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Subject: BR change that would make everyone happy

I dunno bout you guys... but I toss my AR away for an SMG every chance I get. Its a devastating weapon at close range- second only to the mauler or shotty. I'm pretty good with a BR too, but my friend seems to always get me with freaking dual spikers when I'm not paying attention. He rips people up on Orbital with spikers all the time. Just throwing that out there.

As for the BR.. Bungie needs to stick with what they did on ODST. Remove that crap from the game. Every weapon in ODST is useful. They made this possible by removing dual wielding which was a factor that multiplied balancing issues (by removing it they made it easier to balance everything). Also by removing the BR, they were able to simplify weapon functions. Instead of having two mid-close range spray weapons (AR and SMG) and two long range headshot weapons (BR and pistol) they got rid of the redundancies and rebalanced what was left over.

[Edited on 10.09.2009 1:37 PM PDT]

  • 10.09.2009 1:36 PM PDT

This game NEEDS to revamp its weapon balance. There are so many useless close-range weapons.

I suggest people go play a game like Quake Live (or Quake 3, same thing). That game has REAL weapon balance. Every weapon in that game has a purpose and is useful.

They should also remove dual-wielding. Who actually dual-wields anymore?

  • 10.10.2009 3:38 PM PDT

I have explained this before. Without some kind of mid range weapon, the game turns into a stalemate or total dominance. If you have no mid range weapon then all you have is long range and short range. Short range will camp. Long range will camp and wait for short range to come out. With a mid range weapon that is accurate to an extent will balance everything out. That means short range is countered, and long range is countered. It keeps the game moving. Bungie WILL put in some kind of accurate mid range weapon.

  • 10.10.2009 3:42 PM PDT