I just went amazingly on BTIS, from CSR 1 to 6, and 14 of my 30 kills were from the LR. is it me, or is this gun SUPER OP?
No. I can’t hit the side of a barn with it.
Just a little OP. DMR still eats everything.
Nope it sure isn’t. It is a beast at long range but if you get into close and mid it is much harder to use. That is the way it was meant to work. Besides it never seems to have enough ammo
No it’s not overpowered. It works at range but is less effective at close range, sort of balancing it out.
Glad it works for you, however one gun that is overpowered is the DMR as it works at all ranges with no negatives to it at all, hence most players use it. I say most as obviously some don’t.
Thanks
Darknal
‘The Forgotten Spartans’
> I just went amazingly on BTIS, from CSR 1 to 6, and 14 of my 30 kills were from the LR. is it me, or is this gun SUPER OP?
From what I understand, it’s theoretical performance may be OP.
However, in real life network variable games, the effectiveness of the Light Rifle is compromised somewhat.
The LR is the most balanced loadout weapon. It kills faster than the DMR (Though only by a mere 0.03 seconds when scoped) but it takes far more skill to use. Your skill is OP, not the weapon. Would be the other way around when talking about the DMR in comparison.
Umm…thanks I guess! I was the only person in that match to use it, everyone else had BR/DMR. I can use it up close, thanks to a little trick I found.
What? You’re surprised that the weapon with the highest skill gap since the CE pistol is a good weapon?
It is crazy what a consistent weapon with a quick killtime can do for both you and the overall pace of the gameplay.
Are you really asking this? What is everyone comparing the weapons to to claim a weapon is OP? The Battle Rifle?
It’s not OP. You have to be scoped in for it to have any real power, which makes you move more slowly and removes you motion tracker. If you aren’t scoped in, it kills slower that a carbine.
> No it’s not overpowered. It works at range but is less effective at close range, sort of balancing it out.
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> Glad it works for you, however one gun that is overpowered is the DMR as it works at all ranges with no negatives to it at all, hence most players use it. I say most as obviously some don’t.
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> Thanks
> Darknal
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> ‘The Forgotten Spartans’
Wait, you’re in/made forgotten spartans?
I watched that when first came out in 2008(?)
I am still confused how its possible for so many elites/spartans to be in one game, photoshop?
Mods?
I will never know
> Are you really asking this? What is everyone comparing the weapons to to claim a weapon is OP? The Battle Rifle?
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> It’s not OP. You have to be scoped in for it to have any real power, which makes you move more slowly and removes you motion tracker. If you aren’t scoped in, it kills slower that a carbine.
Ok, I was just saying I (ME) find it easy and rewarding to use, yet the DMR I can’t use to save my life.
Unlike certain weapons in this game -.- The LR works as intended. It’s not OP by any means.
Just cause you can kill some people with a gun doesn’t mean it’s OP -_-
Skills for kills Agent…
Skills for kills…
> Glad it works for you, however one gun that is overpowered is the DMR as it works at all ranges with no negatives to it at all, hence most players use it. I say most as obviously some don’t.
So does the LR. The difference is the LR is more awkward to use due to the scope mechanic, but in good hands the LR is the best rifle in the game.
Of course most people use the DMR anyways because the DMR doesn’t require you to scope+unscope constantly for a negligible difference in killtime.
Ok, let see:
Unscoped BR vs unscoped LR:
- same aim assist,
- same bullet magnetism,
- same rate of fire,
- both are 5sk - just LR kills not with first but with second bullet from 5th burst, and that’s 1 frame later.
- BR has recoil, which makes headshots in close to mid range actually easier, while shooting on far range much unaccurate. LR on the other hand always shoots straight.
For me that’s tie with little favor for BR.
Now:
Scoped BR vs scoped LR:
- LR has greater distance of aim assist (91.5m vs BR’s 61.2m),
- same bullet magnetism,
- BR shoots each burst 1 frame faster,
- BR is 5sk, while LR is 4sk - that’s 10 frames, that’s 0.33 sec faster.
- BR still has recoil, while LR still shoots straight shot after shot.
LR detroys BR in this one.
All-in-all LR is overpowered to BR (you can mix scoped and unscoped shots, and that makes LR 4sk with just 1 scoped shot). Because BR is well balanced with automatic rifles, that means LR is overpowered to them as well. Because Carbine is little underpowered to BR, that makes LR overpowered to Carbine too.
I say Light Rifle is little overpowered right now, but that’s just minor issue in game, especially if you compare it to god-awful-noob-friendly-totally-overpowered-DMR.
Thanks for attention.
Slightly stronger and slightly weaker is balance folks.
I find it interesting here that most people are saying it has “issues” close range when i prefer using it short ranged.
It’s little bit OP indeed, but not enough to destroy the core balance of the game.
When every long range rifle is being called OP it’s an issue if too much bullet magnetism and aim assist on all guns.
IMO if you lower both of those the light rifle is just right, and the rest of the sandbox should be balanced around it.
Might be wrong though…