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Subject: Underpowered weapons

Am I the only one who thinks that Reach's weapons are horribly underpowered? The AR sucks. DMR, Needle Rifle, Shotgun, Sniper, Sword, and rockets, out of Reach's whole sandbox, are probably the only weapons you see put to use except maybe the Needler. And that's still not good enough.

Smaller weapons like the plasma rifle, plasma pistol, repeater. They all suck to much to even have there presence acknowledged in a typical slayer match now.

  • 11.29.2011 7:35 PM PDT

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The DMR in the Anniversary playlist feels so pathetic, I know what you mean.

I don't even bother to use it anymore, it's either a combo of shotgun and magnum, or needler and magnum.

  • 11.29.2011 7:37 PM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

cheers to the OP, i also think the AR sucks, seriously what was BUNGiE thinking
the PR, repeater and shotgun should be stronger IMO
the PP was good IMO
the most heart breaking thing about reach: the sword...
might as well use a tooth pick. i wants HALO 2's sword back!!!

  • 11.29.2011 7:40 PM PDT

I feel your pain. And the ok weapons are always taken and wasted....

  • 11.29.2011 7:40 PM PDT

They see me rollin', they hatin'.

Not ALL the guns are underpowered, because if they were, then that would be the average power. It just takes a long time to kill people, that's all.

  • 11.29.2011 7:41 PM PDT


Posted by: QuizzicalPoem93
Not ALL the guns are underpowered, because if they were, then that would be the average power. It just takes a long time to kill people, that's all.


That's not a good thing. I don't want to take 10 seconds to kill someone. I'm not saying we should go the COD route, but have faster kill times please.

  • 11.29.2011 7:42 PM PDT


Posted by: Majatek
The DMR in the Anniversary playlist feels so pathetic, I know what you mean.

I don't even bother to use it anymore, it's either a combo of shotgun and magnum, or needler and magnum.


The 3 shot classic magnum is so much more powerful than everything else to the point where I actually see power weapons being disregarded. Reach's sandbox wasn't meant to have this thing in it. It's cool and fun but destroys any weapon balance.

  • 11.29.2011 7:52 PM PDT

Boltshot = mini shotgun

The AR is so useless it's ridiculous. I'm able to beat it with a plasma pistol or repeater at times. And those are underpowered weapons, too.

  • 11.29.2011 7:59 PM PDT

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So basically... Waypoint is pro-vanilla?

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Waypoint isn't pro-anything so much as they're just anti-intelligence.


Posted by: ARACHN0TRON
The 3 shot classic magnum is so much more powerful than everything else to the point where I actually see power weapons being disregarded. Reach's sandbox wasn't meant to have this thing in it. It's cool and fun but destroys any weapon balance.

I respectfully disagree. CE only had 8 (I think?) weapons in its sandbox, and I think that's what the 3SK pistol does: gets rid of all the unnecessary weapons that have been added over the years, and brings us back to the basics: pistol, lolAR, rockets, sniper.

  • 11.29.2011 8:03 PM PDT

chances are I don't care who you are or what you say.

I think players are just under-skilled

  • 11.29.2011 8:04 PM PDT


Posted by: KagaiTsuki
I think players are just under-skilled


The AR took me a whole damn clip of full auto firing from no more than ten feet to kill someone with normal shield, and while I was doing that, this guy uses a DMR and downs my overshield, normal shield, and almost health.

  • 11.29.2011 8:11 PM PDT

I will KILL YOU WITH MY FISTSSS!

the wraith sucks, not enough powerrr

  • 11.29.2011 9:24 PM PDT

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Ah, I've not played the Anniversary playlist, but let me tell you that you can only be underpowered comparatively. This, guys, is what happens when most conventional weapons are outclassed by a single weapon. For example, DMR > PR.

What have I done? I dealt with it, since nothing else can be done.

  • 11.29.2011 9:32 PM PDT