charging it does x3 the original damage output at the very least..... If it didn't there would be no way to one shot almost any suit in the game purely because of base stats. However I can guarantee you that anything with 300 hp or less can get one shotted by this gun.

I have proto SCR proficiency 4 and the proto amar assault suit and I can tell you that this gun is probably on the fine line of being OP. I played against OH guys in a PC match today and three of them were using PSCR's and it was nearly impossible to close distance on an objective because the first shot would take down 400 of my HP (95 shields, 300 armor roughly) and then a quick follow up volley of 5-8 shots would finnish me off because as you say "each shot does 102 base damage".

The fact that my armor tanked 850 EHP gallente logi suit was getting mowed down by these things means they probably need some looking into...... And I fricking use them in pubs all the time.

Lets look at it like this. In public matches (ambush) I run an amar standard assault suit with the standard scrambler rifle. Two complex shield extenders and one complex profile dampener and advanced scanner. I consistently go about 20-3 in this suit. This STANDARD suit. Even against pub stompers ill get at least a 3.0 k/d. I can 1v1 proto suits and win simply because the charge shot takes them down 300 hp and evens them out with me. In fact lately the only suit ive found to effectively counter my suit is commando/heavy suits running scrambler rifles also. They win simply because they get x4 the amount of armor I run.

In short, the scrambler rifle now is like how the LR used to be in chromosome. Cheap, easy to use, massive bursts of damage that can down an enemy before hes able to react, and becoming increasingly more common in pub matches.

I still do not comprehend why in gods name do you compare a FULL auto rifle with a SEMI auto rifle. You should compare the AR with the AsCR and both play on a even field currently the AR is slightly better but with 1.7 the AsCR will be clearly better (and yes the AR should beat the AsCR as the AsCR is the mimic variant of the AR).

If you compare the SCR to the Tac AR its obvious that the SCR is close to the old prenerfed Tac in terms of performance and the old Tac got the nerf for a reason...

Obvious OP gun is obvious.
Duvolle is OP, ScR is god mode.

ScR user logic: "its only a little better than the duvolle, its not OP"
AR user logic: "that thing completely outclasses every weapon and melts every suit instantly"

Reality: AR is reliable and is OP consistently for everyone.
ScR is very few times unreliable because of human error on aim, but most of the time is absolute god mode and beats every other gun in the game by a long shot, even OP AR.

OP is right. This is not even a discussion.

Proficiency ScR user here. Yeah no **** it's quite overpowered. That doesn't necessarily mean it needs any sort of nerf...but come on...anyone without plates is basically one-shot...

All it needs is some drawbacks for charge shots. A ton have been suggested, like charge shots loosing as soon as fully charged, or heat building up through charge, or overheat on charge, or increased ammo usage on charge shot. This would justify the damage output it has as well as leave the AR in its dominant position. All would be well in the world.

Most of these could be implemented with no ill effect to skilled users, just like the TAR "nerf". The problem with the SCR lies in the fact it basically is a Tactical Sniper Rifle and Breach Shotgun in one weapon. Sound familiar? Anyone who was using the weapon as intended experienced little to no change. Likewise, if tomorrow charge shots take 5 ammo and keep heating through holding charge (just a suggestion), I doubt any skilled ScR users will have any issue. They just won't be able to take out an entire squad in half a mag.