Lets talk about Rifles especially in PVP
(I will do my best to communicate what is wrong with them) I will start out with this, I LOVE RIFLES. What I mean is that I love the feel of them with their semi-auto fire. They are my favorite class of guns in the division but lets be honest they are TERRIBLE in PVP as in completely useless when compared to Assault Rifles and LMG's hence why you never see them in Conflict or the dark zone unless your just using them to farm gear as they are decent in PVE if you spec it right. The only time they were good in PVP was before the title update that gave us the armor buff. Now there are a few reasons why this is the case. This armor buff has combined with the quick time to kill of the other guns has just made Rifles useless in PVP. Do to the armor buff, a buff of Rifles might be necessary or at least a PVP modifier. Now lets say that the base damage is fine there are some other issues with the talents. First Rifleman talent- this talent has huge potential but it is never used because of the blue requirement which is less then 4 blue attributes in order to unlock it, this makes almost every single chest talent not viable as Unstoppable force requires blue attributes along with Bloodsucker and unbreakable. Three great talents not being able to be used right there because of one gun talent. Not to mention you cant use Berserk because that is for Lmg, shotguns, and Assault Rifles. It would be great if it was available for Rifles as well. Lastly the Rifleman talent itself needs a buff as soon as you miss one shot your damage buff is gone just like that and in a PVP situation where everyone is running around it makes it almost impossible to ever get the full buff unless someone is literally not moving at all. In my opinion it should be if you miss a shot you lost one stack instead of the entire thing but again that is just my opinion. This is just how it is right now and after much testing its official something needs to be done developers. I have tried every single combination of talents and attributes for them and they are useless right now in any PVP situation. Please devs before the next update please do something about this as the Rifles have HUGE potential to be that skill weapon where headshots skill matter and that allows you to practice and get better as the Rifleman talent combined with entrenched is so much fun in PVE. I am all for suggestions and opinions on this subject but this need to be talked about or else Rifles will just be left behind.
LASTLY: Critical hit damage on Rifles: Really Devs? Not sure what the line of thinking is on this one as Clutch and every other critical hit damage talent doesnt work with Rifles.
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