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    RadioNationale's Avatar Member
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    Are Accuracy and Stability values comparable between weapon classes?

    When I compare the M1A against the various semi-automatic sniper rifles, no matter how much I invest in stability on the sniper rifles, any attempt to shoot quickly with them lands a wide spread of shots over the back of the firing range.

    Comparing a fully stablised semi-automatic sniper rifle against an M1A in the inventory shows a massive surplus of green for stability, but that doesn't pan out in actual use.

    It's as though a given amount of stability in rifles is worth way more than the same value for semi-automatic sniper rifles.

    So far, my best 'sniper' build continues to be a M1A rifle build, landing heavier damage more consistently and at longer ranges than any semi-automatic sniper based one.
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    Sircowdog1's Avatar Senior Member
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    And you can use an M1A with a shield...while nonsensically you can not with a semi-auto MMR.

    It's pretty clear the devs wanted to create a slower gameplay focused on headshots when using the MMR class of weapons. They just forgot to make it effective relative to other weapon classes. It's not until the advent of the Headhunter talent that MMR builds have really come into their own...and guess what? You can use HH with a Rifle. :/
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    As best I can tell, kind of. There do seem to be some innate differences. MMRs act more like LMGs [minus needing to fire to shrink the reticle], when using anything less than the 12x scope.

    The G28 is the best of the semi-auto bunch [SVD & MK20 take longer to stabilize, plus are less accurate]. It's advantage over the Classic is the extra HS damage, and much larger Mag. Extra RPM is kind of offset by the aforementioned difference in stability. Though Rifleman [or Boomerang if crit heavy] can close the gap.

    I like the G28 a lot when playing in groups and using Opportunist to help amplify everyone's damage to targets. Solo, I much prefer the M700 Carbon [or Tactical] if I'm not using White Death.
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