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Subject: If you could do one thing to balance the BR vs DMR duel

Poll: If you could do one thing to balance the BR vs DMR duel  [closed]
Make BR 4 shot:  38%
(10 Votes)
Make DMR have more bloom:  15%
(4 Votes)
Other:  46%
(12 Votes)
Total Votes: 26

What would you do

Yeah yeah, I made like 3 threads on this today, but I didn't make this poll, so I was just curious

  • 12.09.2012 6:49 PM PDT

Gather around the campfire, once it goes out, it's out for good.

I'd say DMR bloom.
That or tighten BR spread.
That or lower DMR fire cap.
That or buff BR damage.
That or nerf DMR damage.

It can go either way easily.
But I say buff the Carbine.

  • 12.09.2012 6:50 PM PDT

You just lost the game. Now facepalm yourself for clicking this :P

I think they're balanced fairly well.

  • 12.09.2012 6:50 PM PDT

Your average nice guy on The Flood.... D: ..... WAIT A MINUTE....

Remove DMR from matchmaking.

  • 12.09.2012 6:51 PM PDT

My Brahman is ready.

Make the BR shoot faster?
Buff it's damage?
Give it more magnetism?
Less recoil?

I could go on, the possibilities are endless!

  • 12.09.2012 6:52 PM PDT
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-Make BR 4sk
-Remove DMR bloom and reduce the aim assist greatly

  • 12.09.2012 6:52 PM PDT

Why would I balance it? Sad to say, the honest fact of the matter is that the DMR deserves to win. Giving people three chances to score a headshot is sorta like having training wheels, and it makes sense that the BR should be a little weaker to compensate for that. I don't think it should be weak to the point where it can't even put up a fight, but it makes sense that the DMR is the stronger of the two guns.

  • 12.09.2012 7:00 PM PDT

On Abandon the BR is amazing but anywhere else not so much

  • 12.09.2012 7:02 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Life is a journey, if you spend all of it with your nose in your map, you may miss some of the best parts.


Posted by: darthnilhilus97
Remove DMR from matchmaking.


^^^^

Or:
-Lower RoF on DMR
-No bloom on DMR
-A LOT less aim assist on DMR
-4SK BR
-Make the BR sound like a gun

  • 12.09.2012 7:02 PM PDT

Gather around the campfire, once it goes out, it's out for good.


Posted by: Hylebos
Why would I balance it? Sad to say, the honest fact of the matter is that the DMR deserves to win. Giving people three chances to score a headshot is sorta like having training wheels, and it makes sense that the BR should be a little weaker to compensate for that. I don't think it should be weak to the point where it can't even put up a fight, but it makes sense that the DMR is the stronger of the two guns.
How is it a training wheel if each individual shot is about a third of a DMR's shot? That puts you at a significant disadvantage.

  • 12.09.2012 7:02 PM PDT

Bones of my enemies.

Make the BR shoot rockets.

  • 12.09.2012 7:02 PM PDT

Posted by: eggsalad
Posted by: Hylebos
Why would I balance it? Sad to say, the honest fact of the matter is that the DMR deserves to win. Giving people three chances to score a headshot is sorta like having training wheels, and it makes sense that the BR should be a little weaker to compensate for that. I don't think it should be weak to the point where it can't even put up a fight, but it makes sense that the DMR is the stronger of the two guns.
How is it a training wheel if each individual shot is about a third of a DMR's shot? That puts you at a significant disadvantage.
It's a trade off. For being able to get headshots more easily, your gun is less powerful, but if you have difficulty getting headshots, it's the gun for you.

The problem is that most people have no problem getting headshots no matter what range they are at, so the DMR is always the better choice. Unless you can think of a way of balancing out that dynamic, I just have to accept that the BR has to either be always weaker than the DMR or massively more useful than the DMR if it gets buffed because people would rather get easy headshots than use an inferior gun.

  • 12.09.2012 7:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: eggsalad
Posted by: Hylebos
Why would I balance it? Sad to say, the honest fact of the matter is that the DMR deserves to win. Giving people three chances to score a headshot is sorta like having training wheels, and it makes sense that the BR should be a little weaker to compensate for that. I don't think it should be weak to the point where it can't even put up a fight, but it makes sense that the DMR is the stronger of the two guns.
How is it a training wheel if each individual shot is about a third of a DMR's shot? That puts you at a significant disadvantage.
It's a trade off. For being able to get headshots more easily, your gun is less powerful, but if you have difficulty getting headshots, it's the gun for you.

The problem is that most people have no problem getting headshots no matter what range they are at, so the DMR is always the better choice. Unless you can think of a way of balancing out that dynamic, I just have to accept that the BR has to either be always weaker than the DMR or massively more useful than the DMR if it gets buffed because people would rather get easy headshots than use an inferior gun.

Headshots only play a role after shields go down.

Having one gun be inferior to another because the last shot to kill a target is marginally easier than the first four doesn't make much sense to me.

It's also the same argument that people used to try and keep the automatics down.

  • 12.09.2012 8:15 PM PDT

Just use the better gun. That's what everyone did in Halo 3. Everyone went for the BR.

Now that's it's not the best gun, things need to be balanced so it is, or at least ties for best?

  • 12.09.2012 8:16 PM PDT

"If you want to test a man's character, give him power" -- Abraham Lincoln

Make the DMR 6sk


Problem solved.

  • 12.09.2012 8:17 PM PDT

BR 4sk

  • 12.09.2012 8:17 PM PDT

Old School

im actually happy where it is. for those who want to remove the DMR, you should be lined up and shot.

BR is faster in a tight space, DMR is a long range rifle after all.
just stop whining and just play. i hate it when people spam the rockets, but i dont think you should just remove it. work a way around it by playing smarter..

[Edited on 12.09.2012 8:19 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 8:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: RustedEdge

Posted by: darthnilhilus97
Remove DMR from matchmaking.


^^^^

Or:
-Lower RoF on DMR
-No bloom on DMR
-A LOT less aim assist on DMR
-4SK BR
-Make the BR sound like a gun

Posted by: RustedEdge

Posted by: darthnilhilus97
Remove DMR from matchmaking.


^^^^

Or:
-Lower RoF on DMR
-No bloom on DMR
-A LOT less aim assist on DMR
-4SK BR
-Make the BR sound like a gun

  • 12.09.2012 8:20 PM PDT

Make a thread saying you will counter any argument against armor lock...

Then respond with Adapt.

"War, the original crack"
-Albert Einstein

DMR has too much auto aim. Nerf that first.

If the gun still trumps all others than nerf the rate of fire a little.

  • 12.09.2012 8:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: Wonderbread
DMR has too much auto aim. Nerf unscoped auto aim first.

Fixed.

  • 12.09.2012 8:22 PM PDT

Old School

yea fair, get rid of the auto hit scan crap. its so annoying.

  • 12.09.2012 8:22 PM PDT

Disregard Females, acquire currency.

Buff BR damage and maybe reduce the fire rate for the DMR.

  • 12.09.2012 8:23 PM PDT

Make a thread saying you will counter any argument against armor lock...

Then respond with Adapt.

"War, the original crack"
-Albert Einstein

Posted by: Methew

Posted by: Wonderbread
DMR has too much auto aim. Nerf unscoped auto aim first.

Fixed.

True.

  • 12.09.2012 8:23 PM PDT

Posted by: Methew
Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: eggsalad
Posted by: Hylebos
Why would I balance it? Sad to say, the honest fact of the matter is that the DMR deserves to win. Giving people three chances to score a headshot is sorta like having training wheels, and it makes sense that the BR should be a little weaker to compensate for that. I don't think it should be weak to the point where it can't even put up a fight, but it makes sense that the DMR is the stronger of the two guns.
How is it a training wheel if each individual shot is about a third of a DMR's shot? That puts you at a significant disadvantage.
It's a trade off. For being able to get headshots more easily, your gun is less powerful, but if you have difficulty getting headshots, it's the gun for you.

The problem is that most people have no problem getting headshots no matter what range they are at, so the DMR is always the better choice. Unless you can think of a way of balancing out that dynamic, I just have to accept that the BR has to either be always weaker than the DMR or massively more useful than the DMR if it gets buffed because people would rather get easy headshots than use an inferior gun.

Headshots only play a role after shields go down.

Having one gun be inferior to another because the last shot to kill a target is marginally easier than the first four doesn't make much sense to me.

It's also the same argument that people used to try and keep the automatics down.
I haven't had any hands on time with Halo 4 so I cannot speak from experience, but that's just how the argument makes sense to me.

  • 12.09.2012 8:25 PM PDT

Posted by: Falcon Saber
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Posted by: SergeantFlood
Make the BR shoot rockets.

  • 12.09.2012 8:26 PM PDT

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