in halo 1 flag running was discovered. that was 2001. obviously bungie doesn't think it's such a big deal. also anyone who says they can use the BR but chose not to only says that because they cannot use the BR. they say it's overpowered, when it takes about 2.1 seconds to get a freaking kill. the time of a AR beatdown is around 1.4. also don't say that it dominates at long range, because with bullet spread and the incredibly cruddy net code over live, the effective range for a Four-shot-kill is just longer than beatdown range, and anyone who thinks i am lying their was an experiment done showing that at point blank range, over live with the host not participating and 9 people in the game, they could only achieve a Four-shot 179/200 times, this is at a range so close that the bullet spread cannot possibly be the problem. that is over ten percent of the time that 1/12 bullets do not register over xbox live. someone did the same experiment on LAN and even then bullets didn't register 100% of the time. (I think the numbers were 196/200 but im not sure)