Weapon Balancing?

[ShadyNinjaxX]

I created this forum to express my concern for the weapon balancing in game. I'm pretty sure you've heard this quite a bit, but I'm just going to come out and say it - the DMR is overpowered compared to any of the other guns in the starting weapon category, not to mention the underpower of my favorite weapon, the carbine. When the game was being created, I was very excited that I could throw Reach behind, because of the simple fact that the only weapon ever used in the game was the DMR. I'm not saying that this game is becoming Reach, and it's far from it, but I'm just a little worried about this unbalance. With all due respect, this needs to be fixed, because it's not very fun playing a match where everyone is using the same weapon, and I'm getting instantly killed with less than a second to react. I really hope that a solution is being formulated, and that this problem will be fixed in the very near future. I mean no disrespect to anyone or any member of the 343 team, and I just hope this will be observed.

 

Shady

[Shadow15151]

the DMR and Carbine both kill a enemy in 1.6 seconds in ideal conditions. their exactly the same power if used correctly. the main difference is the carbine shoots faster and needs more shots to kill which makes it more effective at a closer range while the DMR is more effective at a longer range.

 

in this situation it is ONLY skill that determines who comes out on top unless the enemy is very good with the light rifle, which i might add is the hardest one to use for me

 

to clairfy please refer to this:

 

Carbine- 7 shots to kill

1.6 seconds to kill with 7 shots

 

Battle Rifle- 5 shots to kill

1.6 seconds to kill with 5 shots

 

DMR- 5 shots to kill

1.6 seconds to kill with 5 shots

 

Light Rifle (unzoomed)-5 shots to kill

1.8 seconds to kill with 5 shots

 

Light Rifle (zoomed)- 4 shots to kill

1.3 seconds to kill with 4 shots

[W01FE]

@Shadow15151, where did you get those stats? the only ones that match the samples ive been finding are the DMR and the schoped LR.

 

carbine is more like 1.7

 

BR 1.8

 

LR unscoped about 2.0

 

again tahts from the multiple outside sourced ive been finding. could be wrong sure, but where did you get yours?

[Grif.]

i have to start using the dmr because the battle rifle is to weak even though the BR is my favorite