it looks fairly likely armour stacking will remain the meta of choice.

I've been think about what to run in 1.8 and playing with all the guns again this week. I'm really enjoying the scrambler rifle on a logi suit, but it does have some big disadvantages

1) The overheat is a pain
2) -20% dmg on armour which most people stack.

These two drawbacks combine really painfully if I come up against a stacked armour target with high EHP, I do a lot less damage, and therefore need more shots, which sends the gun toward overheat.


In 1.8 each shot will do less damage due to a nerf to the gun itself of around 10%, and less damage again due to a nerf to damage mods of anywhere between 5% and 2% per mod depending on tech level.

However the heat build up will stay the same, and it looks fairly likely armour stacking will remain the meta of choice.


What do you think that will mean for the scrambler rifle? It could find itself in a situation where it just doesn't put out enough DPS before overheating to down a lot of targets, unless your running it with a bonus to heat reduction amarr assualt suit.

Is anyone else thinking of using it or leaving it behind in 1.8?

In comparison the combat rifle is much easier to fit and has a much nicer damage profile (-5% shield/+10 armour) without the issues of overheating, even with the extra 5% nerf in 1.8 it looks on paper a more compelling choice.

The answer is to use a CR, which performs basically like an SCR without the overheat.

I still kill people with the advanced one and no prof on it...

It's a hell of a weapon.

With my prof 5. Scram rifle been using it since day one. i am now contemplating respecing back into my Amarr Ass or not with 1.8 TTK being so high making scram overheat faster not sure how well the weapon will work. I love the scram rifle but i will not use a weapon that is obviously sub-par and/or bad