Duvolle:
Damage:- 33.99
ROF:- 800
DPS:- 453.2
Optimal range:- 40M
Effective range (30% dps):- 70M
Clip/ammo:- 60/300
Damage per clip:- 2039.4

Creodon:
Damage:- 63.935
ROF:- 428.57
DPS:- 456.67
Optimal range:- 40M
Effective range (30% dps):- 70M
Clip/ammo:- 36/300
Damage per clip:- 2301

As you can see from these stats the only numbers that are different from the basic AR is the damage per clip which is 300 hp over, the only logical nerf to the breach would be a clip reduction.

I will explain why any other nerf is unecesary and would break the weapon, the two most suggested nerfs being dps and range. Before we go on, would you nerf the dps or the range on the Duvolle? Why not? Because the weapon is unused and kinda bad unless in the hands of a skilled player.

So then why the Creodon? Here is a thought experiment let's say we fiddled with the stats of the Creodon (damage and rof) holding dps constant, and we increased rof to 800. Well damage would actually be equal to the ARs, which I just previously stated is not in need of a nerf. By this the breach is not in need of a dps nerf, because dps is equal to that of a weapon who operates exactly the same, and that weapon is nowhere near OP.

That leaves us with range, 40M optimal and 70M effective, well that's a 30M difference and at it's peak dps drops down to a whopping 30%, that means ever meters we have a 2.3% dps reduction, so at the next range where a weapon operates being the CR at 50M, the AR has lost 23% dps, so there is no way the AR nor the Breach can outdps or outperform any weapon outside of 40M, so the problem is definitely not range.

So what is the problem? clip? 300 extra damage is not going to make the weapon seem so OP, so what is it? Well the problem is actually rof and damage but not the combination of both, meaning it is no dps. The problem is the weapons low rof and high damage makes it accurate and deadly, but that's only because it is just easy to use, and it forgives missing a lot. The way the game works, most weapons actually miss a lot, weapons with low rof like the post-nerf Tac, the rail and now the breach excel in this environment, because they do not miss. The only way to fix the weapon is to actually increase rof, and reduce damage keeping dps constant, as I have stated above dps is not the problem nor is it range, and blindly nerfing the weapon would just break it, specially when the nerds suggested ARE NOT the problem.

Edit: forgot to mention it also needs a tiny bit more kick, the AR had kick which is noticeable at the end of it's clip due to it's high rof and such, the breach won't ever kick due to low rof and low clip.

Actually I don't use the breach, I use the assault rail rifle mainly. But being a gallente loyalist I would hate to see the only effective gallente weapon be unreasonably nerfed.

Actually I don't use the breach, I use the assault rail rifle mainly. But being a gallente loyalist I would hate to see the only effective gallente weapon be unreasonably nerfed.

Breach ARs are far from the only effective Gallente Weapon.

Because your speed tanked, which breach type weapons excel against.

Breach as in rail rifles and assault rifles... the rof of the breach SMG is slower so technically it IS better against faster targets but its still a pretty fast ROF. The breach forge doesn't really count because it isnt automatic....