As I did with my pulse rifle post, I'll be giving my view on the state of auto rifles.
High RoF- Perfect place.
Mid RoF- decent place.
Low RoF- Awful place.
Change nothing about High RoF. The mid RoF autos need to excel at mid range. Buff the base range by an extra 15%, and give them better recoil direction. Buff damage by 3%. The low RoF autos suck. They have no purpose. They should be high risk/high reward. Buff the recoil direction to mimic counterbalance on all low RoF autos. Buff mag size to minimum 28, maximum 36. Buff range by 15% Give them an 18% damage buff, but a 2% RoF nerf, and a 7% stability nerf. This should alleviate some issues with the class.
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Auto rifles need their 1.5x critical multiplier back. That would really help them out.