The battle rifle is halo and leading your shots is skillful if anything. You only lead your shots by a hair, its not like you have to aim completely away from your target. I personally love the BR but would have to say the halo 2 BR was probably better, granted it had huge hit boxes and wasnt much of a challenge. I definitely want a BR over that garbage DMR. I guarantee I would win if I had the H3 BR and you had the DMR, no doubt about it. Four shots versus the dmr that takes atleast five, usually 6. But your right, the dmr most likely wins the long range battle... The.BR Definitely needs to be tweaked for H4.