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Subject: Focus Rifle

I love it. Sadly, I only have 59 kills with it, so I think it should be in more maps. Maybe buff the damage and nerf its ammunition, so there's faster kill times.

What do you guys think about the FR?

  • 02.02.2012 2:26 AM PDT

Death from Above !

Beautiful weapon, Should have had a BR projectile though. Its to underpowered compared to the sniper rifle making it worthless in a sniper battle. (on spire or boneyard. I've never seen it anywhere else where it matters)

  • 02.02.2012 2:28 AM PDT

Still better than you.

.....most of you, at least.

It's a support weapon, which kinda sucks. It's great for chewing through shields from afar, and letting teammates up close pick up the kills, but otherwise, it's pointless.

I really wish it did have a damage buff to health, so that it became a more viable weapon, but, due to the lack of effectiveness against health, and the lack of a headshot capability, it isn't very good outside of a support role.

  • 02.02.2012 2:32 AM PDT

With each stroke of my blade, i shall paint the fields red
This... will be my masterpiece

i personally love it
i kill snipers with it
and despite it being called "the assist rifle"
i rarely ever get assists with it

  • 02.02.2012 2:36 AM PDT

I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

I got 180 kills and my best K/D of 5.14.

  • 02.02.2012 2:43 AM PDT

From afar, it is just a support weapon. But up close, it destroys (probably better than shotty/sword/hammer w/o sprint). Most of my kills with it are from mid-close range.

  • 02.02.2012 2:44 AM PDT

With each stroke of my blade, i shall paint the fields red
This... will be my masterpiece


Posted by: Ghostie117
From afar, it is just a support weapon. But up close, it destroys (probably better than shotty/sword/hammer w/o sprint). Most of my kills with it are from mid-close range.


all of my kills with it are long range

maybe 5-10 mid to close range

416 kills
with k/d 16.66

[Edited on 02.02.2012 2:46 AM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 2:45 AM PDT

Nice weapon k/d.

However, just want to note that Invasion (the mode you play the most) maps have more open battlefields than Team Slayer maps (the mode I play the most). Therefore, you probably have more opportunities to kill in Invasion whereas in TS theres corners and walls everywhere, and the maps with little cover (such as Pinnacle) lack Focus Rifles. If I do see enemies pop up from cover, most of the time I can only drain their shields before they run away or are headshotted by a teammate's DMR.

However, in Team Slayer, there is alot more CQC, and that's when the FR comes in super handy for me.

[Edited on 02.02.2012 2:52 AM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 2:51 AM PDT

Every single pummel I have is unboosted.
I play GGL. (Grifball)
I hit inheritor 14/1/12. 16 months after release. I have a life fellas.
Every single killionaire I have is unboosted. 22 from grifball, 4 from LD.

If the Focus Rifle's beam touches me, I reckon the enemy can hear me scream "ARGGGHHH MICROWAVE GET IT OFF MEEE!"

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  • 02.02.2012 2:51 AM PDT

I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

You should check out my vid, bcd, but skip to 5 minutes in cuz I bust out a couple nice Focus Rifle killz.

BCD-Slayer

[Edited on 02.02.2012 2:42 PM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 2:53 AM PDT
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Its pretty cool, one of my "favorite" weapons. Though I didn't use it often.

Could have been made better an more useful.

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  • 02.02.2012 8:46 AM PDT

I'm in love with Jesus and proud of it!

It's better to use it like the Sentinel Beam from H2 and H3 than as a sniper weapon. They should have kept the Beam Rifle and tweaked the Focus Rifle to make it play more like the Sentinel Beam.

  • 02.02.2012 8:49 AM PDT


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Gun, meet Bad Guy.
Bad Guy, this is Gun.

I've gotten a Second Gunman with that beautiful weapon, I even have gotten a running riot and possibly higher with it, I think I got an untouchable once with most of them being with the FR, some with other guns, I've only got one perfection with it however, I hid in that building near the core capture point on Boneyard, the enemy were pretty damn annoyed at me.

483 kills with it altogether, with a competitive K/D of 11.70 and an Invasion K/D of 11.86

[Edited on 02.02.2012 10:35 AM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 8:53 AM PDT

PSR = (((K+A)/D)*Win%)*120
The average player's PSR = 100


BigTeamBattle.net

My favorite weapon in Reach.

  • 02.02.2012 9:05 AM PDT

I use the Focus Rifle whenever I can, but unfortunately it absent from most maps. If it was more common, I would have a lot of kills with it.

  • 02.02.2012 9:29 AM PDT

Today is a good day to be a Spartan

It definitely should have been more like the Beam Rifle, as it is under-powered, and not a good Covie alternative to the Sniper, in MM.

In FF it is the perfect choice for getting your Back-up Comm's.

[Edited on 02.02.2012 9:33 AM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 9:31 AM PDT

It should be on every jetpack-friendly map i.e. boardwalk, all btb maps, eden minor.

Fock jetpack. Thank god its on powerhouse.

  • 02.02.2012 9:57 AM PDT

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  • 02.02.2012 9:58 AM PDT

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Posted by: OhvoZ
better

I too prefer the sentinel beam.

  • 02.02.2012 9:59 AM PDT
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The Focus Rifle is a rockstar if you use it up close at ranges where everyone else is using their AR or DMR/Magnum. If you're using it as a long range sniper weapon, try to wait for an enemy to be far enough from cover until you begin firing, so you can cook him before he gets away.

[Edited on 02.02.2012 10:07 AM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 10:07 AM PDT


Posted by: the pib
The Focus Rifle is a rockstar if you use it up close at ranges where everyone else is using their AR or DMR/Magnum. If you're using it as a long range sniper weapon, try to wait for an enemy to be far enough from cover until you begin firing, so you can cook him before he gets away.

  • 02.02.2012 10:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: Ghosty Gh0st

Posted by: the pib
The Focus Rifle is a rockstar if you use it up close at ranges where everyone else is using their AR or DMR/Magnum. If you're using it as a long range sniper weapon, try to wait for an enemy to be far enough from cover until you begin firing, so you can cook him before he gets away.

And remember that aiming for the visor completely blinds your target.

  • 02.02.2012 10:55 AM PDT
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Banned just for calling someone retarded? lolBnet mods
Duardo = retard

So you think Reach is an actual Halo game, huh? LOL
Jesus! There's a BoB in ma Falcon!

Hate it.
- Overheats to quickly
- Gives away your position
- Terrible weapon all together

  • 02.02.2012 10:57 AM PDT

If i woke up looking like that, i would just run to the nearest living thing, and kill it.

The Beta version was much more deadly. The nerfs made to the retail rifle ruined it for me.

  • 02.02.2012 10:58 AM PDT

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