For the Laser, the flaws appear mostly at proto level because the Laser doesn't deal any extra damage. As an Assault Rifle user, you just need to hide behind cover as soon as the Laser hits. Note the direction it came from and run away so that the cover blocks you. I almost never die to Snipers or Lasers doing this. If the Laser is not on a building, edge out and in so that they fire at you. You want some of the shots to hit. When they stop firing run forward and spray them down because it means they are at least half way down their heat meter. The closer you get, the less damage they do. This happens to me all the time, since if I don't get a direct bead on them for a long period of time, my damage is poor.

Mass Drivers are hard to avoid. Within optimal range, their DPS isn't very high and most Assault Rifles can double or triple the splash damage DPS. It's easiest to take them out towards the edge of your optimal range, as many more of their shots will miss.

Scramblers have very similar DPS to Assault Rifles with slightly longer ranges, but are harder to use. If they miss the first burst and you have decent health, they'll often overheat before they can kill you. The Assault Scrambler is actually very potent and a worthwhile competitor with Assault Rifles that isn't too hard to use. Treat it like an Assault Rifle, pretty much. It doesn't usually overheat, so that's not really exploitable.

Only noobs defend the AR in its current state. Everyone who has been playing this game since the beta can easily see that the AR with the Aim assist is by far the easiest weapon in the game to get easy kills with. What's funny though is that you noobs defend it saying its your skills that make the AR so good lol.

The AR wins in cqc against heavies I can out range laser rifles and anybody who can't do this with an AR is a scrub.

Sorry OP the AR is EASY MODE and you look silly trying to defend it Get good and try another weapon and come back here with an educated opinion. Not defending the easy kill machine we all use called the AR.

Funny how every AR elitist forgets that during the first week of Uprising, they totally bent over backwards because your precious AR wasn't an automatic sniper rifle. It took barely 2 weeks and they gave you what you wanted. How long did tanks, mass drivers, lasers, shotguns, HMGs, and Dropships suffer again? FFS, they nerfed scouts, just so you can pray an spray at them easier, and don't forget about strafing- "Wahhhh! It looks silly, nerf this important mechanic in a FPS CCP!"- and they gave you ****ers what you wanted again. 1.4 rolled around and now you can hip fire across the map with your automatic sniper rifles. YOU KNOW HOW MANY ****ING TIMES I'VE BEEN KILLED FROM OUTSIDE MY DRAW DISTANCE SINCE 1.4?! You think that's fun? Try using a niche weapon- laser, HMG, shotgun, MD... hell, give tanks and Derpships a whirl before the totally get demolished instead of fixing the goddamned engineering skill- look at how easy you mother ****ers have it.

That's a BS argument. So only an "I win"-button would be OP? Because that's the only way you don't have to use any tactics at all!