I have no problems with the gameplay aspect of the rifle but god does it suck on a conceptual level. It's not even really a rifle since most skills are shotgun-styled and autoattack is hip-firing, whereas pretty much all of the skins are rifles/sniper rifles, including the only legendary we have(not including the boat because it's clown kitten that no one sane will ever use). Makes it really unimmersive and unsatisfying to use, I would really much rather have something like warrior or deadeye have.
