To me, the new weapons feel great, but there are some exceptions. The most important one is the new Battle Rifle. It just feels completely useless now compared to the old BR and the regular magnum; the new BR’s time to kill is 1.4 seconds, while the regular magnum’s time to kill is 1.3 seconds. There are just not many reasons to pick up a Battle Rifle now. The magnum is way more consistent than the BR and it has longer red reticle range, and personally I think it just feels more rewarding when I get a perfect kill with the magnum than when I get one with the BR. I think that the old BR was perfect except for its ridiculous red reticle range. If we could bring back the old BR but decrease its r.r.r. then it’d be great for me.
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