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3/4/2015 5:35:34 PM
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Focused Fire is a Nerf not and upgrade.

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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  • It feels like a nerf now that the gun has actually been nerfed along with other Auto Rifles. The SUROS used to crit 45 damage each shot before any nerfs, now it's down to 32. Focused Fire's main benefits was never just the added damage. Less RoF = More stability, and easier to land shots, which effectively increased its range as well.

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