Rapid Reload (+3% Reload Speed per level) 6x (1,865,520 SP to max) (requires Proficiency 2)

Forge Gun (not listed - please fix that)
Heavy Machine Gun________8s________-1.2_______6.8s
Assault Rifle______________3s________-0.45______2.55s
Laser Rifle_______________4s________-0.6________3.4s
Mass Driver______________4s________-0.6________3.4s
Plasma Cannon___________3.5s______-0.525______2.975s
Scrambler Rifle___________2.5s______-0.375_______2.125s
Shotgun_________________0.6s______-0.09_______0.51s
Sniper Rifle_______________4s_______-0.6________3.4s
Swarm Launcher__________4.5s______-0.675______3.825s
Flaylock Pistol____________2.5s______-0.375______2.125s
Scrambler Pistol___________2.5s_____-0.375_______2.125s
Submachine Gun__________3s_______-0.45________2.55s

where 1st value = base, 2nd value = modifier at rank 5, and 3rd value = base + modifier

Forge guns have no listed reload time, for whatever reason. However, it can be assumed that it would be a reasonably large difference, like the Heavy Machine Gun. Rapid Reload gives you 15% faster reload at max at a cost of about 2 million SP. What does 2 million SP get you? Well, in most cases it amounts to a difference of less than a second. I wouldnGÇÖt say itGÇÖs imperceptible exactly, but IGÇÖd have to question if itGÇÖs GÇ£worth itGÇ¥ for any but the slowest reloading weapons. This is another case where the flat percentage can seem relatively helpful for the slower weapons (Heavy ones), albeitGǪ extremely expensive for the questionable utility. You could save yourself 2 million SP by being more careful about where youGÇÖre reloading more often than not; as if you donGÇÖt have 8s to reload...you may not have 6.8s either.

For most of the light weapons and sidearms, it becomes a considerably more questionable endeavor. Is shaving a fraction of a second off your reload worth 2 million SP? Pre-uprising, you could say that the skill was benefitting all of your weapons at least (even if very marginally in some cases). Now, youGÇÖre faced with a 2 million SP buy-in to get less than a second off only a specific weapon type.

It calls to mind the similarly marginal bonus given to Caldari Assaults (Hybrid Reload speed +2%). However, in the case of the Caldari Assault, they unlock prototype suits, get the questionable reload bonus across multiple weapons if nothing else, and get a shield regen bonus at the same time. For that relatively broad set of gains, they pay with an 8x skill GÇô consider that rapid reload only gives you less than a second off reload for 6x.

The skillset currently seems pretty broken or warped in cost to me. I would say that adjustments need to be made to the individual percentages on the various weapon types to make this skill GÇ£worth itGÇ¥ in any sense of the word. Even at 25% for light weapons or sidearms, IGÇÖm not sure if the skill would warrant a 6x multiplier either. This needs to be addressed.