Major Save by Sjafi! I calculated that Stage Left has 320 RPM, as the Public Stats sheet I have is actually incorrect. In fact, Stage Left has 350 RPM which will push it into 3rd place when not taking into consideration Talent. And it just gains a further lead throughout the rest of testing. This should give the weapon approximately another 0.94% increase in DPS. For easy sake, just take 1% off of everything else.

I really like the M16 and I've tried to make it good, but it always ends up disappointing.

Boomerang has the added benefit of being able to work on NPC's without heads, tanks, marauders, wardogs, and also works on weakpoints, its not just an aim issue its a design issue as well, headshot in this game is not rewarding enough to make up for where it just doesnt work IMHO. In the open world, just doing the events, its probably the most efficient way to go if you have the aim to capitalize on it, in harder content where wardogs, tanks, marauders, & weakpoints are far more common headshot becomes far less viable. I personally think Headshot Damage should apply to weak points and headshot areas should be on all NPC's.

Love the series!

I remember when rifles were better, but they did that big weapon balancing pass (or two) and rifles really took a hit. I really blame PVP.... Even the Overlord set needs some love. Who is using that now besides Fox's Prayer?

Love doctor home but would love a boomerang CQB God roll! Great vid thank you

Guess Widdz really liked his M1A...I am pretty sure this was about ease of use. EDIT: Just checked his vid from 2 years back. Yep, it was all about being able to hit your shots to achieve paper DPS.

Gotta say as much as it doesn’t hit nearly as hard, I really enjoy the bloom:rof of the uic15 mod2 as a spam rifle. Suboptimal sure, but it’s nowhere near as bad as the spreadsheet represents in practice. Good and informative video though.

the best way for me to utilitize virginian perfect boomerang was to go with the umbra set. it came out super fun with that fire rate and reload😄

I wonder how using ninjabag with 1 piece hotshot would affect the right column that has accuracy accounted for.

I use the M4,SIG 716 and the ACR SS the highest of the 3 I have currently... right now it's the SIG and ACR

Nice video, I've been waiting for this for quite some time! It's such a pitty what they've done to the MK17/Scar, nerved it from top tier into oblivion. I really loved that gun, especially the handling and the sound 🤤.

Great channel. It's very helpful to me as a new player. Does a rifle with a strong Headhunter build work well?

Data hurt my feelings. I know the little M1A hits hard but accuracy and small mag turned me off for the light weight M4 with the larger mag. I use chd on the mag slot. Braced with rifleman and I just spam shoulder head shots on console.

I live my m1a cqb. I use ranger on mine though because I suck at hitting headshots. I've tried boomerang. Doesn't really do it for me.

Hey What's up, Being a always PVE guy (except Countdown) I have not found a gotten actual functional use for a rifle.... I'm hoping Dr. Home gives me some incentive to try again Thanks....

One thing to note is it seems like the stage left is bugged and has a bigger mag than intended. Also I don't understand why the SOCOM m1a exists when it's got the same shot pattern but less DPS than the m1a cqb UIC15 is also suuuuuper accurate and stable, but the damage is so freaking low you're pretty much guaranteed to get Carpal Tunnel. Is it just me, or is it really hard to get consistent ROF with rifles? Feels like I'm clicking as fast as I can and the gun can't keep up but also hitches pretty often.

Lightweight m4 and the urban holding their own.

Is the 1886 the best or one of the best for one shot builds? If it , would it be useful to compare according to their use not dps?

I noticed that in the Pistols video you mentioned that you're finally finished with all the gun analysis but I didn't see a video on marksman rifles. Did I miss something?

I think your comments and demo at 11:00 really highlights the folly of stat sheet DPS and blindly following them. Your DPS is 0 if your shots land in the areas of the recoil bloom that has extended beyond the target your shooting. As you pointed out, you can mitigate this by either adding Weapon Handling or reducing your engagement distance. I typically run a Classic M1A for my red-core builds that include a Rifle, where its used for extended distance engagements. What I found with the Classic M1A is its ROF and recoil pattern/stability synergises exceptionally well. It's almost self-pacing and if you ease-up just slightly (don't go full send), just give it a small fraction of a second to let the reticle/bloom settle before sending the next round, you'll find the center dot of the crosshair sits nearly still and your rounds land where you aim. IMO the beauty of the Classic M1A is you don't need to invest in Weapon Handling to get this performance. This is my experience; YMMV. There are other weapons that behave similarly (SIG 716 (CQB) springs to mind) but just don't hit nearly as hard and/or take way more bullets to get the job done. And then you have the M1A CQB, which pings its center dot and blooms massively at full send. I have a god-rolled DTC M1A CQB with a free talent roll, that was sitting in my stash for the longest of time. Without loading up on Weapon Handling, using Braced, or _reducing_ my firing tempo down to that of Classic M1A (to let the recoil/bloom settle), the M1A CQB was total ass compared to the Classic M1A _at the engagement distances I would typically use a Rifle for_ and at a rate of fire approaching what the M1A CQB is capable of. I did eventually find a use for it in short-to-mid range engagements (up to ~25m range), where its possible to keep the recoil/bloom within the body of my target. But then there are better choices at these engagement distances. As you said, why not use an AR or SMG. As an FYI, and if you don't already have the link, the spreadsheet you referenced looks a lot like this one: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nrPBmOrtpkEW1j5fbcRT7L-AXgsGOqMqxXoVtopsiGM/edit#gid=0

Im determined to make a rifle build, im so sick of holding rt 90% of the time in this game.

I have 2 stage left god rolled and an m1a god rolled and they substantially out shoot my surge. Different uses but for overall there's nothing that drops straight back on reset like the m1s

MK 17?

You left Mk 17 off every list but the first. Does it not make the grade?

Did you factor in that Stage Left has incorrect stats in the DPS sheets that are public? It actually has 350 RPM and 15 rounds rather than 320/10.

no at the very start of division 2 the best gun in the game was the police mk it was killing every build in dz with like 2 shots even body shots

makes me a bit sad that I personally cant use a rifle, the spam clicking annoys the hell out of me