That link states 400 milliseconds... which is 0.4 seconds.

the rail rifle doesn't overheat

That's true, but then again even if you fire as fast as you can you won't overheat before getting at least 17 shots out and that should be enough to kill most people, especially at range. If you can't do that you should probably not use the SR.
The heat build-up is a thing you learn to manage quite fast in my experience.

And also the SR gets the ability to charge up shots, with which you can kill people in seconds.

What
I really do not understand how it works.
You charge it and then you can fire at full auto, ok, but how many rounds?
If you stop shooting you have to charge again, is this what you mean?

Again, it's likely the other three rifles only have the "assault" as their variant because assault is easy to do, "make things go pewpewpew faster."

Now the other variants also have some general characteristics,
Tactical - single, powerful shots
Burst - volley of shots
Breach - slow, powerful shots

But there's also plenty of room for interesting and unique mechanics. For instance, the base scrambler rifle is the tactical, but instead of just firing single, powerful shots it also has a charge function and heat build up. So for the Tactical Combat Rifle and Tactical Rail rifle, would you rather it simply fire one shot at a time like the tactical AR or would you rather give them more time to think up some other mechanics that still fall within that general frame but are more unique?

Actually, it would be interesting if the rail rifle also got a charge ability for its tactical that worked similar to how the charge sniper rifle does now.

Edit:
Though without that god awful vacuum noise >_<

I would like that too, more charge more damage, less charge less damage.

Also, i don't really like the fact that the RR will not charge for each shot, it should be like a little railgun, (automatically) charge for each shot, giving it a proper charge time to be useful, charge time would be the factor that decides ROF and a skill would decrease charge time.
This will allow tactical usage of it.

A shell has travel time? It's close enough to instantaneous to be so. And if you want to talk about travel time, how long it takes swarms to get to your tank

thank god i stopped wasting sp in swarms after the last change. not 1 but a double nerf into oblivion. can i have my sp back so i can put into something that is actually going to work

Woot.

My only concern is the lock range though.

Also for those of you complaining most vehicles potential tank of HAVs were reduced by a similar manner (removal of a module slot can hurt a tank significantly), based on just early theorycrafting lighter vehicles benefit the most from the AV nerf tanks more or less still die the samish or is now threatened by lesser vehicles again. However until I see the newer vehicle numbers I wont be able to play out any scenarios.

Overall from the looks of it the rail rifle range is significant enough that there is lapses where its very superior to the plasma rifle.

respec on av now please

After swarms got buffed I always said the best way to fix swarms is cut their range in half. Nothing more fair than a swarm user unloading 3 volleys of swarms doing 5940 damage. That's before damage mods and prof.

I've had a commando fire 3 volleys of proto swarms and switch to his second Wyrikomi swarm launcher and fire 3 more.

Why does the SCR optimal range go down as you go up in teirs?

IWS, I offered to give all CPM a fresh look recently. Kain appears to be different and not playing the same game he used to play I'm happy to admit, but you are just as defensive, argumentative, and inflexible when the player base approaches you. I shouldn't say you lost my support as I was trying to be impartial, but I can say I won't support you moving forward. You need to be replaced when we have an election hopefully next year.

So I am thinking that none of you actually have any clue what the ranges of the weapons (AR, ScR, so on) is now.

Orignal
AR type------optimal----effective
standard------38m-------65m
ADV-----------40m-------68m
PRO-----------42m--------71m

New
AR type------optimal----effective
standard------40m-------65m
ADV-----------44m-------72m
PRO-----------48m--------78m

I have no idea who thought it would be a good idea to INCREASE the range of the AR, but they did. So if anyone is freaking out about the assault rifle you should stop... it is getting a small range buff.

Anyway, here is the issue I have. The AR completely destroys the Assault scrambler at the assault scrambler's range because of a much tighter grouping while aiming down-sight. Is this issue going to be resolved?

Actually the Assault Rifle currently keeps up damage with the HMG due to such tight grouping of rounds compared to the crazy dispersion of the HMG.

Yeah 400 meter lock ranges is pretty damn far, I think 175 may be too short but I don't want to see it go over 225 meters. After all its supposed to be a Light AV weapon, not a heavy AV weapon and this brings its parity down with that of the plasma launcher and mass driver, hopefully the plasma cannon will take its racial adjustment and get a damage buff making the minmatar rapid firing, swarms longest range, plasma cannon the most damaging, and whatever amarr light av option comes out the most accurate.

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This is somewhat alarming, actually... The Assault Rail Rifle outperforms -EVERYTHING- else in terms of Damage and Range. I don't see any reason to continue using the Assault Rifle when it doesn't even do what it's supposed to anymore: High damage in close quarters combat.

Comparable Level Assault Variant Rifles, in order from highest to lowest DPS:

SL-4 Assault Rail Rifle: 458.6
GEK-38 Assault Rifle: 446.25
CRD-9 Assault Scrambler Rifle: 444.7
8K-42 Assault Combat Rifle: 440

Comparable level Assault Variant Rifles, in order from highest to lowest Optimal Range:

SL-4 Assault Rail Rifle: 72 meters
CRD-9 Assault Scrambler Rifle: 55 meters
8K-42 Assault Combat Rifle: 50 meters
GEK-38 Assault Rifle: 44 meters

Comparable level Assault Variant Rifles, in order from highest to lowest Effective Range:

SL-4 Assault Rail Rifle: 94 meters
CRD-9 Assault Scrambler Rifle: 83 meters
8K-42 Assault Combat Rifle: 77 meters
GEK-38 Assault Rifle: 72 meters

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This is somewhat alarming, actually... The Assault Rail Rifle outperforms -EVERYTHING- else in terms of Damage and Range. I don't see any reason to continue using the Assault Rifle when it doesn't even do what it's supposed to anymore: High damage in close quarters combat.

Comparable Level Assault Variant Rifles, in order from highest to lowest DPS:

SL-4 Assault Rail Rifle: 458.6
GEK-38 Assault Rifle: 446.25
CRD-9 Assault Scrambler Rifle: 444.7
8K-42 Assault Combat Rifle: 440

Comparable level Assault Variant Rifles, in order from highest to lowest Optimal Range:

SL-4 Assault Rail Rifle: 72 meters
CRD-9 Assault Scrambler Rifle: 55 meters
8K-42 Assault Combat Rifle: 50 meters
GEK-38 Assault Rifle: 44 meters

Comparable level Assault Variant Rifles, in order from highest to lowest Effective Range:

SL-4 Assault Rail Rifle: 94 meters
CRD-9 Assault Scrambler Rifle: 83 meters
8K-42 Assault Combat Rifle: 77 meters
GEK-38 Assault Rifle: 72 meters