LowSodiumHalo

That's why I REALLY dislike the idea of it being a starter.

You already have that issue even with it's limited bloom. The bloom isn't a lot, but it's plentyyy to miss shots beyond even stretching mid range. Anything beyond close to the very beginning of mid range (not the end of that range if that makes sense), you can miss shots being dead on. It happens enough where it's noticable.

And the major problem with that, is players being infuriated that they missed a shot they swore they hit and screaming lag and bad game up and down their street.

The br isn't perfect because of it's spread. It's not. That being said, you can consistently finish one shots and be entirely confident in it. Can you consistently hit perfects without missing any of the burst even if you're not dead on? No. But you're never going to miss a shot entirely if you're dead on.

The br is still more consistent, even with it's burst.

And you'll have people suggest they just remove bloom for ranked then. Also a bad idea. It'd become absolutely broken at range, significant upgrade from the br. And people alreadyyyyy think the br is too op at range. (I don't but you hear it a lot). And those people seem to overlap with some people that think the bandit rifle would be better at keeping you from being lasered across the map. Which is incredibly confusing to me cause it'd obviously be worse but I digress.