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Subject: TU weapon balance needs work.
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After not playing Reach for over two months I played 10 or so games of TU Beta last night, mostly Zero Bloom games. The Magnum felt amazing, however, I think it's an unhealthy thing for gameplay variety that it completely dominates the rest of the short range weapon sandbox. The rapid 4-shot kill makes the Magnum more useful in almost every situation than the AR, PP, PRi, PRe, Needler, and even the Concussion Rifle.

I don't think the problem is that the Magnum is overpowered, but the other short range weapons are underpowered, even with melee bleed through. Does anyone else agree that they need a 10-20% boost in power as long as the Mag is a 4SK?

  • 11.13.2011 11:20 AM PDT
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Hahaha

Simple solution. Remove the magnum.

  • 11.13.2011 11:21 AM PDT

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Posted by: The separatists
Simple solution. Remove the magnum.

It is, 343 is putting the 3 shot mag from Halo CE.. :D

  • 11.13.2011 11:22 AM PDT
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Posted by: The separatists
Simple solution. Remove the magnum.

No, the Magnum feels great, and the faster pace is like Halo CE. But a game dominated by a single weapon doesn't feel like Halo at all.

  • 11.13.2011 11:23 AM PDT

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Posted by: The separatists
Simple solution. Remove the magnum.

No, the Magnum feels great, and the faster pace is like Halo CE. But a game dominated by a single weapon doesn't feel like Halo at all.


Always been like that since Halo 2's BR

  • 11.13.2011 11:25 AM PDT


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Posted by: The separatists
Simple solution. Remove the magnum.

No, the Magnum feels great, and the faster pace is like Halo CE. But a game dominated by a single weapon doesn't feel like Halo at all.


Always been like that since Halo 2's BR

Halo 2's weapon balance sucked, too.

We don't want that. CE had it right.

  • 11.13.2011 11:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: The separatists
Simple solution. Remove the magnum.

No, the Magnum feels great, and the faster pace is like Halo CE. But a game dominated by a single weapon doesn't feel like Halo at all.


Always been like that since Halo 2's BR

Maybe, but Reach did the best job of promoting weapon variety, until now.

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Posted by: the pib
Maybe, but Reach did the best job of promoting weapon variety, until now.

lolno it didn't. I'm still not going to drop my DMR/Magnum combination for an AR, PR, PRe, PP, or Spiker in either version of Reach.

[Edited on 11.13.2011 11:31 AM PST]

  • 11.13.2011 11:31 AM PDT

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Nope. If I have a DMR/magnum, in any playlist, there is no reason for me to drop either of the. Unless I find a Power Weapon.
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Maybe, but Reach did the best job of promoting weapon variety, until now.


[Edited on 11.13.2011 11:35 AM PST]

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Everybody wants some.

Reach's weapon "balance" is probably the worst in the series IMO. How many reskinned AR's does a game need?

Off topic: will the plasma rifle have a stun in Anniversary Slayer?

  • 11.13.2011 11:39 AM PDT


Posted by: The separatists
Simple solution. Remove the magnum.

  • 11.13.2011 11:47 AM PDT

Call me Stu

Lot of variety was lost in reach with the removal of dual wielding and other weapons.

  • 11.13.2011 11:49 AM PDT


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Off topic: will the plasma rifle have a stun in Anniversary Slayer?

I've been asking them for it for months, but I'm pretty sure that it's not.

  • 11.13.2011 11:49 AM PDT

Boltshot = mini shotgun

You forgot about how the BR dominated in Halos 2 and 3.
All the CE magnum is is the new BR.

  • 11.13.2011 12:12 PM PDT

If CE was on xbox live the magnum wouldve dominated it too because they wouldve had to add aim assist or bullet magnetism. They cant bring back CE over xbox live.

  • 11.13.2011 12:49 PM PDT