Here are some changes that might balance the DMR.
1-Lower rate of fire.
2-Lower aim assit.
3-Lower damage making it a 6 or 7 shot kill.
4-Balance both BR and Lightrifle to match it.
a-Make BR 11 shots to break shields so that a rare 4 shot may occur.
b-Make Lightrifle 12 shots to break shields like the BR cureently does.
My personal opinion is that 1, 2, and 3 are the best choices to balance it. Implementing those 3 would be even better then doing just one.
Please post a comment if you agree with any of these changes.
EDIT: Removing a weapon from the game is not an option because it would change it too much and the developers would never do it any way.
I agree on the issue of the DMR range. That is a change that is nessacary and is not an option because it is a requirement.
To trolls complaing about the word “petition” leave this thread.
EDIT: I find it interesting that most people do not like any of these changes. It seems the DMR party is out in force today.
To answer a comment option number 4 applies only if the DMR is left unchanged.
To answer a troll who said “Or, instead of complaining about the DMR, use it and see if you actually do any better.” My most used weapon is DMR.
EDIT: If the Needle Rifle was added and a new forerunner persicion weapon was added also would that be more acceptable?
Why would they make the dmr a 7 shot kill? Then no one would use and every other gun would be op. The only viable option is 1, all they need to do is make it a 1.75 or 1.8 second kill.
> > A better option would be to remove it from the game, along with the Light Rifle.
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> whats wrong with he light rifle?
It’s just unnecessary. The fewer precision weapons in the game, the more balanced it’s going to be. We need to go back to only having two, like Halo 2 and Halo 3.
EDIT: Actually, in a perfect world, we’d go back to only having one, but I know that’s never going to happen.
> Why would they make the dmr a 7 shot kill? Then no one would use and every other gun would be op. The only viable option is 1, all they need to do is make it a 1.75 or 1.8 second kill.
That would make the same result. You guys think the DMR is OP when it’s exactly the same as the BR in close ranges, just harder to hit. The only difference is it’s more suitable on larger maps, other then that it’s not much of an advantage on small to medium maps. If you get killed with an assault rifle in close range against a DMR player, well that’s your fault. Same goes for long range.
> > > A better option would be to remove it from the game, along with the Light Rifle.
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> > whats wrong with he light rifle?
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> It’s just unnecessary. The fewer precision weapons in the game, the more balanced it’s going to be. We need to go back to only having two, like Halo 2 and Halo 3.
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> EDIT: Actually, in a perfect world, we’d go back to only having one, but I know that’s never going to happen.
Ya but then the promethean fans would get it a tissy and it would be unfair
> Here are some changes that might balance the DMR.
> 1-Lower rate of fire.
> 2-Lower aim assit.
> 3-Lower damage making it a 6 or 7 shot kill.
> 4-Balance both BR and Lightrifle to match it.
> a-Make BR 11 shots to break shields so that a rare 4 shot may occur.
> b-Make Lightrifle 12 shots to break shields like the BR cureently does.
I like only option 1, but I also like bigger bloom(bloom doesn’t even affect it at this point)(also think of how less often it’d be used!) and/or non-hit-scan as well.
If it were still 5-shot, but had Reach’s 100% bloom, slower rate of fire and you had to SLIGHTLY lead your shots=possibly balanced?
> > > A better option would be to remove it from the game, along with the Light Rifle.
> >
> > whats wrong with he light rifle?
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> It’s just unnecessary. The fewer precision weapons in the game, the more balanced it’s going to be. We need to go back to only having two, like Halo 2 and Halo 3.
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> EDIT: Actually, in a perfect world, we’d go back to only having one, but I know that’s never going to happen.
I actually quite like the light rifle - it is individual from each of the other precision weapons and takes a certain amount of skill and understanding to use. If de-scope were to be brought back then I think the light rifle would fill quite a good niche.
I don’t know that you can call this a petition. It’s more of just another poll thread about the DMR.
I do think the DMR needs something done with it, but it isn’t as big a deal as some think. Making it harder to kill people at long range is what we need. Map movement is an issue.
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How about we remove whiney babies like you from the game? Why not just improve your BR skills and beat people with it, because chances are, the only reason you don’t like the DMR is because you’re getting outplayed in 1v1’s and blaming it on the weapons.
Or, instead of complaining about the DMR, use it and see if you actually do any better.
Why not remove the BR so people can’t complain it’s inferior to the DMR.
They should have just come out with an entire new line up of UNSC guns and retired both Rifles for something else. The Railgun and the SAW are great designs and they should’ve expanded from there and just said here’s your new standard utility rifle that looks nothing like the DMR or BR, enjoy.