Posted by: yo im on xbox
Posted by: xImpulse Sniper
DDMR is fine.
DMR is far from fine, When you're good at halo 3 you realise how unskillfull DMR really is, Seeing as ur highest skill is 26 any weapon would be "fine" to you.
I lol'd hard at that response
Posted by: SilverJoachim24
Posted by: Big Boy On Top
Finally, someone that agrees with me that the BR is way better than the DMR.
Oh it's better, it's just not balanced for matchmaking.
Ofcourse, it would be balanced if started with it. Although that would simply not be Halo.
"Why?" you might ask, well because the only thing that differs Halo from other shooters is the shielding. The shields give us and extra chance at survival and gives more room for mistakes, but they also makes your think through what kind of weapons you have for different kinds of situations in order to kill your opponents (who of course, also have shields) the fastest way possible.
In close range you would do best to wield a fully automatic weapon, while at long range you should use a semi-automatic weapon for more accuracy. At mid range you should maybe do a combination of both.
Anyhow, the Battle Rifle was a very powerful three shot burst semi-automatic rifle with no punnishment for either being on close range or spamming the trigger. It beat nearly all the weapons nearly all the time.
And because it beat every other weapon there was no need for weapon variety and thus defeating the purpose of Halo matchmaking.
Remember that Halo: Combat Evolved was the first shooter to introduce strategy to a FPS. By that I mean that it was the first shooter that limited you to 2 weapons, and therefore you had to chose wisely what kinds of weapons you should carry for the tasks ahead. There is no point in chosing weapons if one gun is always the best choice.
Yes, the Battle Rifle was better, but the Designated Marksman Rifle is just more balanced for multiplayer purposes.
This... I couldn't have said it any better myself.
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