Yeah, but that combat rifle sounds pretty sweet.

I am just hoping one of them will do more armor damage than shield damage. No weapons actually chew into armor at distance.

[quote=Keri Starlight]
Nah CCP said this is how they would operate. I thought otherwise too but someone sourced-me. The Rail is long range Breach weaponry. And the Breach are sweet precision tactical weapons. They have the highest accuracy ratings.

The the combat rifle will be the burst. Burst has a slightly longer range than the AR, and has the highest DPS of the weapons,
the combat rifle is a semi-automatic weapon well-suited to both short and medium range combat. Classified as a light support weapon, it is typically employed in target-rich environments where the high volume of fire produced enables operators to engage multiple targets in rapid succession, whilst the weaponGÇÖs extended range keeps the operator just beyond the threat threshold of most standard assault rifles.

So it's semi-auto yet has high volume of fire, sounds like burst. Also if you try the burst, it feels more like a support weapon for its sheer lack of killing power but it can definitely wound in one shot or pick off the weak. But that "suited for short range" is total BS, you do not want a Burst in CQC.