Charge shot puts the power of many shots into one. Notice how the gun glows immediately. This prevents charge shot spam. Try to fire 3-4 FULLY charged shots in a row. Can't? Because it will pop in your hand. This is the gun's fail safe. It renders you completely useless for 6 seconds. No switching to sidearm. No sprinting. No reloading. Nothing.

Again, that gun is only as good as it's user and elite SCR users are few and far between. The gun is balanced as is. It always has been.

OMG QUICK! NERF THE ONLY WEAPON THAT CAN EVENLY MATCH THE AR!!!

AR 514 IS THREATENED! MAKE IT STAHP!

Another nerf thread translated into the bare-bones basic concept it embodies by yours truly.

No need to thank me.

P.S. Shot a guy out of his LAV seat with a Bloodgrail Imperial scrambler. it was an OHK. He sat still and waited for his buddy, so I charged, then blapped his head off.

It's really no different than a headshot from a proper sniper rifle, honestly. BLAP! DEAD!

Amarr assault 5 lets you fire non-stop charge shots. I hid in the redline and blew through my entire mag to be sure.

SCR will not change and you are wrong. While a big percentage of my fighting is CQC, most of my kills come from charge+volley shots inside of my optimal. The reason you die so quickly to me is because, if memory serves correctly, you run a caldari suit when I face you. You may as well just not fire a round. You'll be dead anyway. And the only reason I am close is because I am trying to push an obj to hack.

And I wouldn't say you face me weekly. I count 4 engagements total in which I have seen you. All within a month and all with disasterous results to you.

Besides, don't you run a Duvolle? I could say the same thing about AR's and their obvious lack of weaknesses, but I don't. You use what works for you, as do I.

Based on the assumption that he isn't fully skilled because he is just now trying it. He will pop it.

The most important point that I said being if it goes fotm it will get changed, if it doesn't get overused of course it will continue to slide under the radar. If tacts didn't get overused I am sure they would still have the same capabilities that they started with as well. Anyway, I have been running a lower SP version of the tactic only downside of it seems to be latency. It seems you either **** face with it or the lag gets you killed.

And yes I will continue to send you mail every time I fight you, lately its more advise. As soon as your set up goes fotm you're getting a change to heat build up or rof. I can see it coming, but do continue it doesn't affect me at all as I am still waiting for my rail rifle lol.

Btw, I don't need your "advice" either. Kthnkxbai!

Some advice for you...watch your flank. I seem to kill you a lot from the side. Keep your head on a swivel.

I was shooting him in the head with my GEK, and that didn't stop him from annihilating me with his insanely powerful equivalent to a Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle that can fire ungodly yellow beams of death at you.
It's basically like the Golden Gun of Dust.

As a scout, you really shouldn't fear anything that's not a Tactical Assault Rifle from long distance.
Which brings up another scrambler rifle issue: the range.

And switching to a sidearm if you've fired the scrambler too rapidly shouldn't be that hard.

Look guys

The only other advanced weapons that can OHKO you like that are Forge, Plasma cannon, and Sniper. And they all have a balance between power and drawbacks.

Scrambler rifles remind me of the time I used Action Replay codes on Metroid Prime Hunters DS, and made it so I could hold down the button and fire infinite sniper rifle bullets.

So you stomped an Academy game
*Soft Clap*
Oh Bravo

No, you can choose FW from the very beginning.

Guys, I am sick of this thread, so I will not be replying much if at all.

gee guys I was only pretending to be ********

Certainly not to feed trolls. And the thread is practically screaming "HEY! TROLL THIS THREAD!"

Edit: There you go. An appropriate title for a lost cause

I was shooting him in the head with my GEK, and that didn't stop him from annihilating me with his insanely powerful equivalent to a Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle that can fire ungodly yellow beams of death at you.
It's basically like the Golden Gun of Dust.

As a scout, you really shouldn't fear anything that's not a Tactical Assault Rifle from long distance.
Which brings up another scrambler rifle issue: the range.

And switching to a sidearm if you've fired the scrambler too rapidly shouldn't be that hard.

Look guys

The only other advanced weapons that can OHKO you like that are Forge, Plasma cannon, and Sniper. And they all have a balance between power and drawbacks.

Scrambler rifles remind me of the time I used Action Replay codes on Metroid Prime Hunters DS, and made it so I could hold down the button and fire infinite sniper rifle bullets.

Wow can't believe that I am stepping up to defend scramblers but I believe the OH mechanism does somewhat balance the SR. Unfortunately it is one that seems to need some work, such as possibly increasing the OH damage or increasing the speed at which heat builds up. Friends using the SR have said they can fire off a full clip without overheating and firing at a slower speed also reduces heat buildup so in my mind that says that it is not OP just a weapon that needs some love with the nerf bat. The damage is fine as is the accuracy. I've even spent a few SP on it and see how quickly it could turn into FOTM if we were to have another 3x SP event. They work well even at the 1st level and are certainly more powerful than a standard Assault Rifle but again with all weapons they are not ideal in all situations.

Wow can't believe that I am stepping up to defend scramblers but I believe the OH mechanism does somewhat balance the SR. Unfortunately it is one that seems to need some work, such as possibly increasing the OH damage or increasing the speed at which heat builds up. Friends using the SR have said they can fire off a full clip without overheating and firing at a slower speed also reduces heat buildup so in my mind that says that it is not OP just a weapon that needs some love with the nerf bat. The damage is fine as is the accuracy. I've even spent a few SP on it and see how quickly it could turn into FOTM if we were to have another 3x SP event. They work well even at the 1st level and are certainly more powerful than a standard Assault Rifle but again with all weapons they are not ideal in all situations.

Wow can't believe that I am stepping up to defend scramblers but I believe the OH mechanism does somewhat balance the SR. Unfortunately it is one that seems to need some work, such as possibly increasing the OH damage or increasing the speed at which heat builds up. Friends using the SR have said they can fire off a full clip without overheating and firing at a slower speed also reduces heat buildup so in my mind that says that it is not OP just a weapon that needs some love with the nerf bat. The damage is fine as is the accuracy. I've even spent a few SP on it and see how quickly it could turn into FOTM if we were to have another 3x SP event. They work well even at the 1st level and are certainly more powerful than a standard Assault Rifle but again with all weapons they are not ideal in all situations.

Elaborate on point two.

It's a prenerf Tac with a overheat that kicks in at around 10 shots, and when it OH, it locks the gun up for 5 seconds and deals 75 damage per OH.

You miss 4 of the 10 shots, and you overheat, you die.

You can't melee, you can't switch guns, nothing.

The OH mechanic leaves it balanced for its precision and potential paper DPS.

Figured these might eventually come up, but it's quite balanced.

buff the hmg

''OK guys I have been using the Scrambler[/b] and I'm pretty sure what makes it OP is the damage, or the charged shots. I would say the damage should be nerfed a little to account for those fully automatic ones.''
YOU've been using the scrambler. WOW.That makes you an expert.For How long have you been using it exactly.? Because i've used it since they came out. And i say they DONT need a damage nerf.My opinion is more valid since i have there by more experience in the matter.

''There's no excuse for an advanced scrambler rifle OHKOing an advanced logi suit with advanced shields and armor. Here I am, I've invested just as much SP as they have, and it makes my GEK look like a piece of trash.''
No it doesnt. The Scrambler rifles are awesome 1 on 1 weapons but they cant help you kill multiple foes in a row, say 3+. Plus the Scrambler rifle has higher requirements all around plus draw back you are not taking into consideration.
If you miss the charged shot, unless is a STD suit, you wont have enough shots to kill another suit. Plus , if you use the charged shot, you wont be able to kill that guy n and then another red.

1- It's too accurate to be so powerful
2- It's way better than all the other light weapons
3- A fully charged headshot from an advanced scrambler rifle tore through 100 shields and 500 armor with one hit.

1- Its a precision weapon.It has to be accurate.
2-No its not ,it fulfills a different role.
3-Thats BS and you know it. I could have however bought the 500 shields and 100 armor. STill BS too.

Now let me hit you with some knowledge.
1-I know you are just one salty dude that got owned my a SR user and now thinks complaining will get them nerfed so you can go back to your AR spray and pray ways. So you think using it for 2 weeks or so will make the comunnity go: ''Ah well he's been using the SR, he must know whats hes talking about' . LOL, no.Any experience SR user will make short of your Matari butt.
2-The SR needs weaponry 3, there by more SP.
3-SR cost more than ARs
4-The PG and CPU requirements are INSANE on SR compared to the low requirements of the ARs.
5-The Optimal damage SHOULD BE BUFFED in any case,there is no reason a GEK user can be able to drop a Scrambler rifle user at 55+ mts.Plus the TAC AR has more range and a better sight than a SR.
6-For more effective use, an Amarr Assault must be skilled into, a suit that will only help you with 2 weapons.
7-The weapon is NOT effective vs multiple enemies and has drawbacks such as OVerheat and a pitiful 80% effectivness vs Armor; Armor tanking being the latest trend makes the SR less effective. The AR bonuses are and will always be superior since they have little drawback, -5% / +10%.

The Scrambler rifle will never get nerfed, its not a FOTM and anyone killing me with it its OK in my book,since its a SKILL weapon and actually had to aim....

EDIT:if CCP removes the SCR. we get a respec. and will switch to the next OP weapon. (Intended Troll)

1st off, the SCR is not OP
2nd,even without a Respec i think we all have duvolles...lol