I started to use it because I like to tackle long sight lines.
My DMR loadout:
Primary: DMR (obviously)
Secondary: Magnum
Armor Ability: Promethean Vision
Tactical Package: Shields
Support package: Ammo
Style of play: The hunter
Because it the most powerful/least skillful weapon to use its not wrong.
I would be more concerned that you named your loadout “The Hunter”.
> Because it the most powerful/least skillful weapon to use its not wrong.
lol, stop it, you’re killing me… no really.
Of course not, I really like it too. If it didn’t have such a large amount of auto-aim/magnetism to go with its power(which ideally all the primaries should emulate in terms of killtime) I would have no issue with it.
It is just not rewarding for me to use. It doesn’t have the skillgap to warrant such a fast killtime in comparison to the others. I love the design of it and I want to love it in gameplay but as it stands it is very stale. The Light Rifle is the example of a long range primary done right. Fast minimum kill time, slower average kill time, high skill gap in terms of auto-aim/magnetism(compared to the DMR) and especially with the burst/scope dynamic.
I enjoy the DMR because I prefer using precision, semi-auto guns in most games. I’ve never like guns like the BR because I’ve always felt the burst fire just waste ammo.
I would agree though with what has been said about the magnetism that exist in the game. I feel if the magnetism was turned down to the bare minimum needed, most people would switch to the BR and you would have to be really skillful to use the DMR, allowing people to work harder to get better at the gun and in general add a more diverse variety of weapons people would bring into battle instead of just being majority DMR.
I have never been good with the DMR. I guess I was still used to having to lead and anticipate movement with a BR so I missed many shots. However, in the last couple of weeks as I’ve gotten the hang of it I’ve really started enjoying it.
It is a skillful weapon, those who say it’s not have just gotten shot from behind too many times, are not good with it themselves, or simply want to make an excuse for not having the stats they once had in the “glory days” where ghosts blew themselves up, sniper kills only happened if they went through the visor of your opponent, and they had to walk upstream on Beaver Creek both ways to get the active camouflage.
The DMR may have glints of being an OP weapon, but I think a lot of weapons have those same glints, albeit not as often. I will still out-DMR just about anyone with my BR at a close range, and someone with an AR in close range will most likely kill me if I’ve got my BR.
It’s a system of checks and balances and a new level of strategy is introduced that we haven’t seen in other Halo games. I for one am not sure if I like all the additional strategy. I like 2 Spartans playing on a level playing field where the only way I can get a better weapon than you is if I beat you to it, killed you for it, or controlled a piece of the map that you couldn’t.
Sincerely,
Tripod
Of course not!
But you would probably like it more if you went back and played reach. It had a bigger clip and made almost every vehicle look like cardboard cutouts!
i prefer the BR myself. I tried using the DMR for a bit but i hate the magnetism.
plus the BR looks and feels cooler…
its ok to have DMR as your favorite weapon, after all someone has to be a noob.
> I started to use it because I like to tackle long sight lines.
Then use the Light Rifle you bad ki-
Er, I mean, No, nothing wrong with that at all.
> It is a skillful weapon, those who say it’s not have just gotten shot from behind too many times, are not good with it themselves,
It’s really not. The hitbox is the size of two crosshairs side by side, it has immense auto-aim as well.
The Light Rifle is a skillful weapon, the DMR is not.
I would be amazed if anyone wasn’t even half-way decent with the DMR, it’s an impossibility. The gun does most of the work for you.
>DMR
>Skillful
>Massive crosshair on a single shot, high-magnetism weapon with high damage
It’s like you don’t even play Halo.
> >DMR
> >Skillful
> >Massive crosshair on a single shot, high-magnetism weapon with high damage
> It’s like you don’t even play Halo.
Not a massive crosshair. Medium damage.
Don’t exaggerate, some people don’t know when you are doing it.
Disappointedly,
Tripod
> I have never been good with the DMR. I guess I was still used to having to lead and anticipate movement with a BR so I missed many shots. However, in the last couple of weeks as I’ve gotten the hang of it I’ve really started enjoying it.
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> <mark>It is a skillful weapon,</mark> those who say it’s not have just gotten shot from behind too many times, are not good with it themselves, or simply want to make an excuse for not having the stats they once had in the “glory days” where ghosts blew themselves up, sniper kills only happened if they went through the visor of your opponent, and they had to walk upstream on Beaver Creek both ways to get the active camouflage.
>
> The DMR may have glints of being an OP weapon, but I think a lot of weapons have those same glints, albeit not as often. I will still out-DMR just about anyone with my BR at a close range, and someone with an AR in close range will most likely kill me if I’ve got my BR.
>
> It’s a system of checks and balances and a new level of strategy is introduced that we haven’t seen in other Halo games. I for one am not sure if I like all the additional strategy. I like 2 Spartans playing on a level playing field where the only way I can get a better weapon than you is if I beat you to it, killed you for it, or controlled a piece of the map that you couldn’t.
>
> Sincerely,
> Tripod
lol no, the br in halo 3 took skill
It’s impossible to not use the DMR in Halo 4.
As someone who has mastered the commendation now for both the BR and DMR I would have to say that the DMR is overpowered and should be nerfed just a little bit.
When I first started playing Halo 4 it was easy for me to determine which gun was the best. I loved Halo 4 and thought it was super easy, because I was using the DMR. My K/D was easily 2.0.
Once I mastered the commendation I moved on to the Battle Rifle, because I’m trying to master all of the UNSC weapons. Now I tend to get very frustrated, because my K/D has dropped dramatically (not that K/D means anything). I just feel that it is overused, and unfair in many circumstances. The most obvious is when I’m playing Regicide and I will be in CQC with an assault rifle and still get killed by it.
For those who haven’t mastered it, I have no problem with them using it. But if you’ve mastered the commendation for it I would think it would be good to move on to a new weapon. Spice it up a little.
Nah, as much flak as the DMR get around here, if it works for you then it works for you.
Im telling my mommy on you! Youre the person that keeps killing me when I run into the open on Ragnorak. Its a noob weapon. Im going to satrt my 10th thread on why the dmr power and range should be cut in half! I think we should all use pistols on btb game types.
> Im telling my mommy on you! Youre the person that keeps killing me when I run into the open on Ragnorak. Its a noob weapon. Im going to satrt my 10th thread on why the dmr power and range should be cut in half! I think we should all use pistols on btb game types.
Then watch people rage about the pistol and its “ridiculous” aim assist, lol.
Honestly, though, it’s perfectly fine to use the overall best weapon in the game. I consider it a good idea to ignore the people who taunt you because they’re trying to prove something by using a weapon no one else ever uses.
I don’t think it’s wrong to always use the DMR, I just feel bad doing it. Getting kills with the DMR feels really lame. The LightRifle on the other hand is FUN to use, and getting kills with it is SATISFYING. My “favorite weapon” is still the LR, but I haven’t used it as primary for quite a while, so the DMR could soon take the cake.
Even the BR is more fun to use, even though I’d do much better with the DMR.
I liked the DMR bloom in Reach. 1) you can’t spam the trigger, and 2) crouching INCREASED ACCURACCY if you DID spam the trigger.
In 4, you might as well ALWAYS spam the trigger because 1) the bloom is a moot point unless you’re cross-mappin’, and 2) crouching does NOTHING to the bloom…