Turbo controllers, can be used for more than just the Scrambler, so the numbers should not be biased due to that

Come to think of it, I would hate to use a modded controller; not being able to charge my shots would suck, a lot.

In Pubs spamming your shots will get you tons of kills, militia and STD suits dont stand a chance.

In PC those 4 or 5 hip fired shots, depending on the proficiency of your aiming, can mean life or death when facing a shotty scout or HMG heavy before you engage in an often futile SMG strafe battle.

This is the distinction that most players unfortunately lack, for CCP has turned PC into such an exclusive "club" that so few of the community is able to participate.

I'm starting to think that we need to look at the bigger picture more, as opposed to scrutinizing and painstakingly deconstructing every single weapon in hopes to achieve balance. It's not too late to prevent the cycle of nerf/buffs from happening, lets try and create an environment where every weapon can be viable and leave it up to the preference of the player to decide which weapon they want to identify with.

There used to be such a cult following of people who would run the ScR rain or shine, but the nerf/buff cycle eventually hits every single weapon. Now everyone has one and now everyone is complaining.

Many players swear by the Assault Rifle actually being ok, don't want to do too many things at once. Any splendid ideas? We don't want to do damage changes nor range for the time being. What do you think is the major drawback in the handling of the AR?

If you are offering, why not a Rail Rifle vs Breach AR comparison, and a Burst Rifle to Combat Rifle, and the crowning achievement, Assault Rifles vs each other. I would love to see what a veteran player thinks of each of these comparisons. .

The AR is deadly on any suit, a reliable full auto weapon that has a fairly balanced damage profile against both shields and armor, hits hard, has a good reserve of ammo and very operator friendly to use. But when paired with the Gallente Assault it truly becomes a weapons system, the ultimate shock trooper, able to augment the ROF of these plasma weapons to deadly effect, taking out close range targets faster and in quicker succession.

It seems that this is the niche for assault suits CCP is going for but they fell short when designing the Cal and Gal bonuses, the Min and Amarr are perfect for the assaults.

I think anything to do with altering the heat sink on the Amarr Assault or the rate at which it builds up and overheats will be detrimental to the weapons system and the dedicated users of the weapons system, like I said before changes to this will directly affect my muscle memory, because I no longer watch the heat gauge, I feel the heat gauge. And being able to pump out more shots from the ScR is not a good way to go, I think the amount level of heat management on the weapon is perfect, perfect in PC and maybe too good in Pubs but thats a matter of the suits youre going against more so than what the weapon is able to do. IMO

And yes I am suggesting an ROF bonus for Gal Assault, but a small one like the heat sink on the Amarr Assault, a tiny augmentation that good assault players are able to utilize to deadly effect, making a good weapon just slightly better because this game is a game of decimal points and seconds, small changes go a looonnngg way.

I'm not sure what to do with Caldari as I have never skilled into them nor do I like using the RR very much, so I am not going to put forth an uninformed opinion

Maybe 15% then? But again, I am not sure so I dont want to put out uninformed opinions.

And yes I am absolutely okay with an ROF change so long as it hurts Turbo Controller users but still allows me to fire as many shots as my finger can depress the trigger; thats all I am concerned about.

There are no tweaks for the Assault Scrambler as it may be suffering from Armor tanking environment, unless there is a specific reason you can find, there is nothing in the stats that says it should be.