- Wobbly_guy
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- Exalted Heroic Member
It seems there's a general consensus on this forum that the AR is a horrible weapon that doesn't require any skill to use. But I haven't seen any compelling argument as to why it's supposed to be so bad. The argument that is always brought up is that it's easy to use and kill with, and that it is very inaccurate and lacks range.
While this may be true if you just hold the trigger, it's far from the truth if you burst-fire. More accurately, fire in 2-shot bursts. This is important, as it allows you to fire almost as fast as full-auto, while still staying completely accurate. This also greatly increases it's effective range.
It takes about 19 rounds, or 9,5 2-shot bursts, for an AR to kill someone. It takes 5 shots for a DMR to kill, and 7 for a needle rifle. At full-auto, an AR wouldn't be able to beat them at a reasonable distance. It would miss way too many bullets, and seeing the AR hasn't got that big of a magazine, every bullet counts.
However, 2-shot burst fire can achieve a speed fast enough to beat the DMR and Needle rifle, as showcased in this video.Though doing this extremely difficult, let alone do it consistently. This way the AR can fire off it's needed 10 bursts to kill faster than the needle rifle can get it's 7, and the DMR can get it's 5.
Of course, this only works if you can get all bullets to hit. You can't depend on it's auto-aim for that. It's guaranteed you will miss at least a quarter of your shots if you don't aim right in the center. And you desperately need those hits if you want to do good.
I'm not saying the AR is the best weapon and that everyone should use it. It has plenty of flaws like small magazine and no-scope. But it seems the hate on the AR is purely based on ignorance and past iterations of the weapon. The AR in reach is very different than earlier versions. It just seems that barely anyone knows how to effectively use it and I aim to put that right.
Note: Naturally, I'm talking about vanilla reach, where the weapons were still semi-balanced.