Summary[]
The Battle Rifle is a Bullpup-style semi-automatic rifle which fires in 3-round bursts. The weapon has a 30-round magazine and comes with an integrated rectangular scope which can be accessed by holding down the assigned key (default Mouse 2). This weapon is considered a pick-up weapon in all gamemodes apart from in SWAT where it takes the place of the Assault Rifle as one of the two starting weapons.
As the more reserved cousin of the Assault Rifle, the Battle Rifle benefits more from attacking unaware foes at medium to long range using the weapon's integrated scope. This tied to the fact that the weapon can kill in a single burst if all three shots hit the head of an opponent makes the Battle Rifle a deadly weapon in the hands of a skilled marksman. This weapon is also notable for being the only item that is present in a player's starting loadout instead of one of the two main starting guns (the Assault Rifle and the Pistol respectively in the mode SWAT). This coupled with the reduced requirements for gaining achievement-related skins for the weapon makes this gun (arguably) the easiest weapon to get Challenge Skins for and therefore the Golden Skins.
Update history[]
- LMT (6pm PST) Team Deathmatch gamemode with Battle Rifle starts instead of Assault Rifle.
- Battle Rifle spawn time decreased from 75 seconds to 60 seconds.
- Decreased amount of ammo clips in Battle Rifle pickups from 3 to 2.
- Added Ammo Counter on Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle, Rail Gun and Plasma Rifle.
- Reduced Zoom Distance of Battle Rifle and Sniper slightly.
- Battle Rifle slight buff.
- New Battle Rifle! - New and improved BR is ready for fragging.
- Battle Rifle damage decreased slightly.
- Battle Rifle slightly weaker.
Skins[]
Default
Charger
GFuel
Gray M90
Splatter
Charger
Alpha/Beta Testers.Gray M90
Anyone who plays in the first launch week.