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Posted by: RIZEUTO
Posted by: Wobbly_guy
I copy pasted this from that other thread but I thought it belonged in here.
Posted by: Wobbly_guyPosted by: RIZEUTO
The Assault Rifle.
Bungie made a mistake. With the new melee system, the AR rush is non existent. They FINNALY had a chance to make the AR a weapon that takes skill to use, rewards aiming and knowing the correct bursts to use at which range.
But no, they had to nerf it.
If it took 16 rounds to kill, and the magasine wasn't increased, it would be perfect. (Increasing mag size would promote spraying, which is bad, and also wouldn't really fix it).
These changes would fix it though
Nerfed? It's better in almost every way.
The new bloom system enormously benefits the AR. It's more accurate than the pistol if the bloom's at it's smallest. You can keep it small by firing in 2-shot bursts.
2-shot bursts are what makes the AR so much better than past iterarations. The timing is extremely strict, but if you're good at it you can fire faster than the needle rifle can full-auto. Keep in mind that this is without expanding the bloom.
Considering it takes 9,5 bursts to kill someone with the AR and 7 shots to kill someone with the needle rifle, I'd say te AR is superior. The only way to match the kill time of the AR with the needle rifle is to fire full-auto, and hit every shot. This near impossible with the bloom.
The AR is much better than people make it out to be. It's just a lot harder to use it effectively.
P.S. I did test the firing rate. I emptied a needle rifle magazine with 16 rounds in it (to have the same amount of 2-shot bursts the AR can do in it) and then emptied an AR with 2-shot bursts at the best rate the best I could.
The AR emptied it's mag a full second faster than the needle rifle did. Remember that I'm not perfect and the AR might be able to be fired faster so there might even be a greater difference.
This proves that a burst fire AR has a faster firing rate the the full-auto needle rifle.
Note that it is alot easyer to aim the needle rifle as one shot is more powerfull than 2 from the AR (2= greater chance to miss).
Also, headshots boost kill times, so I have to ask were they taken into account?
Yep, headshots were taken into account.