It’s almost useless now, i rarely pick it up and rarely I see someone pick it up on Arena. And it’s a pain in the -Yoink- to use it in Warzone, it’s impossible to get kills with it.
I don’t pick it up in Arena either. Most the maps are small enough for the Magnum to be used effectively and the BR offers absolutely no advantage over the pistol. Don’t pick up the DMR either.
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> I don’t pick it up in Arena either. Most the maps are small enough for the Magnum to be used effectively and the BR offers absolutely no advantage over the pistol. Don’t pick up the DMR either.
What? Was there a massive nerf recently?
I still play semi-regularly, but I don’t check on updates like I used to. Did something major happen to weapon balance recently?
The weapon changes have made it a more specialised mid range weapon. I personally don’t feel any difference apart from burst speed. I’m not sure what you’re talking about tbh. I don’t go out of my way to pick it up but if it’s there, I swap my AR out for it all the time.
I kind of have to use it since it’s the starting weapon in BTB.
BR used to be one of my favorite weapons, but now when I see it in arena I just walk by it. And when I played warzone I always favored the Halo 5 BR to the Halo 2 BR, because the halo 5 BR was fundamentally better. But now in warzone I just keep my magnum for a few extra rounds until I can get the Halo 2 BR. So no, I don’t use the Halo 5 BR anymore.
I’m not a fan of this new BR. I’ve already posted how terrible it is.
It’s been killed no one is using it anymore or the DMr (except for warzone) it’s a shame cause I loved it the way it was magnum all the way now and storm rifle
I haven’t had much trouble using the BR In arena. The trick is to use it closer than you would use the Magnum.
yup, always have always will. even with 343’s attempt to kill it once more.
Affirmative.
I don’t use it any more either. It’s a shame, before the update I used all the time. The thing I don’t like is that out of the rrr even if you hold the reticle in the same place the bullets don’t go to the same spot. So in warzone I just use magnum/tac magnum until level 4 and then use tac mag/halo 2 br (I loved the halo 5 br over the halo 2 br pre patch). I still use the dmr in warzone, the distances are far enough that it is still useful. In arena now I never pick up the br, dmr or smg. In the update notes there are those charts at the bottom. If I read them right the magnum has a much longer effective range then the br or the carbine.
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> I kind of have to use it since it’s the starting weapon in BTB.
same here omg haha. My pistol skills are shocking because I’ve used it all but a handful of times. BTB ftw!
Since the update I’ve seen a 35% uptick in pistol use over br
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> > I don’t pick it up in Arena either. Most the maps are small enough for the Magnum to be used effectively and the BR offers absolutely no advantage over the pistol. Don’t pick up the DMR either.
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> What? Was there a massive nerf recently?
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> I still play semi-regularly, but I don’t check on updates like I used to. Did something major happen to weapon balance recently?
Yeah a lot of weapons got readjusted. You can read about it here.
Magnum over the BR before the update. Magnum over the BR after the update.
I used to use the BR all the time, still do. The update certainly changed the weapon but I got used to it (though my kills have definitely decreased). I still prefer the old BR over this updated version, though.
Unless Im forced to use it, no, pass it up every time.
Not gunna lie, I req packed it until I got the H2BR I never liked 343’s iteration of any of the marksmen rifles.
I don’t use it in WZ anymoore. Run double magnums until req level 4 for the H2 BR.