Personally, I have never used the BR. I have only played H1, some of H3, and Reach. But I loved Reach, and weapon I loved most, was the DMR. I loved that is was a one shot weapon that you could use without killing in one headshot, but still feel accoplished with only using 3-5 shots to pwn an enemy. I say, if they want to make people happy, they ought to put both in the game. Seriously.