Why Not Make AR a Power Weapon?

Few players pick it up in BR starts. Competitive players don’t want it too powerful as a starting weapon. Campaign and regular players hate the idea of useless weapons cluttering the sandbox.

Why not just make the AR a power weapon? Jack up the damage. Keep the accuracy. And just have one or two on the map. Competitive players won’t be annoyed by players spawning with mid-range automatics. Campaign/Regular players won’t be annoyed by the presence of another useless weapon.

What do you guys think? If BR starts are default, would you rather the AR be a power weapon?

I disagree just because I like the variety of a mixture between both ar and br starts

I’d be ok with that IF they nixed BR starts, in favor of pistol only starts…

Br starts make too many of the weapons on the map useless as is, and the pistol is a true skill weapon.

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> I’d be ok with that IF they nixed BR starts, in favor of pistol only starts…
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> Br starts make too many of the weapons on the map useless as is, and the pistol is a true skill weapon.

That new pistol is a beast. If only I was good with it…

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> I disagree just because I like the variety of a mixture between both ar and br starts

I like the mix between AR and BR starts too, but I have a feeling BR starts will dominate matchmaking.