie could make it so that only people with "fair" hosts got host each game that would be awesome. That really is my only complaint. Host is really not a factor in close range BR battles for example Top Mid on Guardian, but when it comes to long range battles, host makes a world of difference.