are they firing faster, or just more accurate because of single shot mechanic?

I like using AR but I have to admit that the tac AR's take the **** when your firing a single or burst shot AR at full auto speeds with such high damage, Dust GM's you need to nerf the damage a little bit or Nerf the rate of fire of these guns

Or we could just buff everything else except AV. Just saying. Nerf wars is what got us here.

This weapon is actuall decently balanced. Other than the fact that the 10% blanket weapon dmg increase could be removed there is nothing that need to be changed on this weapon.

The issue is with the laser being nerfed to the ground. Its max range is less than that of the tact. The laser should have the same range as the tact and its optimal range should be from 60-93 (or whatever the tacts max range is). This is the thing that needs to be changed not that the tact is OP...it seems like it is because there is no weapon that can effectively compete against it because other weapons were nerfed too hard. Bring laser inline with where it should be and the tact will no longer dominate. In reality the reg AR absolutely destroys the tact AR in CQC (assuming both players are of equal skill).

Or why not just buff the Laser and MD so we could have something to use against it...

Tac AR users will have some competition if the lasers are brought back up to being useful (Not Chromosome useful) but something along the Tac AR range/damage.. Along with Mass Drivers, give them back its range and a bit of splash radius damage. I used the **** out of the MD in Chromosome and I think the range with the bonuses were ridiculous.. But now it seems the laser and MD's are laughable..

Its just stupid to Nerf weapons how about we balance everything giving us more tools for the sandbox this game is supposed to be... Nerfing one thing only makes another thing that much stronger.. If we tweak the other two weapons that barley anyone is using right now (Laser and Mass Drivers) the Tac AR may have its work cut out for it...

Kinda agree kinda dont.

I agree with your assessment regarding the laser.

The MD needed a nerf though as last build it was crazy if you knew how to build it out correclty. OHK an adv heavy with a direct hit is just dumb. The AOE did need to be changed and I think it was changed correctly. The only other thing would be to change the number of rounds back down to what it was before chromosome (they complained about not having enough rounds back then and they were given 4? more rounds).

If any of you use the TAR you would know that there is a considerable kick for all the extra damage it does. What that means is that the user is constantly compensating for kick. A full auto fire controller doesn't make the weapon op it is only through practice that a person can really come out on top with the weapon in CQC or long range engagements as compensation for movement at distance needs to be greater than compensation at close quarters. ROF has nothing to do with why a TAR will take you or me down, it is a matter of knowing the weapon. Try another weapon that has good range, I hear the plasma cannon does 1000hp dmg, the scrambler rifles also are supposed to have better range than the AR.

Redundant thread is redundant. I use the TAR and it's not OP. it just needs to be separated from the AR class as someone else suggested in another thread. AR is the only light weapon skill where one skill branch gives you strong choices for medium and long range engagement. By that reasoning there should be a CQC laser weapon unlocked by the laser rifle skill.