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Subject: What's the difference between Halo 2 BR and Halo 3 BR?
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Its alot easier to get kills

  • 05.25.2009 7:03 PM PDT
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i wonder why people are saying halo 2 is better. Its no contest halo 3 is wayyyyy better!!!!!!!!!

  • 05.27.2009 8:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: Fortifiv3
i wonder why people are saying halo 2 is better. Its no contest halo 3 is wayyyyy better!!!!!!!!!


Halo 3 is better graphics-wise but in every other way Halo 2 -blam!-s on H3. IMO... So don't flame me. And Halo 2 takes way more skill then Halo 2, You have to be able to aim with H2 br. In H3 they made the BR terrible by making it weaker and making you have to lead your shots and the spread is garbage.

  • 05.27.2009 8:56 PM PDT
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I can only please one person per day.

Today isn't your day.

Tomorrow isn't looking too good either.

The main actual differences are as follows:

Halo 3 BR as less auto-aim then the Halo 2. (In actuallity, this true of everything in Halo 3, save for the melee.)

The Halo 3 BR has an actual spread, as compared to the for-show-but-no-actual-effect spread of the Halo 2 BR.

The Halo 3 BR has bullet travel time now, meaning you have to lead your shots on targets farther way, instead of the hit-scan BR of Halo 2, in which no leading was nessacary. (Ironically, a hit-scan burst fire weapon is a contradiction of terms.)

There are almost no button glitches for the Halo 3 BR, and those do exist are hard to do and fairly worthless. The Halo 2 BR has numerous balance-breaking glitches that make almost every other weapon other then the Sniper Rifles at range and the Rockets/Shotgun/Sword in close useless.


Contrary to popular belief, the Halo 3 BR is a highly effective, versatile weapon with many uses, but a few drawbacks that keep it from being perfect, which are needed to keep it balanced. The reason people whine and moan about it is because it simply isn't the overpowered death-cannon from Halo 2, and because they foolishly believe that Halo 2 had more BRs in it. Anyone who goes back and plays Halo 2 sees that there is almost a BR famine, as compared to Halo 3, where you can trip over a BR (or Carbine) almost every 10 feet.


These people also tend to be the ones who think its a good idea to go into the Sword Room on The Pit with their BR out.

[Edited on 05.27.2009 11:28 PM PDT]

  • 05.27.2009 11:25 PM PDT

Halo 2 BR the bullets take no time to reach the target, so you don't need to lead your shots. If you aim at the enemy's head cross-map, you will hit the enemy's head cross-map.

  • 05.28.2009 12:31 AM PDT

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The main actual differences are as follows:

Halo 3 BR as less auto-aim then the Halo 2. (In actuallity, this true of everything in Halo 3, save for the melee.)

The Halo 3 BR has an actual spread, as compared to the for-show-but-no-actual-effect spread of the Halo 2 BR.

The Halo 3 BR has bullet travel time now, meaning you have to lead your shots on targets farther way, instead of the hit-scan BR of Halo 2, in which no leading was nessacary. (Ironically, a hit-scan burst fire weapon is a contradiction of terms.)

There are almost no button glitches for the Halo 3 BR, and those do exist are hard to do and fairly worthless. The Halo 2 BR has numerous balance-breaking glitches that make almost every other weapon other then the Sniper Rifles at range and the Rockets/Shotgun/Sword in close useless.


Contrary to popular belief, the Halo 3 BR is a highly effective, versatile weapon with many uses, but a few drawbacks that keep it from being perfect, which are needed to keep it balanced. The reason people whine and moan about it is because it simply isn't the overpowered death-cannon from Halo 2, and because they foolishly believe that Halo 2 had more BRs in it. Anyone who goes back and plays Halo 2 sees that there is almost a BR famine, as compared to Halo 3, where you can trip over a BR (or Carbine) almost every 10 feet.


These people also tend to be the ones who think its a good idea to go into the Sword Room on The Pit with their BR out.


If you're good at BXRing, you can kill a sword user.

  • 05.28.2009 12:32 AM PDT

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Posted by: Fortifiv3
i wonder why people are saying halo 2 is better. Its no contest halo 3 is wayyyyy better!!!!!!!!!


Halo 3 is better graphics-wise but in every other way Halo 2 -blam!-s on H3. IMO... So don't flame me. And Halo 2 takes way more skill then Halo 2, You have to be able to aim with H2 br. In H3 they made the BR terrible by making it weaker and making you have to lead your shots and the spread is garbage.

There are some major flaws in ur argument....you said that halo 2 takes more skill then halo 2....stfu u have no idea what ur talkin about

  • 05.28.2009 12:43 AM PDT

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Wow... I'm pretty sure anyone with some sort of of intelligence could tell I meant Halo 2 takes more skill then Halo 3.. Hence the argument. So stfu, I don't think you know what your talking about.

  • 05.28.2009 12:52 PM PDT

mabey its the user but i think the br in halo3 is the pro weapon and if i 1v1 some1 and dont have a BR they normally will use a noob wepon such as rocets + ov while i go for BR and im tired of it i pwn with the halo3 br and im happy with it u guys who hate it must suck

  • 05.28.2009 3:51 PM PDT

-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.

Halo 2 BR is the pure wrecking machine. Halo 3 is somewhat less with more of a spread and the target lead.

  • 05.28.2009 6:10 PM PDT
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3's is better.

  • 05.28.2009 6:10 PM PDT

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ok heres what i've seen so far

h3 br sux its like a pistol, h2 br was a sniper! (both do essentially the same damage)

wtf spread? wow now h3 takes no skill! i 4 shot kidz all dai in halo 2

leading ur shots? wow noob that takes no skill!

here's my take on this. i play halo 3 with bumper jumper. i have a good BR, but not the best for sure. i went to halo 2 cuz i felt like playing it. i was 4 shoting kids like a pro, it was insane. that tells me that halo 3 BR takes more skill because its harder to kill people with. and how does leading your shots not take skill? i bet ur one of those people who always raise hell when you get out BRd from a long range if u say this.

i like halo 2, but the facts say that halo 3's BR is harder to use as effectively. therefore, it is a more skilled weapon.

  • 05.28.2009 10:19 PM PDT

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