- RabidNutCase45
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Posted by: urk
Eat raw meat.
Punch a bear in the face.
If you don't know who I am, the feeling is mutual.
I really have to disagree about the BR being overpowered, because in my eyes it is. It's a long-range rifle with high accuracy, high damage, lots of ammo, and ease of use. I've played Halo since '04, and I've used the BR a lot. It is definitely the one of the most powerful weapon in all of the Halo games excluding the Halo: CE pistol.
One of the reasons I think the BR is overpowered is because it's so versatile that it has no weaknesses. It's good on all maps, including the smaller ones like Heretic and Guardian. On larger maps like Avalanche and Valhalla, not having one means you will die. It instantly obliterates players without or with very low shields, and a frag grenade would wipe out their shields anyway. It quickly incapacitates opponents, even if they're using a weapon like the needler or rocket launcher. Also headshots aren't that hard to get, as I have plenty. Weapons like the BR, the Magnum and Carbine, actually suck in comparison.
Okay, I'm not whining that I suck with it, I've had to have it a lot, but my point is that I HAVE to use it. I looked up the definition of battle rifles on Wikipedia, and it contradicts what the Battle Rifle is to Halo. "The battle rifle's power and long-range accuracy are intended to engage targets at long distances, but this comes with a trade-off of length and weight that make it relatively cumbersome in close-quarter combat." The BR is a powerful close-range weapon, beating the AR in duels at all times. People who whine about the AR are idiots, since the BR is 1000x better and the AR is simply being used as it was meant to be, a close-range weapon. If the BR was weaker when it came to being in close-range fights, then I'd have no problem with it. You could spawn with ARs and Magnums on small maps, ARs and BRs on larger maps.
Maybe if the BR was slower inbetween bursts then it'd be more balanced, I don't know. All I'm saying is the BR is overused because it's overpowered.