DMR Idea

Games Other Halo
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The DMR needs to be balanced. Given its nature as a precision weapon and the lore-driven structure of multiplayer, I feel the best way to do this is through recoil. A marksman rifle (as in the class of real weapons, not just the DMR from Halo) is going to kick like a mule unless you’re prone when firing it. So give the DMR the appropriate amount of recoil. At range, where people tend to be slower on the trigger with a DMR, the recoil won’t be much of an issue. Up close or under higher rates of fire, the recoil puts you off target and gets you killed.

The DMR should retain its ability to give you a fighting chance against a sniper and have the edge at medium-long range. But using it up close should be a death sentence. It is not, and thus the weapon is unbalanced.

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> I notice a lot of people complain about the DMR here… yet NO ONE complains about the light rifle which is more power than the DMR when you zoom and better than the BR when not.

Because it has no bullet magnetism and little aim assist also it cant be spammed like the DMR can at close range.

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I use the DMR and am not as opposed to it as others, but I thought it would be the best balance because it would make the number of weapons from each faction equal and just seems to make sense.

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NEVER remove the DMR! I love that weapon and it is my favorite! I achieved mastery with it and it is my absolute favorite weapon. Also, the DMR should not be ordnance either.

And if anyone wants to talk about overpowered then consider the Incineration Cannon, especially in Abandon or Haven, which has happened many times.

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of course dmr whores don’t want their crutches taken away. then they would have to use a gun they actually have to aim with!!!@ actually they would all switch to ar

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Well excuse me. I’m sure anyone would defend their favorite weapon no matter what it is. Also, I have been winning games long before I started using the DMR.

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> of course dmr whores don’t want their crutches taken away. then they would have to use a gun they actually have to aim with!!!@ actually they would all switch to ar

Calling people noobs and whores just because they use the best weapon available to them is just absurd.

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Leave the DMR alone! just leave it alone.

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What is this? I don’t even… there will always be a weapon superior to others in a Halo game. It doesn’t matter, take the DMR out and you will start getting raped with the BR. Just get better and stop complaining about the things in the game that don’t even matter. How about implementing a -Yoink!- ranking system that promotes winning rather than people playing objective games and running down the timer to farm kills. Now that’s a real problem

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> > of course dmr whores don’t want their crutches taken away. then they would have to use a gun they actually have to aim with!!!@ actually they would all switch to ar
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> Calling people noobs and whores just because they use the best weapon available to them is just absurd.

i call myself a vehicle/br -Yoink!- all the time. it is all i use. i don’t think the dmr is the best weapon in the game. i’m not stupid enough to try engaging it in situations my weapon isn’t suited for. and every other time i beat it. i think it is very easy to use, and a lot of people wouldn’t be able to get kills without it. when i play splitscreen with my little brother he has to use it since his aim is horrible. it is a crutch for bk’s.

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> > > of course dmr whores don’t want their crutches taken away. then they would have to use a gun they actually have to aim with!!!@ actually they would all switch to ar
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> > Calling people noobs and whores just because they use the best weapon available to them is just absurd.
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> i call myself a vehicle/br -Yoink!- all the time. it is all i use. i don’t think the dmr is the best weapon in the game. i’m not stupid enough to try engaging it in situations my weapon isn’t suited for. and every other time i beat it. i think it is very easy to use, and a lot of people wouldn’t be able to get kills without it. when i play splitscreen with my little brother he has to use it since his aim is horrible. it is a crutch for bk’s.

I think it’s the best precision loadout weapon overall, but that’s just my opinion. So according to you everyone who uses it is bad?

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> > i call myself a vehicle/br -Yoink!- all the time. it is all i use. i don’t think the dmr is the best weapon in the game. i’m not stupid enough to try engaging it in situations my weapon isn’t suited for. and every other time i beat it. i think it is very easy to use, and a lot of people wouldn’t be able to get kills without it. when i play splitscreen with my little brother he has to use it since his aim is horrible. it is a crutch for bk’s.
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> I think it’s the best precision loadout weapon overall, but that’s just my opinion. So according to you everyone who uses it is bad?

no, not exactly what i meant. plenty of good players use it, but it is a good crutch for bad players.

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> > > i call myself a vehicle/br -Yoink!- all the time. it is all i use. i don’t think the dmr is the best weapon in the game. i’m not stupid enough to try engaging it in situations my weapon isn’t suited for. and every other time i beat it. i think it is very easy to use, and a lot of people wouldn’t be able to get kills without it. when i play splitscreen with my little brother he has to use it since his aim is horrible. it is a crutch for bk’s.
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> > I think it’s the best precision loadout weapon overall, but that’s just my opinion. So according to you everyone who uses it is bad?
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> no, not exactly what i meant. plenty of good players use it, but it is a good crutch for bad players.

Fair.

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> Why not just use the DMR. Not using the best weapon and then complaining about it seems odd. If its that OP in your opinion, just use it.

some people refuse to descend to such a -yoink- level.

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Removing the DMR is a slippery slope, BR goes next.

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> > Why not just use the DMR. Not using the best weapon and then complaining about it seems odd. If its that OP in your opinion, just use it.
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> some people refuse to descend to such a -yoink- level.

Sarcasm? It’s your most used weapon.

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> no. remove the DMR and you end up with someone who is completely untouchable when they have a sniper.

The -Yoink- kind of reasoning is this?

First of all, you have a battle rifle and cover on the map, you can get into medium range then take the sniper out. This is how it used to be, and it is fine.

Second, the DMR isn’t the only long range weapon. There is something called the “Light Rifle”, stop relying on crutchy aim assist and learn to use it.

Third, the sniper rifle is a power weapon. It is supposed to be advantageous.

> better than the BR when not.

It’s WORSE than the BR when un-scoped, it fires slower and if I remember right it is a five shot kill.

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all of you just straight up suck! the BS and incineration cannon is fine, the dmr is a noobs gun and i agree that it should be very hard to use at close range

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Why do people have to act like spoiled brats? If you want an easy game, go play CoD and then brag about it to your friends or something. The DMR is not as strong as you think, it has a very slow fire rate and heck, it even takes 5 shots to kill someone with it. I’m really considering testing out the Light Rifle cause yes, I have a 0.76 KDR and I’m done playing the good guy.

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You know, this is probably the simplest way to go about the DMR issue. If it were removed from loadouts, it wouldn’t have to be nerfed at all, which I suspect is preferable to nerfing it (for those who use it, that is). If they also put loadout weapons on the map like H3/R, or at least the DMR like that, it wouldn’t even be a nerf. Nothing more than a simple readjustment that would really touch the game up a bit (and it needs a hell of a lot of polish).

I definitely support this change, as it would balance the DMR without nerfing it, put weapons back on the map (which is nice and traditional), make larger maps more interesting and tactical and, I feel, improve the game quite a bit.

“The DMR is not as strong as you think, it has a very slow fire rate and heck, it even takes 5 shots to kill someone with it. I’m really considering testing out the Light Rifle cause yes, I have a 0.76 KDR and I’m done playing the good guy”.

The DMR outguns the BR without being much harder to use, along with having extreme long-range effectiveness. It shuts down Sniper Rifles and Battle Rifles, along with giving the automatics a damn good run or killing their users even well into THEIR particular CQC niche.

5 shots? Shots taken, damage done and RoF all come down to one thing: Time to Kill, and the DMR is quicker than the BR.

Doesn’t sound right. The Light Rifle is an interesting weapon to mention, because it’s well balanced: worst at CQC, best at long range.

Go ahead, use the Light Rifle. In fact, please, use it. It’s a well-balanced weapon with clear strengths that are appropriately strong. There’s nothing wrong with using that.

0.76 K/D? Ouch, but practice makes better.

“all of you just straight up suck!”

Oh how very eloquent of you. Well done. You really stuck it to… whoever you were talking to.