Halo 4 weapon balance patch dated and detailed

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Washington studio 343 Industries is to release a patch carrying a comprehensive series of gameplay tweaks that will improve weapon balancing in Halo 4.

The patch will begin to roll out from June 3.

Here's the complete list of upcoming Halo 4 changes:

Battle Rifle

The Battle Rifle damage has been increased
The Battle Rifle is now capable of killing in four bursts
The Battle Rifle rate of fire has been slightly decreased
The Battle Rifle red reticle range (range at which auto-aim benefits kick in) has been decreased.

Two bursts from a Battle Rifle followed by a melee will now kill an opponent (2-shot melee).
Carbine


The Carbine damage has been increased. The Carbine is now capable of killing in seven rounds
The Carbine accuracy has been increased (projectile spread decrease).

The Carbine red reticle range has been decreased.
LightRifle


The LightRifle zoomed rate of fire has been increased.
The LightRifle un-zoomed rate of fire has been slightly decreased.
The LightRifle red reticle range has been increased to match the updated DMR range.
DMR


The DMR red reticle range has been slightly decreased.
Assault Rifle


The Assault Rifle damage has been slightly increased. The Assault Rifle now kills in three less rounds.
The Assault Rifle auto-aim angle has been reduced.
The Assault Rifle projectile spread has been decreased.
Storm Rifle


The Storm Rifle damage has been increased. The Storm Rifle now kills in three less rounds.
The Storm Rifle auto-aim angle has been reduced.
The Storm Rifle projectile spread has been decreased.
Suppressor


The Suppressor damage has been increased. The Suppressor now kills in three less rounds.
The Suppressor auto-aim angle has been reduced.
The Suppressor projectile spread has been decreased.
SAW


The SAW's damage has been increased to maintain double the damage-per-second of the Assault Rifle
Magnum


The damage has been slightly increased. The Magnum is still capable of killing in six rounds.
Vehicles


The damage has been increased on both the Mantis and Warthog Chain Gun.

Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a Halo-related project titled 'Bootcamp', which surfaced recently via Korean Ratings. According to a representative, Bootcamp is not related any Xbox One projects, or 343i's Reclaimer Saga.

It is "a project we're very enthusiastic about and will have more to say about in the near future"

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neboPosted:

BDB I like Halo 3 better, I was pretty dissapointed while playing Halo 4 :/


we should play sometime

TaigaAisakaPosted:

slapshot101
NinjaWizard
Frog I really should get this game in the summer, I loved Halo 3 and heard Halo 4 is nearly as good xD


Not nearly as good, but it is fun. Halo 3 is still the best imo.
Halo 3 will always be the best Halo 4, just doesn't do it for me, but I hope that Halo 5 blows away my expectations and has a better plot line.


I enjoyed Halo 2 the most. I haven't played Halo 4 yet but I have heard mixed things about it so I'm unsure if I will like it.

imgurPosted:

I'd love to see them patch the boltshot....

slapshot101Posted:

NinjaWizard
Frog I really should get this game in the summer, I loved Halo 3 and heard Halo 4 is nearly as good xD


Not nearly as good, but it is fun. Halo 3 is still the best imo.
Halo 3 will always be the best Halo 4, just doesn't do it for me, but I hope that Halo 5 blows away my expectations and has a better plot line.

TaigaAisakaPosted:

BDB
ShadowBoltDashie
BDB
ShadowBoltDashie Wow they patched a lot of things in this update. Since when did they add suppressors to Halo? Or is the Suppressor a weapon?


I think they're adding the attachment suppresor, pretty cool change right?


I guess but I feel that would be moving more away from Halo and more into like Battlefield or COD or something of that category.


I don't think that, a supressor is a pretty basic gun attachment.. Which is used in many games.


But Halo has always seemed like the type of game that doesn't use weapon attachments but instead their own version of weapons.

MentalistPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
BDB
ShadowBoltDashie Wow they patched a lot of things in this update. Since when did they add suppressors to Halo? Or is the Suppressor a weapon?


I think they're adding the attachment suppresor, pretty cool change right?


I guess but I feel that would be moving more away from Halo and more into like Battlefield or COD or something of that category.


I don't think that, a supressor is a pretty basic gun attachment.. Which is used in many games.

TaigaAisakaPosted:

BDB
ShadowBoltDashie Wow they patched a lot of things in this update. Since when did they add suppressors to Halo? Or is the Suppressor a weapon?


I think they're adding the attachment suppresor, pretty cool change right?


I guess but I feel that would be moving more away from Halo and more into like Battlefield or COD or something of that category.

MentalistPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie Wow they patched a lot of things in this update. Since when did they add suppressors to Halo? Or is the Suppressor a weapon?


I think they're adding the attachment suppresor, pretty cool change right?

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Wow they patched a lot of things in this update. Since when did they add suppressors to Halo? Or is the Suppressor a weapon?

MentalistPosted:

slapshot101 I have played Halo for a while now and I just don't like 4 mostly because they had some very overpowered guns but this patch seems like they fixed that problem, but I still like Reach better.


Same here, Reach FTW! Good times, good times.


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