I have always been a normal full auto AR guy, but I "know" that for the most effective use I should be firing controlled bursts but I never seem to have the mental fortitude to do so.

I tried all the variants after Uprising but I never got them to work for me, probably a combination of lack of my skill/stats and hit detection.

So I began testing the burst, breach, tac and normal AR again after 1.4.

Breach is fun but not enough punch to be competitive. Maybe I shouldn't ADS on the breach, that's food for thought.

TAC is too much of a sniper for me, the only kills I get are low health runners, but then again, I'm not a sniper by nature.

Burst is probably my favorite, but something about it makes me always think, well I would have wasted that guy if I just had my duvolle full auto but now I'm dead and he is not. I love the feeling of a direct hit of a concentrated burst but I usually need 3-4 of those to take someone down, and that's just too much, 2 solid burst "should" be lethal. The Allotek with 3 complex dmg mods does hit like a bulldozer.

Also on most of these, I am just getting killed back by full autos, as we all seem to share the same range, or minimal differences.

I enjoy the different playstyles, but I never see the variants on the battlefield anymore

Done some more testing, played only TAC AR yesterday, and man, so much fun. It's definitely competitive, played right.

I just needed to pace myself and pick my battles, it's not a slayer weapon but as a mid range support, hovering around objectives and double tapping weakened foes, with the occasional headshot, it excels.

I thought it played like a sniper, but man I was playing it wrong. Gallente advanced assault (I'jm trying to cut back on my proto addiction), ferroscales and dmg mods for high dmg and mobility.

Since I didn't rip through ammo like I do on full auto AR, my nanohive was pretty useless, maybe time to skill into armor repping hive, perfect to dip into cover.