The light rifle at present has the most potential if it is granted a modest bonus to damage and accuracy when fired in bursts. Many would say this weapon’s strength lies within its versatility and therefore it is balanced, but they are horribly wrong. When scoped its absolutely perfect, but as soon as you can’t afford the luxury of scoping, the weapon is quite honestly… worthless. The burst mode is not dependable thanks to a lack of any accuracy, which would be perfectly fine if it had any punch to make up for it, which it obviously does not. So 343i, we implore you… Help the Light Rifle float.
Yes i agree with you.Before anyone says “we dont need another DMR” dont worry it doesnt have high range and its bullet magnetism is low.What i didnt understand was that its a weapon that is roughly 10,000 years more advanced than human or covenant weapons yet the human battle rifle is 3x better.I have a hard time understanding that.There seems to have been very little testing involved with the forerunner weapons, to me they should be overpowered in some way, otherwise…whats the point?
The weapon is actually very accurately unscoped… If you can’t kill in 5 shots that way it’s your own problem.
But anyway, it fires at the exact same RoF as the BR, minus the time between the first bullet in the 5th burst (br) and the third bullet in the 5th burst (lr), they have the same basic killtime.
The LR is a long range weapon which means it should have a disadvantage up close. If anything the dmr should behave the same way. Be good long to medium and be horrendous in cqc.
The point of this thread is the burst fire isn’t scoped. So please, do not try and compare the unscoped Light Rifle to the scoped Battle Rifle. Second, I don’t really care about player reviews, I care about performance. There is a tremendous gap here when firing from the hip between the LR and BR.
> The point of this thread is the burst fire isn’t scoped. So please, do not try and compare the unscoped Light Rifle to the scoped Battle Rifle. Second, I don’t really care about player reviews, I care about performance. There is a tremendous gap here when firing from the hip between the LR and BR.
It is fine the way it is. Its for the sake of game balance. The only thing screwing this over is the DMR.
> The LR is a long range weapon which means it should have a disadvantage up close. If anything the dmr should behave the same way. Be good long to medium and be horrendous in cqc.
When described, the Light Rifle is a “versatile” weapon that shares elements of the Battle Rifle and the DMR. The Light Rifle is supposedly a well rounded weapon, but the developers came up short. =/
> > The point of this thread is the burst fire isn’t scoped. So please, do not try and compare the unscoped Light Rifle to the scoped Battle Rifle. Second, I don’t really care about player reviews, I care about performance. There is a tremendous gap here when firing from the hip between the LR and BR.
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> It is fine the way it is. Its for the sake of game balance. The only thing screwing this over is the DMR.
The Light Rifle is not balanced when compared to the other precision weapons. Concerning the DMR… I find it tolerable and manage to outperform the DMR with the BR. The BR and DMR are quite snug… for the moment.
It beats dmr long range in kill times, and it loses to br at close range, but beats it at long range. Seems pretty balanced to me. Also sharing elements doesn’t mean it performs the same way. Thats like saying a pistol shoots bullets and a sniper shoots bullets. They must have the same performance.
> It beats dmr long range in kill times, and it loses to br at close range, but beats it at long range. Seems pretty balanced to me. Also sharing elements doesn’t mean it performs the same way. Thats like saying a pistol shoots bullets and a sniper shoots bullets. They must have the same performance.
Well you’re quoting my words, although I was referring to a developer actually saying it was to be a hybrid. In other words, the best of both worlds concerning the DMR and the BR. Like I said before, 343i held up the DMR part of the bargain but not the BR.
The trick with using the lightrifle in close range is difficult. It involves quickscoping.
If an enemy is too close to hit with 4 scoped shots
- Hit at least 1 scoped shot, then unscope and spam as many unscoped shots as possible till enemy is dead.
or reverse that
- Spam shots but if you are feeling you are going to lose the battle, try to get get scoped shots in.
I find it easier to get the scoped shots first then spamming for the kill after the scoped shots weakened the shields. It is possible to beat even a DMR in this way but rare. Stick to its appropriate range as best you can, but if you could master this trick of mixing scoped and unscoped shots, then you will find yourself much more effective in BTB and CTF games.
^^^^^This
The LR is very versatile and kills quicker than DMR even in CQC when used properly. The trick is to get one Scoped shot in then 3 unscoped will get you a kill.
Only one scoped shot is needed for a 4 shot kill.
I think burstfire with the Lightrifle is find damage wise, works just as well as a BR.
The Light Rifle is fine and will be great after the DMR gets toned down.
There’s a reason it isn’t amazing up close, yet it can still defend itself.
You need to get some thumbs surgically attached to your hands if you think the burst fire from the LR fails in regards to accuracy. It’s my favorite weapon and i’ve used it for a while now. The burst fire is pretty consistent and i feel that if i miss, it’s my fault.
The LR isn’t what is “unbalanced”, it’s the DMR. Sure we can say the BR needs to 4sk and the Carbine needs a damage buff, but the DMR (unlike the LR) has no drawbacks. It’s good at every range where the other rifles excel in >.>
I agree with the last few posts the LR is fine, no problem with the burst fire for me.
> The point of this thread is the burst fire isn’t scoped. So please, do not try and compare the unscoped Light Rifle to the scoped Battle Rifle. Second, I don’t really care about player reviews, I care about performance. There is a tremendous gap here when firing from the hip between the LR and BR.
The point of this thread is that the burst fire isn’t scope? Wha?
Honestly, the LR has the same kill time as the BR. It kills in the same number of shots too. All that is different are the colour of bullets, the sound and the scope. Oh, and the LR has little to no spread while the BR still has decent spread.
There is not a tremendous gap here. Just focus on the center of the reticule and you will be 100% accurate every time. And the LR can also be used as a 4sk even up close. All you have to do is hit one scoped shot.
The light rifle is already incredible in the right hands, a buff would make some people god like ^^
> The trick with using the lightrifle in close range is difficult. It involves quickscoping.
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> If an enemy is too close to hit with 4 scoped shots
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> 1) Hit at least 1 scoped shot, then unscope and spam as many unscoped shots as possible till enemy is dead.
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> or reverse that
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> 2) Spam shots but if you are feeling you are going to lose the battle, try to get get scoped shots in.
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> I find it easier to get the scoped shots first then spamming for the kill after the scoped shots weakened the shields. It is possible to beat even a DMR in this way but rare. Stick to its appropriate range as best you can, but if you could master this trick of mixing scoped and unscoped shots, then you will find yourself much more effective in BTB and CTF games.
2 scoped shots + melee is a ridic fast kill too
LR is my “favorite weapon” according to stats and while I would like a small buff simply because you have to work much harder than someone using a DMR for similar-ish results, it’s still a fine weapon if you know what you are doing and it still outperforms the DMR in some cases.
> The trick with using the lightrifle in close range is difficult. It involves quickscoping.
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> If an enemy is too close to hit with 4 scoped shots
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> 1) Hit at least 1 scoped shot, then unscope and spam as many unscoped shots as possible till enemy is dead.
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> or reverse that
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> 2) Spam shots but if you are feeling you are going to lose the battle, try to get get scoped shots in.
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> I find it easier to get the scoped shots first then spamming for the kill after the scoped shots weakened the shields. It is possible to beat even a DMR in this way but rare. Stick to its appropriate range as best you can, but if you could master this trick of mixing scoped and unscoped shots, then you will find yourself much more effective in BTB and CTF games.
Thank you for the tip. My point though is we shouldn’t need to resort to fancy tricks while others who favor the BR and DMR do not.