there are a few weapons in infinite that dont need any change: BR, AR, sidekick, needler, AND THE MANGLER. leave the mangler alone.
its the pulse carbine, ravenger, plasma pistol, and commando that needs attention. they are all too weak to be viable. work on those instead of nerfing everything again!
you’ve done this before in Halo 5 when people who don’t know any better demanded the weapons to be more like Halo 3 and when you made the changes, no one was satasfied.
halo 5 weapons balance was near perfect until you guys changed it be more “like halo 3”.
don’t make the smae mistake again. leave those weapons alone.
just fix the ones that actually need fixing so people won’t hesitate to use them.
The current state of the AR is largely what has driven me and my group of friends away from the game. AR starts when the AR is as powerful as it is now, creates a very bland gameplay loop. I can only ever play a couple of games before I just get bored of everyone spraying ARs at each other for 80% of the game.
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Agreed. I’m mind boggled at how so many gamers in the community like the AR as it is. It almost makes me feel the identity of Halo has been lost with the conflicting opinions out here on not just the AR but weapon balance, map design, sprint in Halo, etc.
AR being powerful enough to take out a BR at close range is fine but the problem is that it can do it at longer ranges as well. Not being zoomed out with AR is a part of it. Sidekick has the same issue. Fast rate of fire with little to no punishment for spamming your shots and you don’t get zoomed out. 343 says it’s working “as intended” as a clean-up weapon but it’s more like a primary if you ask me. Team slayer playlist has almost nobody hunting down BR’s to use cuz the sidekick and AR are good enough giving the gameplay a much narrower skill gap. This gets boring fast.
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Not to mention the AR being as powerful as it is while being as easy to use as any previous version of the gun puts a stranglehold on a lot of the other weapons, especially since the AR is a starting weapon. The bulldog, sentinel beam (though in that case I think people just forget it exists), commando, hell even the pulse carbine would probably see more use or feel more powerful if the AR wasn’t as able to contend with them as well as it can right now.