So recently I came into a Suros Regime. To be honest I'm a scout rifle guy, but I was still excited to get what many consider the best auto rifle in the game. I thought at the very least I could use it in PvP (as I prefer auto rifles over scouts there).
I wanted to see how much of an "Upgrade" Focused Fire really was so I collected some data last night and to my dismay discovered that the Focused Fire "Upgrade" is actually a NERF.
I first went to Cosomodrome and did some timing of how long it took me to empty the mag (both with and without focused fire). What I measured was that the Rate of Fire (Rounds per Sec) decreased by approximately 43% from ~7 RPS down to ~4.8 RPS
Next I hopped over to the crucible and captured some damage data. Focused fire only increased the damage by 30% for body shots (from 20 to 26) and by 33% for head shots (from 24 to 32).
NOTE: I think the actual increase is 33% which would put the body shot at 26.666667 which is truncated down to 26.
Even a 33% increase can't overcome a 43% reduction in RPS.
I know the argument that the slower rate of fire will allow you to do more headshots. While that is true, it would require what 50% of your shots be headshots in order to reach the non nerfed DPS.
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All valid points, but as someone who has used SUROS a lot, I can safely say that if you are using Smart Drift Control and Focused Fire, you should be hitting headshots on at least 80-90% of your shots. There's literally no recoil. I've since moved on to Hand Canons myself, and won't be going back. Used to love SUROS though, and it is still the best AR in the game IMO. All I really use SUROS for at this point is PvP, because it still absolutely wrecks with no recoil.