1 - The iron sites blocking the target is a problem. It's weird how they came to that design decision. Same with the blow that comes while firing. It's especially annoying when every other weapon has a site that is unobtrusive and means they can cut through you pretty fast. Give the LR the new AR sites. Would work wonders.

2 - Disagree. The damage caused by the laser is fine, to me. It's exploding with heat. It should cause damage and be something you don't do on a regular basis. You're punished for it. They needed to increase the damage over what it did in Chromosome. It did too little then. It needs to be something you think about while firing so you don't get carried away with it.

3 - I. usually, overheat with 37 "rounds" left. With the sites being what they are and the damage being much lower I can see where you are coming from. But, I can still get some people without it overheating. All depends on the situation. Lowering it by a couple of rounds might be beneficial. But, there still should be a fear when firing that this thing is going to overheat. It's part of the design of the weapon.

I'm wondering how much of this would be improved by giving the LR a better site to aim with. That's my biggest issue with it, right now. It's hard to gauge how nerfed it was when I can't really hit much. When something is stationary, at a console hacking for instance, I can take them down pretty fast. Damage seems OK. Something that will improve as you get proto + damage mods and whatnot. But, to me, the sites being improved may solve all of these issues.