It's only overpowered because the hipfire accuracy is too high. it should really have close to zero accuracy when hipfired.

I would also suggest lowering the ammo per magazine, upping the reload time, an ADS delay on par with the HMG or sniper rifle, and applying a hard refire time to prevent exploitation.

I don't know why I bother making reasonable suggestions when I know full well they're just going to nerf the thing into the ground and make it completely useless.

It's because, although you are all trash players who should probably just delete dust from your PS3 before you chain it to your car and drag it through the street, we still want the illusion that the game is fun and competitive for everyone before we take everything you hold dear and ruin the experience for you.

No. I refuse...

Ok, I did. and you're sort of right but sort of wrong. The tac rifle is supposed to be a sniper/AR hybrid, not a high capacity pistol.
It should have a unique place on the battle field that caters to a certain playstyle and you do that by keeping the thing that makes it great, Long range/high damage, and getting rid of everything else.

Well, the higher gear players are noticing that the TAC AR is very effective in close quarters. More so than a fully tricked out HMG.
I also do consider that part of its effectiveness is the fact that it isn't as effected by lag as the full auto weapons because you constantly nag the server with requests that it recognize your existence.

But the weapon is out of its element and is THE go to all around AR choice ATM. That's not where it belongs.

CCP is implementing a matchmaking system that sorts players from their WP. I'm sure it was supposed to come out with release.