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BR fires slower and requires four bursts, DMR fires faster and requires five shots?

If the amount of damage an individual receives from either weapon kills in a relatively equal time-frame of each other, then there should be no problem having both on our palette of weapon choices.

No, that's not it.

The BR in Halo 4 is a 5-shot kill weapon holding 36 rounds per clip. The weapon features slight recoil and spread, making it an effective weapon at medium-long ranges.

The DMR is also a 5-shot kill weapon in Halo 4, and it contains 14 shots per clip. The weapon uses bloom once again, albeit differently than it was in Reach due to a higher reset speed. The DMR is more useful at long-very long ranges, filling the niche between the Sniper Rifle and BR.