Covenant Carbine needs a buff

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1

Let’s put it on the table…
Carbine does the same DPS as DMR.
DMR has 14 rounds in one mag. You can very easily kill 2 people with one mag.
Same goes for BR, although many people are experiencing the BR being weaker than DMR.
Both BR and light rifle (unzoomed) have the ability to kill someone with a small bit of shield on.
Light rifle does extra damage when zoomed in.
Carbine has 18 rounds in one mag. You can theoretically kill 2 people with it.
Carbine has the least damage per magazine of all loadout precision rifles.
Carbine has the longest reload time of all loadout precision rifles.
Carbine has the lowest aim assist of all loadout precision rifles.
Carbine has the highest “effort requirement” of all loadout precision rifles.

My suggestions:
A - Damage buff (one less shot to take down shields)
B - Slightly larger magazine (20 rounds) + reload time of DMR
C - Larger magazine (23 rounds)
D - Reload time shorter than DMR

2

I agree. I use the carbine a lot and I do alright with it but beyond close to conservative medium range its pretty much useless unless you only want assists. It needs a buff, while the DMR needs a slight nerf.

3

Making the Carbine a 7-shot kill will bring the weapon into a better medium-range role to counter the DMR better. The spread is enough that the weapon will lose to the DMR/Light Rifle at range, and the AR already kills fast enough up close.

4

I want to see it buffed, but certainly not in a traditional sense. We have plenty of standard precision rifles. How about, give it high stopping power, or a super fast reload, maybe even a heavy flinch increase? Something to make it have a unique strength.

5

> It needs a buff, while the DMR needs a slight nerf.

That is completely counterproductive. You are making one weapon pointless so another can become the new target of “OP” complainers.