I'm a big fan of burst rifles as, in general, they're more accurate than automatic weapons. Most have a scope of some sort and are more effective at longer ranges.

I'm hoping that the combat rifle is awesome like this, but I'm slightly confused looking at the stats for the burst AR in the game right now.

Why does the adv version only do 32 damage per shot when the regular AR does 36? Shouldn't it be the other way around, where each bullet of the burst rifle means more? Sure, the RoF is slightly higher (about 80 more rpm), but in reality the regular AR can fire off all 60 rounds in much less time than the burst.

I don't know how many games you have played, but every other burst rifle I've used does a TON of damage per hit, with the downside of smaller clips, more reloading, having to stay at longer ranges, and a poor hipfire.

What gives? Why is the normal AR more accurate and more deadly than the burst at range? Can someone explain to me how this is supposed to be proper balancing?

Both the advanced AR and the advanced burst AR do 446 DPS. I think they were balanced to do the same DPS to counter using modded controllers but that just hurt the majority that would use the weapon.

If I'm doing the math correctly the assault combat rifle will be doing 440 but the regular, burst version will be doing 672. The 1.7 weapon stats post doesn't mention damage updates for the existing weapons. I wonder if they've been tweaked at all. The Gallente Burst AR should be doing more damage.

That combat rifle looks like it's going to be a beast if it can get inside the optimal of the Scrambler.

First and foremost,they really screwed the Burst ARs and Burst Scrambler Pistols over.

Not sure,but didn't they reduce the rounds by two shot on the AR? I know for a fact that the Burst Pistol was a tree-shot,and and now it's only two.Doesn't seem like much of a difference,but if you played with it before,you really can tell how gimmped it is now.

Ummmm, what? The burst pistol is still a three burst. The burst ar used to be a 7 burst, now its a 3

Single shots should do more damage than burst, which should do more damage than automatic.

It's an incredibly basic FPS formula.

Then again, we're dealing with people who thought a sidearm with huge damage and a massive splash radius was a "difficult to use skill shot weapon".

You aren't going to get predictable results here. These people do not play first person shooters like we do, and the few who do are not in a design position.

Ummmm, what? The burst pistol is still a three burst. The burst ar used to be a 7 burst, now its a 3

The CAR-9 is a two-shot gun now,and I'll bet you 150 ISK on that.As a matter of fact,I'm pretty sure that they even made it harder to get to,being that you have to have your Scrambler Pistol Operation at level IV now,when it use to be level III (EDIT: According to an IGN Dust 514 Wiki page,it's was lvl II).Also,they completely removed the standard burst pistol as well,making it even more of a waste to get it,if you really liked it in Chromosome,like I did.

I know people that were using the Allotek burst AR,and they claimed that it was a seven shot,but now it's a five shot.I can't personally attest to that,being that I think I only once used an Allotek burst AR.

Used to be 5, not 7 lol.

5 round burst was weird to some people so they changed it, which makes me realize that the reason the burst feels so weird now is not because of the scope or whatever, but because I was so used to being able to punch 5 rounds into someone skull instead of 3.

Nope, its the only secondary i use so i know. It has 17 rounds withs scrambler pistol operation lvl 5 so its 3-3-3-3-3-2. The last burst in the mag is 2 burst because of the odd mag size.
Burst ar is a 3 shot now currently

Automatic weapons are for noobs and should have a damage decrease. I'm currently skilling the AR for the burst and TAC version. They are way more expensive than the regular AR and the regular AR is more effective!!!

The way gunplay works in this game is weird. You rely on your armor so you just move side to side and hope to kill the guy before he kills you, both using auto weapons. C'mon get real. I mean, I know we in the future but is this how they fight in the future? No use of cover? Them grenades come out too quick.

I'm a big fan of burst rifles as, in general, they're more accurate than automatic weapons. Most have a scope of some sort and are more effective at longer ranges.

I'm hoping that the combat rifle is awesome like this, but I'm slightly confused looking at the stats for the burst AR in the game right now.

Why does the adv version only do 32 damage per shot when the regular AR does 36? Shouldn't it be the other way around, where each bullet of the burst rifle means more? Sure, the RoF is slightly higher (about 80 more rpm), but in reality the regular AR can fire off all 60 rounds in much less time than the burst.

I don't know how many games you have played, but every other burst rifle I've used does a TON of damage per hit, with the downside of smaller clips, more reloading, having to stay at longer ranges, and a poor hipfire.

What gives? Why is the normal AR more accurate and more deadly than the burst at range? Can someone explain to me how this is supposed to be proper balancing?

Put your money where your mouth is then,because I bet that I use them more than you do,especially since I have proficiency to lvl 4.

EDIT:

Ok I'm playing right now,and they must have patched it back to three shots,because I know that it was two shots about two weeks ago.

Single shots should do more damage than burst, which should do more damage than automatic.

It's an incredibly basic FPS formula.

Then again, we're dealing with people who thought a sidearm with huge damage and a massive splash radius was a "difficult to use skill shot weapon".

You aren't going to get predictable results here. These people do not play first person shooters like we do, and the few who do are not in a design position.