"A gas-operated, short-barrelled weapon, the combat rifle is a semi-automatic weapon well-suited to both short and medium range combat. Classified as a light support weapon, it is typically employed in target-rich environments: The high volume of fire produced enables operators to engage multiple targets in rapid succession, while the weaponGÇÖs extended range keeps the operator just beyond the threat threshold of most standard assault rifles.

It's advanced bullpup configuration reduces weapon weight and improves manoeuvrability, making it the ideal crossover weapon for urban and field combat. The modular design has more practical advantages as well: cheap to maintain and easily replaced if damaged, itGÇÖs one of the most reliable weapons in service today."

Why not make a draw back based on its item description:
This gun uses pressurized gas to propel its bullets. Every time you fire the weapon, you lose a bit of pressure and consequently the damage decreases with pressure loss. Of course if the gun isn't fired for a few seconds, the gun would regenerate the expended pressurized gas. This would serve to discourage pray and spray behavior much like the scrambler rifle's over heat mechanic; but in its own unique rusty Minmatar duct-tape way.

If this drawback is used for the combat rifle, a pressure gauge would be needed in the HUD for this weapon. It could easily fit in the space used to display charge and/or heat build up.

Your request for rifle jam on one weapon sounds an awful lot like QQ, and should be subject to troll like behaviours, that said, when you make one rifle jam all others must jam. The scr is not a good example of what should be done and neither is the Tac-AR. Truly you are feeding the troll on this OP don't be a derp.

Edit: I think you should stick to firing weapons rather than "fixing" them. -1

No. For once CCP understands more about firearms than you do.

Gas operated means that the bolt, receiver, magazine and ammuntion operate by using a direct impingement system to cycle the bolt mechanism.

If CCP wanted to make the thing "more real" it'd jam after getting a whisp of dirt in the receiver and need to be cleaned out.

Then again if CCP did that to the CR it would beg why the rest of the firearms in the game all have pathetic engagement ranges.

A 0.1-0.2 second delay between bursts would fix it better.

kinda like overheating? I don't mind, maybe people will use the more neglected guns...



R.I.P.
Assault Rifles
Tactical Assault Rifles
Burst Assault Rifles...


You will be missed.