Is that ScR base damage? Or is that with lvl 5 prof & 3 complex damage mods like you showed on the CR?

I don't know how much you've used the CR, but timing one burst after the next isn't something most can do consistently. You may tag two to three bursts in a row without missing the rhythm, but even a millisecond too early and you stutter the burst having to pull the trigger again, and too late and you automatically cut your DPS. You are talking about it's DPS as if everyone playing this game has a computer calculating exactly when to pull the trigger and pulling the trigger for them at exactly the right time to get maximum DPS. Apart from the handful of scrubs who use turbo controllers, this is FAR from the case. In addition, CR has to hit with all of it's rounds per trigger pull for it's DPS to count, so if your aim is even slightly to the side and your crosshairs slip off mid burst, part of your burst doesn't even register and just causes shield flares .

The ScR is an Alpha damage weapon. It's round hits with all it's damage at once damage, and it has a charged shot which can OHK many suits. It can also fully kill almost any suit with a charged shot plus 3-4 follow ups regardless of it's shield/armor ratio. The RoF for the ScR is high enough that there are very few people who can actually stutter it's fire pattern by accidentally firing too fast, and it's cooldown time is fast enough to move from one engagement to the next with very little delay (ask Arkena Wyrnspire, we all remember THOSE threads from a few weeks ago). On top of all that, it get's a larger than usual headshot multiplier, which means a headshot with a charged round is absolutely devastating (I've seen plenty of kb/m players using this to their advantage). It's basically a long range shotgun that overheats. And can be fired pretty much fired as fast as you can pull the trigger. And can be charged. And has insanely strong hip-fire aim assist.


Keep trying to make the CR out to be better, it's not working bro.

Lets be honest all four rifles are too effective for their own good. However it MAY be possible to balance them without changing the damage.

1) Add some actual dispersion - currently you can hit a target with pinpoint accuraccy, there is no need for leading your target or anything.

Now while adding projectile speeds for bullets would be overly intensive, we could at least have some dispersion even while ADS.

2) Add REAL recoil - the recoil on these weapons are pitiful at the moment not to mention that you go 15 rounds (520 damage) with absolutely none. Add recoil per shot, you can do it the hacky way and just move the barrel up a set amount after each shot, or you can do it properly, move it up, move it right, then move it down again (but not as much as it moved up) to increase immersion and feel of the weapon.

3) Remove the recoil reset function - currently even if you don't kill your opponent in the first 15 shots, you can keep firing until you stop hittimg him, then just feather the trigger and you are back where you started, completely nullifying recoil all together. You may have said its a feature but its not a very good one, it eliminates the need to readjust your gun after prolonged fire, which in turn reduces immersion, lowers skill level etc.

4) Add momentum dispersion - as you move you should become less accurate with your weapon, no matter how well you are trained. Simply add say 20% extra dispersion while moving, you could even add more during jumping if you want to discourage bunny hoping(wouldn't advise that but you could).

Shield tank, problem solved.
EDIT:
Combat rifles do 15% less damage against shields than they do armor. ( - 5 % shields, +10% armor, becomes 15% WORSE against shields than armor)