It's very simple, the SCR combines superior range with double the DPS of the AR (931.8 versus 467.5 for the AR). The overheat is a very minor drawback given the benefits, and most users mitigate this with the Amarr assault suit anyway. The SCR needs some kind of rebalancing so it doesn't dominate both at range and close up, as it does presently.

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DPS is simply Damage*RPM/60, using the in-game numbers (also here).

I think you can get around 20 shots off with the ScR before overheat (varies with Amarr assault skill, of course), which is 1580 damage - certainly enough to take down multiple opponents.

How to get 11 shots off per second:

1. Be good at FPS; or
2. Use turbo controller.

There are plenty in both categories playing Dust, so the game should be balanced on the assumption that full DPS is achieved, as is the case with TacAR now following earlier OPness.

As for number of shots, with full skills it might be 17-19 - I only have Amarr assault 3 and not sure how many 5 gets you. It's certainly much more than 10-13.

I will test this right now and edit my results into this post.

Results: Amarr Assault A/1 Series, dropsuit skill level 3/5 (=15% heat reduction), ADV ScR Rifle clipsize 45
I clicked as fast as possible and looked at my clip after overheating.

-> I can get my clip down to somewhere between 23 - 26, which means i fired 19-22 shots.
I can do this in (mean value) 3,94sec, which makes it roughly 5 shots/sec and a dps of about 400 - 500 damage / sec.

You are free to make your own tests.

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I think the issue is trying to balance the weapon based on pub games. If the Scrambler Rifle is to be nerfed based on its over-performance in Pub games it will hurt its usefulness in PC games. Because there if I am caught in a 2 v 1 against Duvolles or getting rushed by a tanked out gallente shogunner in tight corridors I'm dead.

I place low on the leaderboards with a good amount of deaths when the above situations are forced on me in PC games. But my best games, where I accumulate well over 20 kills usually, are when I am placed in mid-range engagements holding our homepoint objective or attacking the enemy homepoint situated outside of the city. This is against players who bring their best to games, nothing short of proto everything.

Pub games are much too frantic, I only run the Templar Scr ever since I got it and its only a STD weapon, even then I often top the leaderboards and take down Proto-using opponents due to it being too easy to get lost in the fray and caught unaware. Most of my kills comes from flanks and mid-range battles, I stick to cover and land my shots, and I always switch to my SMG or Pistol in close range encounters.