Frankly, I'm sick of constantly seeing nerf threads on the subject, so I'm going to try explain a few things.
"The charge shot damage is too high!"1) The prototype scrambler rifle does 71 damage. A charge shot does 3.5x regular damage, so a charge shot does 248.5 damage. It takes 2 seconds to charge the shot. Factor that seconds in the DPS, and it's a pitiful 124.25 DPS.
2) The heat generated from a charge shot is very punishing, making a missed shot a massive waste, and can lead to death. With Amarr assault level 5, you can fire 13 more shots after a charge shot before overheating. Without Amarr assault, you can only fire 7 regular shots before overheating.
"The regular damage is too high!"Actually, the tactical assault rifle of the same tier does more damage. The prototype scrambler rifle does 71 damage, and the prototype tactical AR does 73.
"The rate of fire is too too high!"Actually, the tactical assault rifle has the exact same rate of fire, 600, (with more damage, and no fear of overheat)
"Stop comparing it to the tactical AR, they're totally different, and thus not comparable!"Considering
the tactical AR is a Gallente attempt to mimic the SCR, I say it's a fair comparison.
"Okay, fine they're comparable, but the scrambler rifle has a lot more range than the tactical assault rifle!"Nope. Look at
this thread by Rattati, the second graph. While the damages are no longer relevant, the ranges are still correct. The ranges in the graph are displayed in centimeters instead of meters, but as you can see, the effective range difference is only like 5 meters.
"The +20 to shields / - 20% against armor damage profile is not fair to shields!"1) That exact damage profile exists for the assault scrambler rifle, the laser rifle, and the scrambler pistol, yet I don't see anyone complaining about these.
2) The explosive damage profile is the exact reverse, with -20% against shields / +20% against armor. Mass drivers, flaylock pistols, remote explosives, and locus grenades are just as biased against armor.
"My parents were killed by a scrambler rifle, and I have sworn revenge against it!"I know . . . I was the one who killed them that night! I was part of a radical Minmatar organization who grew clones of Amarr citizens so that mercenaries like us can transfer our consciousness and "respawn" into them. We killed the originals while they were on off-world trips, and assumed their identities to gain access to Amarr society. Once we got in with those identities, we plotted to gain access to Amarr armament facilities, and use those weapons to incur mass casualties on the Amarr population as a means to pressure the local holders (nobles who own slaves) to release our fellow Minmatar from slavery. It was in one of such attacks in which the cell that I belonged to wreaked havoc on the populace, and
I killed your parents with a scrambler rifle! "NOOOOOOOOOO! How could you?! You b*st*rd! You're a monster!!"That may be so, but the scrambler rifle is not overpowered.
"You think I care about whether some gun is overpowered anymore?! My parents are dead because of you!!"Look, I'm not going to lie and say I regret the things I've done, and that I'm sorry, because I'm not. In retrospect, the attacks on that Amarr colony didn't accomplish much, but at the time, I thought it was justified, and if I didn't know what I know now, I would have carried out those same actions all over again. I know it's not what you want to hear, but it's the truth, and I don't want to insult your intelligence by telling you otherwise. I know this will not be any consolation, but me killing your parents started the chain of events resulting in you becoming an soldier, and later on an immortal mercenary. You kind of owe me for your eternal life.