BR starts in every other BTB playlist since Halo 2-5. BR doesn’t ruin games nor discourage going after opponents because if a long range weapon works on rabked 4v4 playlists, why wouldn’t it work on larger maps. If BR starts didn’t work, Bungie wouldn’t have made it the default weapon in multiplayer from Halo 2-5. BTB used to be split into 2 playlists( and should be today, considering high player count). Unranked BTB slayer and ranked BTB Skitmish( BTB objective games )- 1 or 2 bomb assault, 1 or 2 CTF, snd territories. Players who just want to mindlessly kill can do so casually snd those who want an objective playlist w/objectives can have a competitive ranked one. Halo 2’s BTB was great for first few years!while it was like this.