Halo Reach still needs tweaking
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You're talking about the Designated Marksman Rifle and not the Battle Rifle yeah? The DMR is fantastic in my opinion, but the Battle Rifle is a real PoS! You'd do more damage throwing it at them. Seriously; you can take down their shields with one hit with the butt of it, or just empty an entire clip into them. It achieves the same result!
This is absolutely true, but in my experience, players rarely used that method. 9 times out of 10, they'd just run right at each other and go for the melee hit. I'm guessing it had something to do with the melee attack's "lunge" properties being seen as more of a sure thing.kikon9 said:
Welcome to xbox live, where the game balancing updates don't exist and map packs cost $15.
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Congratulations on your entirely pointless, off topic and inflammatory post. You're a real asset to the community.Spencer Petersen said:
The Assault Rifle is a short range weapon, the pistol is a mid-range weapon. Of course you're going to lose that fight.Dr. Feelgood said:
What you need to do is use a DMR or Pistol or some other mid to long range weapon, or get in close. Each weapon has a specific role in the game (though some are shared by a handful of others, annoyingly enough), and you're not going to be able to win every fight with the same weapon. There's a reason for it, and for the most part Bungie's done a pretty good job of setting it all up.
Not true at all. In reality, assault rifles (M4, M16, AK-47, etc) have effective ranges somewhere in the neighborhood of twice that of a standard-issue 9mm pistol (and even more for a .45, which I believe the pistol in Reach is supposed to be). They are significantly more accurate than pistols due to the higher powder load in each cartridge and the longer barrels. They also have a lot more stopping power than a pistol. In pretty much any situation in real life, an assault rifle is a far preferable weapon to any pistol.Ridgemo said:
There are a lot, no seriously a LOT of problems with Halo Reach, there are plenty of things that need to be tweaked and fixed, but honestly the AR is not one of them.
Does it make much of a difference? Use a pistol instead then. In Halo 3, regardless of the map or gametype, you still had people scavenging for BR's instead of using an Assault rifle. Sure, I do agree. The AR needs a little tweaking, but not enough for it to be superior than the pistol.Dr. Feelgood said:
Also in Halo 3, do you ever remember anyone using a pistol? No? Because they sucked. The idea for the pistol in Reach is that it is an effecient side arm. Something you can switch out to if you're low on ammo, or your clip ran out mid-fight.
Anyway, it's a game, the whole thing revolves around the universe Bungie created, not real world physics.
The Halo: Reach pistol fires .50 caliber rounds. Know what else fires .50 caliber rounds? The Desert Eagle. The Assault Rifle can never equal that.
In all seriousness, to me the AR's not the most useful of weapons in multiplayer, but it's definitely balanced. Also, its enormous ammo supply (and increased accuracy when fired in short controlled bursts) make it incredibly versatile in Campaign. So yeah, I think the AR is well-balanced
In all seriousness, to me the AR's not the most useful of weapons in multiplayer, but it's definitely balanced. Also, its enormous ammo supply (and increased accuracy when fired in short controlled bursts) make it incredibly versatile in Campaign. So yeah, I think the AR is well-balanced
Thanks, now to elaborateRusty Bucket said:
In my opinion, I find Xbox live to be an entirely useless system which actively discourages free updates and encourages overpriced DLC. Because Xbox live mandates that any update come with price tag, Bungie can either A: Release the game-play balancing update with a price tag, shearing the community and inciting a fan shit-storm, or B: Don't release it and hope people just adapt.
Actually, it makes sense. The pistol is more precise, meaning that someone with good aim can kill someone with the pistol even while being riddled with assault rifle bullets because they can kill in one hit once the shields go down. This is good game design: making it so any weapon, with the proper strategy and skill, can triumph over another.
The thing that needs tweaking is armor lock. Namely, being stuck with a sticky grenade should be a kill regardless of armor locking, and it should be disabled for two-on-two in the arena. It's great in its application for the most part, but there are some situations where it's just cheap. Besides that, it's an amazingly well-balanced game, and easily the best multiplayer offering the Halo series has ever had.
The thing that needs tweaking is armor lock. Namely, being stuck with a sticky grenade should be a kill regardless of armor locking, and it should be disabled for two-on-two in the arena. It's great in its application for the most part, but there are some situations where it's just cheap. Besides that, it's an amazingly well-balanced game, and easily the best multiplayer offering the Halo series has ever had.
You're right about the DLC part, but that's the individual Publishers who set the price of new content, not Live. This change, however, would only require a patch, which has always been free. Balance changes and bug fixes have never once been charged for.Spencer Petersen said:
If you're using the AR properly, it is extremely effective. But if you just hold down the trigger or don't focus on your target, well the bulletspray will make it seem less effective. It's a Burstfire weapon, meant to be used in spurts, not continual spray.
