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Subject: So you say the BR is over powered?

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Posted by: Tech Sgt Chen2
if you ported the ce pistol into halo 3 it would -blam!- the br no questions... if you are wanting the pistol back and the br is overpowered then your going to be very upset when it happens.


QFT. The only thing I like more about the pistol than the BR is that it sucked at closer ranges. Whereas, the BR is a little better at closer ranges because you have an easier chance of getting all three shots to actually hit. I may be wrong but I haven't played CE in a while so this is all just off of what I remember.

  • 11.20.2009 2:02 PM PDT

Posted by: Scobra Rlz d00d
Posted by: Tech Sgt Chen2
if you ported the ce pistol into halo 3 it would -blam!- the br no questions... if you are wanting the pistol back and the br is overpowered then your going to be very upset when it happens.


QFT. The only thing I like more about the pistol than the BR is that it sucked at closer ranges. Whereas, the BR is a little better at closer ranges because you have an easier chance of getting all three shots to actually hit. I may be wrong but I haven't played CE in a while so this is all just off of what I remember.


I'm pretty sure your right. In the end the pistol is much stronger then the BR, it's just people don't remember how strong it was cause honestly, who plays Halo: CE with other people now? I mean I just played campaign the otherday for fun, but I didn't call people to come have a system link or anything, so my memory of the pistol in custom games isn't amazing.

And I would just like to point out, even if those pictures are real, it's alpha testing, they could take that BR out and swap it with the current one if they wanted, this is where most changes occur.

  • 11.20.2009 6:53 PM PDT

Posted by: Irr3l3vant
It's on a lot of community maps. Affinity, Think Twice, Abridged...

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I meant good maps

I noticed an error in this. You said that the Halo 2 BR was added to replace the CE pistol, when everyone knows that the Scarab Gun was actually added to replace the CE pistol.

  • 11.20.2009 6:57 PM PDT

Posted by: Axcleblade
I noticed an error in this. You said that the Halo 2 BR was added to replace the CE pistol, when everyone knows that the Scarab Gun was actually added to replace the CE pistol.


Doh, I forgot about that, they wanted to tone it down a little, so they added the scarab gun, the BR in H2 was way too toned down to be a replacement.

  • 11.20.2009 7:01 PM PDT

I do say that the BR is over powered. It has the most forgiving magazine size. It has the most range of any other rifle in the game, besides the sniper.

I know that the Halo 1 pistol was more overpowered than the BR. But that does not change the fact that the BR is the only effective (yes, there is the carbine, but it is much harder to use) medium range weapon in Halo.

The simple fact of the matter is that the BR out classes every other weapon in the game simply because it is so versatile. You can easily use it at close range: grenade + headshot, 2 headshots + melee, etc.

You can use it at medium range, and even a little at long range because of the scope.

I would not say that the BR is broken, but I think that in Halo's current state, it simply does not fit in with the other weapons.

I think that other weapons should be toned up, and the BR toned down a little.

Also, give every weapon a headshot bonus, it makes no sense why one weapon does more damage on a headshot, but others do not.

For a more in depth response, this is my thread.

  • 11.20.2009 7:03 PM PDT

D3

Basically, the br takes skill to get kills with, but it is in a way overpowered but it takes skill to be overpowered. I am not saying bring back the halo 1 pistol, not at all. But the BR is overpowered, it is the gun that everyone who wants to do decent uses. What im getting at here is that everyone needs to use the BR, and the thing is, this is going to be the third time ripping out our BR's and sure, halo could stick to the fundimentals, BR long-mid range battles, ARs up close and so on, but is it just me who would no longer want to justify another $80 taxes in purchase for a game with simply, tweaked multiplayer, and some new campain buisness, No. I want something fresh from halo. MLG with a different gun. Mmm, pie.

[Edited on 11.20.2009 7:23 PM PST]

  • 11.20.2009 7:11 PM PDT

Some weapons wouldn't make sense to have a headshot bonus tho. I mean rockets obviously wouldn't fuel rod cannon, needler, shotgun I guess?.

But some weapons should be toned up sure, but right now the battle rifle is in a perfect spot if you ask me.

And you can get a use the pistol to do the things you mentioned involving grenades or melee, you just have to aim. The pistol has a shorter range then the BR (but bigger then the AR). It has no real auto-aim that I can tell of tho. So you need to be able to have good aim to use a nade and a shot to get a kill with it.

  • 11.20.2009 7:15 PM PDT

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The BR is fine the way it is, I just wish the spread was a bit less random.

  • 11.20.2009 7:23 PM PDT

Aye.

Am I the only person who thinks that the current BR is fine?

  • 11.20.2009 7:58 PM PDT

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