Burst rifle
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The Union Aerospace Corporation Precision Bolt Rifle, or burst rifle, is a weapon in Doom (2016) which is exclusive to multiplayer and SnapMap game play. It is a conventional selective-fire rifle, with the choice between a three-shot burst and semi-automatic firing modes. Semi-automatic mode also entails use of the weapon's sights for aiming. Its high accuracy suggests that the burst rifle may be the UAC's designated marksman rifle of choice. While in semi-automatic mode, the burst rifle utilizes magnum rounds to deal extra damage per bullet.
Tactical analysis[edit]
The burst rifle is a weapon that is unlocked at level 3 in multiplayer. The player spawns with 60 rounds and max ammo capacity is 90. It has a built-in ammo counter on its sight that shows the remaining ammo, especially when aiming or when classic pose mode is enabled, which can be useful to not have to look at the ammo on the HUD once more. Primary fire fires three rounds quickly and deals 10 damage to the body, which is 30 damage if all shots hit the target. A head-shot deals 15 which is exactly 45 damage if all shots hit the enemy, making this fire mode superior in terms of damage to secondary fire mode. When switching to secondary mode, the player aims and rifle switches to semi-automatic mode, which slightly zooms your sight but also slows your movement speed a little, and boasts good accuracy and increases rifle damage; per shot this deals 16 to body and 24 to the head. You can switch between firing modes to kill the enemy faster if you do not want to use quick-switching between weapons.
Pre-release[edit]
This weapon was referred to as the "repeater" in pre-release materials, beginning with the Bethesda E3 2015 presentation.
Trivia[edit]
The weapon's primary and secondary fire functions similarly to the unused pistol of Doom Eternal.
| Weapons from Doom (2016) | |
|---|---|
| Single player: | BFG-9000 • Chaingun • Chainsaw • Combat shotgun • Gauss cannon • Heavy assault rifle • Pistol • Plasma rifle • Rocket launcher • Super shotgun |
| Equipment: | Frag grenade • Siphon grenade • Hologram |
| Multiplayer: | Burst rifle • EMG Mark V pistol • Grenade launcher • Hellshot • Lightning gun • Reaper • Static cannon • Vortex rifle |
| Multiplayer side arms: | Kinetic mine • Tesla rocket |
| Doom VFR only: | BFG grenade launcher |
| SnapMap: | Demon control grenade • Fist |
| Progression: | Weapon modification • Weapon upgrade |
