Idea I have about the BR/DMR, bloom, etc

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So I was thinking about how some people are in favor of the BR and some the DMR. Could we possibly have a little of both in the next game? What about a BR (or DMR or call it something completely different) with a single fire/burst selector.

Single fire (more like the BR)

  • reticle is slightly smaller than the halo 3 BR
  • no bloom (or very little)
  • body shots do less damage (maybe like 5 body shots and 1 head shot for kill)
  • 4 head shots for kill
  • rate of fire same as old BR

Burst fire (more like the DMR)

  • reticle is same as DMR w/ bloom
  • 5 headshots/ 4 body shots and 1 head shot for kill
  • rate of fire same as DMR where you can pace your shots or spam

Personally my first choice would be to just bring back the Halo 3 BR but this is an idea for a sort of compromise between the 2 as I know of at least a few people who prefer the DMR from Reach. Plus while I’m not a huge fan of change, new games should have some new elements that differentiate them from earlier games in the series.

I don’t think you could just put both guns in a game because people who are skilled with the BR would obviously destroy the DMR. I think this idea would make the two weapons a little more equal and depending on your skill set you could get kills with one weapon against someone with the other.

The BR would not be as easy to use as the Halo 3 version because you would need all headshots for the quick kill and since it would be single shot you either hit or miss. There is no clipping an opponent with one round out of the spread. Plus with a smaller reticle you need a little bit better accuracy. The DMR would take more shots to get a kill but you have a better chance of landing your shots.

So aside from the fact that this will never happen, what do you think of the idea? Good idea? Ok? Terrible?

BTW, sorry if this idea has already been mentioned. I am new.

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I cant wait to see what 343i has up there sleeves for the weapons.

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I never even considered a return of the BR. It would make much more sense than the DMR. Oh my gosh. That would be so exciting. :slight_smile:

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Or just bring back the Battle Rifle with no bloom. :slight_smile:

By the way, you need to switch your single shot and burst fire, you have them assigned to the wrong weapons.

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> By the way, you need to switch your single shot and burst fire, you have them assigned to the wrong weapons.

Why do you say that? If you have a single shot weapon with bloom and a burst fire weapon with no bloom then its an easy choice. Maybe my mistake was labeling them BR and DMR. It would essentially be an all new weapon you would just use similar tactics you used with the BR with the single shot option and tactics more like what you used with the DMR for the burst fire option.

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I just strictly want my BR back, nothing can replace it. Yeah, and if they add bloom or something to make it inconsistent, it’s a deal breaker.

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Sounds pretty awesome to me

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Bungie introduced the spread with the BR in Halo 2 to make the utilitarian weapon less godlike than the Halo CE pistol but then patched the game making the BR extremely accurate.

I think part of the reason the BR returned in Halo 3 was because of the engines poor hit registration, with the hit scan in Reach Bungie thought single shot was worth another chance but screwed it up with bloom.

In H4 most weapons need to be hit scan with the choice of single shot weapons and spread weapons that does less damage per bullet to please everyone.