Oh god, another one of you degenerates crying over the SCR + Amarr Assault...who OHK'ed you this time?

Look, the SCR is an awesome weapon made even more awesome by the Amarr Assault, but the SCR is a weapon that only really shines in 1 v 1 fights.

1 v 1 I would venture that a good SCR user will win just about every time. The charge shot will take out a large chunk of health whereas the follow up shots will kill the target.

The SCR struggles in CQC and fights that are more than 1 v 1 thanks to the overheat mechanic. Yes, you may not believe it, but it is still easy to overheat the SCR even in an Amarr medium suit when you're panic firing at someone CQC, or trying to take out multiple enemies shooting back at you with their AR's, CR's, and RR's.

I really think that is the bit people fail to understand is that....

SCR - 1 v 1
RR - 1 v how ever many before you run out of ammo or killed
AR - ditto
CR - ditto

Yet people complain that "boo hoo BOO HOO, the SCR OHK'ed me and mopped the floor with my corpse!"

Pro tip - don't take on a SCR user alone...you're gonna lose every time.

^ Takes a lot of SP investment and you pigeon hole yourself into 1 weapon and 1 suit. As opposed to slapping a Kaalakiota RR on a MLT Heavy?

Also, just because you stomp Pubs doesn't mean you have absolute, irrefutable proof of imbalance. Just means you went into a game and **** on newbs; anyone can do it, with any gun.

Try you Assault ak.0 suit in a PC and tell me if you'd rather stick to your gallente suit, tank or python

You are the one making the claim, the burden of proof is on you. How about you "prove" its OP first?

Sure I'll give it a shot:

1) ScR is only OP with a turbo controller or way above average clicking speed (average being around 5 clicks per second). This would lead to less DPS than any other rifle, making it the only sub-400 rifle.

2) The overheating function is unique to the ScR, and can/does kill the user. This is a MAJOR drawback that prevents spamming it. This function nicely balances out the charge shot.

3) The fitting requirements are ridiculously high.

4) Actually the ScR is just plain bad on non-amarr assault suits. After 1 engagement, if you didn't overheat and die, you will overheat and die. Seriously, this weapon is borderline horrible on non-assault suits.

Question for the OP, did you mean to say the ScR is OP with turbo controllers on an amarr assault? If so, I agree, and the ScR needs only a RoF reduction to 400 RPM (max of 6.666 shots per second or around the same base DPS as the other rifles at max).

Oh, just to throw this out here:

The CR:

Does 50% more DPS than the other rifles
Does 102.5% normalized damage
Has insanely low fitting costs
Never Overheats
can kill suits in 4-6 shots rather than the 5-8 of your ScR experience, try it.

I can always tell when I die in my sentinel suit to a combat rifle because it happens way faster than to any other weapon.

So what? You're in the top 1% of the playerbase, good for you. I don't think games should ever be balanced around the top 1%. If you're really good at something, your performance should also be really good, not just balanced. Just because a few players can make some really effective use out of something doesn't mean that it is OP.