: I never liked BR/DMR starts in previous Halos. When everyone starts with the
: precision weapon, there's little reason to pick up anything else and the
: game gets pretty boring. Of course, that was before we got the
: spectacularly powerful Assault Rifle in Halo 4, that easily holds its own
: against the precision weapons...

Precision weapon starts stifle map movement. How many matches devolve into trying to hit the other guy from across the map before he sees you. BOOOOOORING. So what if the other team got all the BRs. It used to mean they knew the map better than you and controlled it to win the game. This feels like Halo to me. Yeah, they could add the pistol as a starting secondary. But there are enough precision weapons laying around most of the maps that I don't feel like I miss it.