while this might be true the SMG is too little too late, you get less dps then any other gun and while its easier to apply said DPS, scouts kinda rely on getting in and out quickly and the SMG just does not provide.

SMG has low range, low accuracy and lower dps than anything. you have to dump alot SP into it to make it decent and still anyone using it over AR should rethink it, AR offers more damage per clip, fires just as long before reload, reloads just as fast, offers more range, more dps and more flexilibility. SMG is also weaker against shields and type 2 assault (the most common suit on the field) has big shields. SMG is for people that cannot aim up close and want to spray because they lack skill

btw specialist shotgun is way better then the SMG, minimal fitting requirements and you can still kill stuff faster than with the SMG up to 15 meters due to the fall off mechanics. SMG is terrible outside 10 meters due to the accuracy. the shotgun on the other hand will two shot anything at that range before the SMG goes through the shields.

oh, not to mention that the breach SMG is the worst weapon ingame, 30% less dps than regular SMG, 50% less than an AR and it only gets a slight accuracy boost

if you cant achieve atleast 30% hit rate with the AR up close then you are terrible by FPS standards.

you also mentioned SMG sights, I hope you are joking... SMG sights slow down turn speed massively, even a heavy can outrun it.

note that I have alot more SP invested in SMG than you and the AR is still superior with zero SP investment.

I suggest you to test this out by yourself: put points into shotgun and into primary weapon sharpshooter skill (but I guess you already have it anyway). take the specialist shotgun which has better fitting requirements than SMG (yeah the specialist shotgun, a primary weapon, is easier to fit than the SMG). go to a heavy suit that is 15m away from you. Now try to kill him. do the same with assault SMG and you will see how fast the heavy drops against the shotgun compared to the SMG. the shotgun has like 30 meters falloff, that means, it still deals incredible damage at 20 meter range despite having only 9 meter optimal. the SMGs accuracy and weakness against shields is a massive letdown in a game were most fights happen at around 20 meter range and the most common suit is the caldari assault type 2 with massive shields. there is not point to use a "close combat" weapon like the SMG when you can simply take the specialist shotgun with even better fitting requirements.

Why would I fire in bursts close combat? The AR can hip fire continuously just fine.

At ~15 meters range, heavy outsprints SMG sights turn speed. Type 2 suits and scout can simply outrun it without sprinting. I am talking about forward speed movement, not sidestep movement but this illustrates how horrible the sights actually are.

When is CPU an issue for you? you can lower the CPU requirement by alot with skills for weapons and alot of other modules, you cant do the same with PG, my fittings are never tight on CPU. I know scouts CPU is low but it is manageable after skilling up those skills that lower CPU requirement.

and now, as evidence I present you a nice video made by someone else. at around 0:50 it shows how bad the SMG really is UP CLOSE AGAINST a STATIONARY target and at around 20 meters range:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJkDmzRK_A => at around 0:50 he engages a type 2 suit, stationary target. starts to shot him, it takes too long to even break the shield UP CLOSE on a STATIONARY target hitting every bullet, the assault suit simple walks way one second after realizing that someone is attacking him. few seconds later he engages the assault with no shields again at about 20 meter range, he uses sights to hit him but deals almost no damage cause the spread is too large. he gets hit 3 times from the AR hip fire and runs for his life. yeah SMG sights "help" alot at range, when you deal no damage

so you tell us, that if we are 2 meter infront of someone we should use sights with SMG

also he did not ducked for cover, he walked away without sprinting after getting hit for 1 second of full dps of the SMG but because of SMGs weakness against shields he barely broke his shields. SMG could not finish him off later because the spread made him miss alot of bullets at that range. scrambler would kill him on objective and one shot him with a clear headshot. shotgun would one shot this guy on objective, and 2 shot him later without shields. AR would leave him deep into armor and finish him off later. the spread makes the SMG useless beyond 10 meters, you can deny it as much as you want, but the video shows truth well.

now you claim this is 15-10 meters away and he aimed in the wrong direction
sure that 3 meters are magically 10-15 meters and he wasnt aiming at him properly at all, but oh wait the video shows something else https://www.dropbox.com/s/9n4k18aswsyueyk/Clipboard01.jpg yeah that is "totally" 10 meters away and he is "totally" not aiming at him hahaha

no word can describe your cluelessness but I guess ignorance is a blessing in your case

your first screenshots shows him walking up to him
your second screenshot shows the assault guy walking away after receiving bullets for over a second.

so what is your point again? that you are a welp full of ignorance?

what is even more amusing is, that you still try to argue about something that you cant argue, everyone can check the video and see that you are full of bs your troll posts dont help you in anyway, you just make yourself look stupid.