not all guns should be engaged equally.

for example if you are facing a shot gun you DO not engage in close range.

like wise you do not engage a combat rifle in medium range.

a rail rifle at medium long

stand in the open against sniper rifle

run at an hmg

hide behind a box against a mass driver

hack with a knife around

chase a scout with re's

shoot a tank with your assault rifle

etc.

combat rifle is a pretty strong gun right now, but it's nothing compared to the guns we've had in the past, it's fine as it is.

also it's an anti armor and everyone and their dog armor tanks, when I shield tank I pretty near always beat combat rifles.

Combat rifle can kill heavies before they can react
Even cal heavies

OP is right on the money. Here is how much damage each weapon does (at standard) without a turbo controller:

AR 375 DPS
CR 540 DPS
ScR 433 DPS
RR 361 DPS

Here is damage per effective magazine (ScR overheat is effectively a magazine)

AR 1800 damage
CR 1458 damage
ScR 1040 damage
RR 1974 damage

Here is the damage per trigger pull of similar weaponry types at proto (RR has no equivelent)

duvolle TacAR 69.3 damage
Viziam scrambler 71.5 damage
Boundless Comabt Rifle 89.1 damage

CR has the best damage profile and the least fitting requirements.

CR has 15 meters longer range than the AR, but only ten less meter range than the ScR and RR (at standard).

CR doesn't overheat.

These are all facts, add them up and the CR is incredibly OP.

EDIT: Oh and the only SMG that does more damage per shot than the CR is the breach SMG, the breach SMG has a rate of fire of 535, less than half of the 1200 RPM CR.

Lol, ok bud. I knew there was a reason I ignore your post. Are you upset because I blew up your tank, or the fact that I killed your protosuit with standard gear?

Also, you do realize how stupid you sound right? Saying things like "dur hur numbers OMG dur hur" makes you sound like the knuckle dragging, tank-spamming, proto-squad crutcher that you are. Go back to COD moron.

Ah yes, the 'numbers are irrelevant get good scrub' argument.

So, if you don't think the CR is blatantly overpowered, I have a question for you. Two, in fact.

Firstly, do you play the game?

If your answer to that question is yes, and you steadfastly believe that the CR is not the supreme rifle, then I have a second question: Do you use it?

The combat rifle has everything. It has fantastic damage output, the best damage profile in the game, an excellent fire rate, a solid range, good damage per clip, fast reload and the lowest fitting requirements of any rifle.
The only rifle arguably capable of competing with the sheer damage the CR can put out is the ScR, which actually has a balancing mechanic attached to it in the form of overheat.

It baffles me how anyone can believe that it's balanced against the other rifles.

I imagine you would have been lost at elementary arithmetic.
Oh hey, you were.

Oh, sorry, are people using the CR automatically so terrible that they always miss enough bullets to cripple them to the levels of other weapons?

The CR is superior in practically every way. Situational variables won't affect that in the slightest.

The new jack of all trades that is eminently superior in all trades. To use an epithet, the master of all trades.

Also, what exactly about 5 people with CRs shooting in the same direction will make the CR worse?

the math he's stating is as follows, every bullet hits, is based on a variable fire rate weapon that is different per user/turbo controller, it's a 1 on 1, there is no cover, no resistances, doesn't account for the other weapons being used in the game currently, etc.

what is the point, this is never a realistic scenario that ever occurs in the game.

is the combat rifle balanced when compared to mass drivers? how about the laser rifle? the four racial rifles aren't the only thing we need to balance( if balancing was even required ).

I just don't get what the point is, he brings up the dps of the scrambler rifle an anti shield high alpha long range rifle, versus a burst fire anti-armor mid-range rifle.

both weapons are amazing I use them both, their difference in dps is the smallest part of the difference between these two rifles.

#1 you are a proto-stomping crutcher who isn't worth a nickle without a squad, I do rememebr killing you, and I do remember you in a tank or dropship at one point.

#2 Last battle I went 21/0 using a heavy with HMG (oh I only run militia/standard gear on combat fits btw). I do what the team needs, and if that is uplinks I do that. You can ask anyone, I do what the team needs. Sorry that your COD mentality can't understand tactics, or really basic math.....

It's true because I've done it.

So I guess this is self-apparent, but I think without a doubt NAV HIV is just a troll, or a 10 year old. Welcome back to ignore land.

Anyway, these are the FACTS about the CR:

Most DPS (without turbo controller) (125% more than the next closest)
Most sustained damage
Most damage per trigger pull {125% of the next closest)
Best damage profile (102.5% avg damage, lol 5% penalty to shields)
Easiest to fit
Only 10 M less range at standard (meaning it does almost as much damage @ 65M as the RR)

These are undeniable. If you can honestly look at that and say it isn't OP.... well you don not care about balance at all, only your crutch.