Replace rifle skills with SCAR Scrap Rifle skills

[Abyssuz.9208]

Current rifle is underwhelming and should work like SCAR Scrap rifle which has shotgun auto-attack and better leap skill.

Hip Shot -> Shrapnel Blast or Blunderbuss

Jump Shot -> Explosive Leap

Edited May 27, 2021 by Abyssuz.9208

[The V.8759]

So we no longer have a proper 1200 range weapon?

[FENIU.7956]

11 hours ago, The V.8759 said:

So we no longer have a proper 1200 range weapon?

Mortar Kit is 1500.

[The Boz.2038]

I'd more than welcome a full-on 900 range shotgun with better damage at 600 and 300 range. The price of 1200 range is not high at all. Kits exist.

[Shroud.2307]

Engi weapons are not supposed to be camped. Just like Ele Attunements aren't supposed to be camped. You weave in and out of Kits and weapons to combine effects. 

Rifle is perfectly good, but on it's own yes, it is underwhelming. Overcharged Shot -> Jump Shot can be a dangerous combo, but because both are very easy to interrupt or avoid, it isn't a very good combo on its own. That's why it's better to use something like Overcharged Shot -> Kit skill -> Jump Shot, or something to that effect.

I do agree that Rifle could use some changes to make it more appealing and less dependent on having multiple Kits, but as with all Engi weapons, I don't think it should be something you can strictly use on its own. When you can do that, it just means using Kits will make it oppressive, and using Holosmith with Kits will be OP.

[Lynx.9058]

19 hours ago, The Boz.2038 said:

I'd more than welcome a full-on 900 range shotgun with better damage at 600 and 300 range. The price of 1200 range is not high at all. Kits exist.

a shotgun would fit SO much better with scrapper gameplay, too.