GuitarAtomik
Member
Pulse rifles, for me at least, feel absolutely worthless.
Scout rifles got a needed buff and are now a great option at long range. Assault rifles are still great at medium.
I don't know where a pulse rifle is supposed to be appropriate.
They're really good mid to mid-long* precision fire weapons. Not as good as scout at mid-long to long** but easier to land more hits. I haven't tried it in PvP post-patch since the only one I have right now has a terribly slow fire rate, but I'm interested in seeing if it stacks up better. The problem pre-patch was that an auto rifle even from mid-long range would take you down before you could even get the three bursts you needed to kill. Even if they were all perfect head shots which was ridiculous.
Where they need to be is competitive at mid against an auto rifle as long as you're a good shot, and beat them out at mid-long and long pretty easy. Then beat a scout at mid, be competitive at mid-long, and be beaten by scout at long.
*mid-long = The distance on Shores of Venus from C to maybe the end of the cave looking towards A
**long = Bastion/First Light distances