Railguns are at an extreme disadvantage against infantry, just like other forms of AV.

Rails got caught in a snag. Tankers actually didn't consider the railgun when they complained for their buff.
With 40% and 60% hardeners, what did you expect? Railguns are used for AV mainly so they needed a crazy buff to deal with the hardeners.

Nobody complained about rails in 1.6 because it was a classic case of only focusing on what your weaknesses as a player were and expecting CCP to fix them for you.

It was mainly blaster tankers that complained. They just wanted an easy-button to mow down infantry with and got mad when the infantry pulled out AV to fight back. You could build Rail tanks in 1.6 that could explode tanks into pieces in 1-2 shots, but tankers didn't care to use them, they wanted their easy-button blaster turrets. They never could see the big picture for tanks, AV, all vehicles, and the game as a whole...

You hate rail guns? Blame the crybaby tankers that couldn't deal with the fact that they only wanted them to be all powerful, but nothing else. Tankers hate anything that can outplay them, but don't say a word when they have obvious advantages.

Tankers now tell AV to "get good"... but pre-1.7, if you told them "get good" they backlashed with excuses. Now you can pop a tank with a militia rail and they complain more because they think nothing should ever counter them, ever.

And Dropships get caught in the crossfire because tankers never looked at the big picture.

Squad............ with............... a................... *head explodes*