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Posted by: Breezy131
Too many idiots have been agreeing with this post for me to not dissect it nice and neat.
Posted by: Pk 4 Skillz1
*The BR was designed with strengths and weaknesses.
Its weaknesses, among other things, include little to no consistency and an optimal range less than the distance you can throw grenades.
*The weaknesses were added in to offset the strengths.
What strengths? The Sniper Rifle beats it medium and long range and the Assault Rifle beats it close range. It's only useful when coupled with a grenade or against an unshielded opponent.
*It takes skill to use the BR like JonnyOThan said.
Relative to what? It's easy to get a headshot with and within its optimal range the auto-aim helps the player out a lot. The only situation in which it's difficult to use is long range, but that's outside the range at which the Battle Rifle functions properly so there's no point.
*The BR is as effective as it was designed to be.
I guess consistency is overrated, then.
*Bungie DOESNT have to fix the BR because it is the way they want it to be.
No they don't but I swear to god making things act predictably isn't a bad thing. The Assault Rifle, Plasma Rifle, and SMG can be fired in such a way that their bursts and random tendencies are mitigated; why not the Battle Rifle?
So, if you don't like the BR there is one real simple solution.......................Don't Use It
Yeah, because without a reliable alternative like the Sniper Rifle, I'm really going to march across a map - any map, it doesn't have to be big - with a gun that has a practical range of about five feet.
Very good points. Adding to that, if the spread were still left in, but it were predictable, you could use skill to adjust your aiming based on the distance, and beyond a certain point, it would be impossible to land all three bullets, thus limiting its range (the spread increases over distance, meaning at X distance, your spread would land at least one bullet outside of the vertical height of a spartan). However, as long as there is any spread, headshots will be way too easy with the BR.
The other post also makes a very good point. Those against changing the BR argue that most good people have it as their TOD, therefore it is good. But the issue isn't whether or not it kills, but whether or not the better player always wins. With the random BR, I could have better aim in a battle and still lose based on random tendencies.