Light Rifle balancing ideas.

[wookieeassassin]

As it stands now, the light rifle has the slowest unscoped kill time of all the rifles. However it has the fastest kill time when scoped. The issue with the light rifle though is that it only has a 2x zoom. To be competitive with the DMR as a marksman rifle it needs to have a 3 scope or something similar. It is already the weakest of the rifles when shooting from the hip, especially considering its low magazine size so it should at least be the best long range rifle. The DMR wouln't always win at long ramge and the light rifle would still lose out most of the time in close quarters.. which would be the trade off of the 4 shot kill when scoped in.

[OMG Treason]

No, could you imagine if it had the range of the DMR and kill in 4 shots?

[wookieeassassin]

That's the point. It is useless at range on larger maps because of the crappy scope. At the very least it should have a 2.5x scope. A 2x scope makes it almost useless. it already is basically useless when shooting from the hip

[Cocoa]

The LightRifle is not the weapon that needs balancing...

 

No, could you imagine if it had the range of the DMR and kill in 4 shots?

The DMR has a 3x zoom and kills faster than the BR, Carbine and the unscoped LR.

[Bloody Initiate]

The DMR and the lightrifle have identical magnification, equip both, pick an object and some reference points, zoom in with one and then the other.