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Re: Just awful.
Posted By: Phoenix_9286 <Ian.Sechler@gmail.com>Date: 1/5/12 2:06 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Just awful. (Overdoziz)


: I'll just post a catchy one-liner: Automatic rifles (barring the Needler)
: are boring weapons to use and the DMR is a 100 times more interesting,
: rewarding and fun to use.

In your opinion.

Your problem with Automatic weapons was people holding the trigger, waiting for shield pops, and then meleeing.

My problem with the DMR becoming the One Weapon To Rule Them All is that in close range, people either go for a double melee, or spam the trigger, pop the shields, and go for the melee.

Essentially the only difference in close range is you're using less ammo. It's not more interesting, it's a different spin on the same old tactics.

You write off Automatic weapons like they're some sort of inferior form of combat, yet many of the most interesting battles I ever had were in Combat Evolved, where the Assault Rifle was always a starting weapon, and the Pistol was treated like a sidearm, not a hand cannon. There's room for BOTH in the game, and when Reach launched that was the case. It's not anymore, and it's a trend that will probably continue. Midrange combat is boring to me. Strafe, shoot, strafe, shoot, find cover, let shields recharge, strafe, shoot. Four shot kills do nothing for me. I could not care less about how few bullets it takes to kill someone. The excitement is in the close range one on one battles. They're tense. You're using everything you can find for cover. They're frantic. And when you win and walk away with only a sliver of health left, and pick up that health pack... THAT'S satisfying. THAT'S rewarding.

I wish you, and proponents of DMR/BR/One Weapon To Rule Them All/Less Bloom would accept that there's room for MORE than just YOUR style of play and stop bashing mine.

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     Damn it, 343i! Enough with the TU crap!Gravemind 1/4/12 7:23 p.m.
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                                         ^ Oops, should be reply to RC Master *NM* *NM*Hoovaloov 1/8/12 1:55 a.m.
                                         I like you. *NM*Overdoziz 1/8/12 5:38 a.m.
                                         Re: So. Default Reach Remains Default Frankie?FyreWulff 1/8/12 6:27 a.m.
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     343 Industries really wants me to quit Reach, huh?Avateur 1/4/12 9:11 p.m.
           Re: 343 Industries really wants me to quit Reach, pete_the_duck 1/4/12 9:13 p.m.
           Leave Team Snipers out of it!Jennos 1/4/12 9:59 p.m.
                 Reply meant for main topic by Zane... OOPS *NM*Jennos 1/4/12 10:07 p.m.
           Re: 343 Industries really wants me to quit Reach, SonofMacPhisto 1/5/12 3:39 p.m.
     WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Revenant1988 1/4/12 10:41 p.m.
           SPOILER ALERTAvateur 1/4/12 10:51 p.m.
                 Re: SPOILER ALERTRevenant1988 1/5/12 8:43 a.m.
     Just awful.Hyokin 1/4/12 10:51 p.m.
           Re: Just awful.Hedgemony 1/4/12 11:07 p.m.
                 Re: Just awful.Hyokin 1/4/12 11:42 p.m.
                       Re: Just awful.katancik 1/4/12 11:55 p.m.
                 Re: Just awful.padraig08 1/5/12 11:48 a.m.
           Re: Just awful.Overdoziz 1/5/12 10:44 a.m.
                 Re: Just awful.Hyokin 1/5/12 10:51 a.m.
                       Re: Just awful.Louis Wu 1/5/12 10:52 a.m.
                             Re: Just awful.Overdoziz 1/5/12 11:05 a.m.
                                   Re: Just awful.Hyokin 1/5/12 11:52 a.m.
                                   Re: Just awful.Phoenix_9286 1/5/12 12:02 p.m.
                                         Re: Just awful.Overdoziz 1/5/12 12:31 p.m.
                                               Re: Just awful.FyreWulff 1/5/12 12:43 p.m.
                                                     Re: Just awful.Overdoziz 1/5/12 12:47 p.m.
                                                           Re: Just awful.FyreWulff 1/6/12 12:40 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Just awful.Gravemind 1/6/12 3:15 a.m.
                                               Re: Just awful.Phoenix_9286 1/5/12 2:06 p.m.
                                                     Re: Just awful.Louis Wu 1/5/12 2:12 p.m.
                                                           Re: Just awful.Hyokin 1/5/12 2:52 p.m.
                                                           Re: Just awful.Phoenix_9286 1/5/12 2:53 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Just awful.Louis Wu 1/5/12 3:03 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Just awful.Phoenix_9286 1/5/12 3:16 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Just awful.katancik 1/5/12 7:03 p.m.
                                                                             That was a perfect summarization of my feelings. *NM*Hyokin 1/5/12 7:44 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Just awful.General Vagueness 1/5/12 9:21 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Just awful.Hyokin 1/5/12 9:43 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Just awful.Overdoziz 1/5/12 9:47 p.m.
                                                                                   Damn it... *NM*Hyokin 1/6/12 11:11 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Just awful.uberfoop 1/5/12 9:28 p.m.
                                                           Re: Just awful.Avateur 1/5/12 8:12 p.m.
                                                     Possibly key point to make?uberfoop 1/5/12 2:46 p.m.
                                                           Re: Possibly key point to make?Phoenix_9286 1/5/12 2:56 p.m.
                                                     Re: Just awful.Overdoziz 1/5/12 2:52 p.m.
                                                     Re: Just awful.General Vagueness 1/5/12 8:13 p.m.
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                             Re: Just awful.General Vagueness 1/5/12 6:50 p.m.
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     Should arrange the playlists like thisFyreWulff 1/6/12 6:23 a.m.



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