scout rifles

[Quizlog]

why do scout rifles feel so weak. its feel so bad on champions like i am tickling them. Its better to just get radiant and use heavy ammo on them. I just dont understand why they are so underpowered. last episode the anti barrier pulse rifles felt great and i dont even like pulse rifle style guns. I know they reduced the dmg on scouts but increased crit dmg. we have a few GMS coming out that will have barrier knights which cant be crit while the barrier is up making it take forever to get the shield down. I will not have trouble clearing any high end content but it just seems like every option to counter on barrier champs is just straight up better than using anti barrier mod on scout rifles.

[Eriana]

Its bungies philosophy of "If it lets you be safe and far away it should do no damage"
Also Barrier Champions can be Crit with the shield up

[The MidgetCrusader69]

scout rifles are the best. Wot you talking about. I love my touch of malice!

[Kylito]

As others have said, Bungie generally has higher-range weapons do less damage than close range ones. Scout rifles are often a primary sniper alternative, with the least risk. If scouts were meta, then the game would be that of hiding in the back and picking off enemies, which is VERY boring (COUGH COUGH Season of the Wish COUGH COUGH).

Short answer, scouts are weak because you are almost always completely safe when using them. Shotguns and SMGs should deal much more damage than a scout, because they require you to be at least partially in risk.

[Kormit the Frag]

they're supposed to do less dmg due to their range, but they still do more than ♥♥♥♥♥♥ handcannons do for some reason
this is also the reason why sidearms delete everything in front of you, though not why smgs are peashooters.

[robruckus65]

Aggressive frame scout rifles do pretty decent damage. I've been using dead man's tale a lot in revenant and it has been doing very well.

[Haptic_Tast]

Hung Jury has some decent perks. I have Explosive Payload and Kinetic Tremors. I can lean on the trigger all day and clear up lots of stuff.