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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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  • You're dumb. It's called focused fire for a reason, it's easier to hit criticals. Without the focused fire it's harder to hit all head shots but with focused fire it's easier

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