The SCAR's burst fire mechanic: good or bad?

[Witch]

I honestly don't know how to feel about it. At times, it feels handy and fun, and other times, it feels annoying and weak...

It's definitely a mixed bag for me, although one thing im sure of is that i'd rather if it was full auto instead of burst. What's your opinion?

[JAiZ]

Forced burst fire on guns has always been something that annoyed me; It either shoots too many bullets for a kill, or not enough.

If I wanted to fire a burst, I'd just do it manually, there's no need at all to force it and make the weapon less versatile.

[Witch]

Originally posted by JAiZ:

Forced burst fire on guns has always been something that annoyed me; It either shoots too many bullets for a kill, or not enough.

If I wanted to fire a burst, I'd just do it manually, there's no need at all to force it and make the weapon less versatile.

I always wondered why it's forced and not something toggleable like in counter strike

[nicks husband coach]

dont like the weapon so i avoid using it

[Demo]

Good for headshotting hunters/smokers to get them off your teammates.

[supersand]

burst fire is good for specials / tanks / run and gun / horde events and the overkill on commons is often not a big deal unless you are on a low difficulty

if you have bash stamina you can cancel the burst fire by bashing, this also makes the SCAR one of the best weapons in the game for fire / explosive ammo

Originally posted by Witch:

I always wondered why it's forced and not something toggleable like in counter strike

because the gun would be pretty OP if you could and would limit its unique playstyle, you can play it like a 60 shot sniper without burst fire.

People give the AK flak for being so strong but the SCAR is sleeper OP people just write it off cause of the burst fire and longer reload

[John]

I've always hated the Scar, recently however i started using the Deagle + Scar combo a bit and i must say, they complement each other rather well.

[Geebanger0]

The burst fire mechanic hinders me more often than it helps
- The pause between shots can result in you missing if you're holding down the trigger
- It's one of the worst choices for explosive and fire ammo since you effectively only have 20 shots instead of the 40 of the AK or 50 of the M16
- Sometimes whatever I'm shooting at just... doesn't die? I'll land a center mass shot at mid range and the infected will just keep running at me. It's probably because one of the three bullets missed, which means I now need to fire another burst and waste 3 more bullets to deal the last tiny bit of damage
- following on from the last point, you burn through ammo quickly because you have to fire 3 bullets at once.

[Zadkiel]

It was full auto in the beta but was too powerful so it was changed to a burst fire.

[BlueBull]

It's a very good gun in advance or expert mode but, overkill in normal mode which only take 2 shots to kill commons I rather use m16 2 shot burst. The things I don't like is the slow reload, burst fire at close range and it's quite a waste using explosive and incendiary ammo and would kill commons with 1 shot. The akm 2 shot burst performs better than it even standing at close range but, lacks accuracy while standing. Though AKM with lasers is superior but, so rare even you studied all the map locations and might not get one to spawn.

[Flishry]

The only bad thing is the reload time. That and the fact that reloads don't match client side HUD updates make reloading the Scar annoying as ♥♥♥♥.

The game needs more guns. An SBR or maybe a pistol carbine. Some more low level guns for added challenge.

[Shin Navideño]

Good because it's the only thing that kept it from being overpowered and the only usable gun in early versions of l4d2.
Its not bad (not m16) but you are better off with a ak. The biggest upside is the accuracy, and if you find a laser its a bootleg sniper that doesnt tire you by forcing you to click every time you shoot.

But most likely you wont have a choice and the game spawns a scar and a autoshotgun and the entire team takes shotty and you need to take something to save the bhopping idiot dying at the other side of the map.

[-vűļçåņőqųąķė-]

Good at a distance and bad when surrounded. I love it next to the AK47 or Mil sniper.

[nicks husband coach]

Originally posted by Flishry:

The only bad thing is the reload time. That and the fact that reloads don't match client side HUD updates make reloading the Scar annoying as ♥♥♥♥.

The game needs more guns. An SBR or maybe a pistol carbine. Some more low level guns for added challenge.

this game needs emotes and a battle pass system and a battle royale game mode

[Flowernose]

It lets you "accidentally" shoot your teammates more so S tier

[itzRiceKrispies]

Its definitely the most controversial weapon in the game. For some reason most people don't like but I do. Its different and actually quite good at mowing down plenty of zombies while also being surprisingly efficient at ammo consumption and having overall good power. When it comes to being surrounded most guns r outclassed by melee, and ALL bows to the Chainsaw.

While I still prefer the AK and Auto-Shotty the SCAR is my bronze medal and I prefer it to basically everything else. My only issue with it is its long reload time. I think its the longest of every main weapon barring the Shotguns when fully reloading them.