Look, an Assault Rifle shouldn’t be powerful enough to put that much distance between you and someone with a Battle Rifle! BR weapons should win distance almost every time, however in this case it seems the Assault Rifle is more powerful than it should be, regardless of upgrades.
Nerf the Assault Rifle. NERF IT! But not by too much, just like a tiny tiny bit. It sprays a little too powerful, even at a great distance! Is there unlimited range!?!
Bottom line— The Assault Rifle is too OP, and takes away from the competitive advantage you have over most users. The Assault rifle is a Situational weapon, not an all-in-one weapon.
Ah, yes, duplicate post #247 about nerfing the Assault Rifle.
We know. It needs a cone spread bloom, not a range nerf. It shoots like a laser when realistically the bullets should be going all over the place and becoming less and less accurate as they travel a farther distance. The lack of recoil spray spread is unrealistic for a full auto rifle. Not saying go full Commando, but spread the cone more.
If you get outgunned by an AR on medium and long distance while you have a BR, then its your fault.
The AR is a shredder on short distance. So, dont use the BR against the AR on short distance.
The AR is fine how it is.
I think a lot of the complaints about the AR really boil down to server desync, tick rate, and net code. Set up a custom match with ODST or Spartan level bots, set starting weapons to BR and AR, and give it a go. You’ll find the BR significantly outperforms the AR in mid and long range fights. But playing live multiplayer, the BR feels horribly inconsistent and the AR can sometimes feel godly.
Rather than blanket nerfing things, I’d rather they address the networking issues. I believe we’ll see a sharp drop off of AR complaints.
If anything the BR needs a slight buff rather than nerfing the AR.
There are far more weapons that I’d rather see buffed instead and increase the viable weapon pool rather than having another one nerfed into their ranks - especially when that weapon is fine.
The AR is capable and deadly at short and medium range and can suppress fire at long range. Unless you are a complete potato you should never lose a fight long range with a BR to someone with an AR.
The AR is finally a fun and decent gun to use. The ONLY change I’d be supportive of them making is widening the bullet spread at 20 meters plus
It’s not the weapon that needs to change. They need to make the motion detector 25m and make the maps not so CQC friendly. That is why the AR seems OP when it’s other factors really.