Whats the point in Scout Rifles?

[Nophex]

Whats the point in them, i am at 80% on Randys Throwing Knife quest and its been a slog to say the least and on the way i have learned Pulse Rifles can kill me from right across a long map before i can even fire 2 bullets! Pulse Rifle in question is Blast Burnace.

Medium to semi long range the pulse rifle Claws of the Wolf will win every time aswell.

So it brings the question - Whats the point in Scout Rifles? they just seem completely inferior to pulses for scouting and pulses can do well up close too am i missing somthing here?

[zOldBulldog]

Aim for headshots and try to keep your distance, you will fall in love with scout rifles. They can cover the range of a pulse up to a short-range sniper.

And once you get Randy's... it is obscene. Pair it with the Recluse SMG and it is a deadly pair.

[ERROR1018]

Originally posted by zOldBulldog:

Aim for headshots and try to keep your distance, you will fall in love with scout rifles. They can cover the range of a pulse up to a short-range sniper.

And once you get Randy's... it is obscene. Pair it with the Recluse SMG and it is a deadly pair.

This is pretty much the exact reason I hate scouts, I'd use a pulse at most of the ranges I engage at, and any longer I would normally use an SR / get murdered by SRs.

Randy's looks so good though I'm in the same boat as OP, slogging through the pulse kills and feeling like dead weight on my team...

[Petralicious]

There isn't really.
Get a Jade Rabbit (exotic, random drop) if you enjoy some rewarding precision, it's basically a sniper rifle lite.

Other than that they're worse pulse rifles in every way.

Also yeah Iron Banner gear (Claws of the Wolf) is just for some reason much better than most other same category weapons in that slot, it's annoying.

[N0REGARD4LIFE]

Originally posted by Red:

Whats the point in them, i am at 80% on Randys Throwing Knife quest and its been a slog to say the least and on the way i have learned Pulse Rifles can kill me from right across a long map before i can even fire 2 bullets! Pulse Rifle in question is Blast Burnace.

Medium to semi long range the pulse rifle Claws of the Wolf will win every time aswell.

So it brings the question - Whats the point in Scout Rifles? they just seem completely inferior to pulses for scouting and pulses can do well up close too am i missing somthing here?

Blast furnace is a beast. I have accurized, feeding frenzy and kill clip and can max the range to 100 with a certain sight. But it doesn't have the range of a scout rifle and can't map people like you say.

[BlueLightning]

Originally posted by N0REGARD4LIFE:

Originally posted by Red:

Whats the point in them, i am at 80% on Randys Throwing Knife quest and its been a slog to say the least and on the way i have learned Pulse Rifles can kill me from right across a long map before i can even fire 2 bullets! Pulse Rifle in question is Blast Burnace.

Medium to semi long range the pulse rifle Claws of the Wolf will win every time aswell.

So it brings the question - Whats the point in Scout Rifles? they just seem completely inferior to pulses for scouting and pulses can do well up close too am i missing somthing here?

Blast furnace is a beast. I have accurized, feeding frenzy and kill clip and can max the range to 100 with a certain sight. But it doesn't have the range of a scout rifle and can't map people like you say.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1959254650

yeah this one is a beast, basically it has good enough range to 2 burst anything except on sniper range

[N0REGARD4LIFE]

Originally posted by BlueLightning:

Originally posted by N0REGARD4LIFE:

Blast furnace is a beast. I have accurized, feeding frenzy and kill clip and can max the range to 100 with a certain sight. But it doesn't have the range of a scout rifle and can't map people like you say.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1959254650

yeah this one is a beast, basically it has good enough range to 2 burst anything except on sniper range

It's the best in the game IMO. #2 is probably Bygones.

[gzilladude]

Randy's is worth it just for the name!

[Zireth]

Originally posted by N0REGARD4LIFE:

Originally posted by Red:

Whats the point in them, i am at 80% on Randys Throwing Knife quest and its been a slog to say the least and on the way i have learned Pulse Rifles can kill me from right across a long map before i can even fire 2 bullets! Pulse Rifle in question is Blast Burnace.

Medium to semi long range the pulse rifle Claws of the Wolf will win every time aswell.

So it brings the question - Whats the point in Scout Rifles? they just seem completely inferior to pulses for scouting and pulses can do well up close too am i missing somthing here?

Blast furnace is a beast. I have accurized, feeding frenzy and kill clip and can max the range to 100 with a certain sight. But it doesn't have the range of a scout rifle and can't map people like you say.

I actually am really liking bygones with all the range perks under the sun, outlaw and kill clip. Both very fun guns to make snipers shoot air. I do think bygones shoots a tad faster being 3 round burst and not 4 round