In my original post I specifically stated that RFL AREN'T THAT BAD (ie: aren't 'completely useless' as per thread title) but NEED A BUFF. You seem to be getting very upset and confused.

RFL have well over three times the rate over fire, which results in MUCH better real world damage application against a crossing target. This is the difference between theory-crafting and reality.

I'm looking at the tooltips for my RFL Bloodmark and BLC Sting. At 3000m: RFL Bloodmark - 1082 DPS to hull, 91% accuracy, 295 RPM BLC Sting - 834 DPS to hull, 93% accuracy, 80 RPM Am I missing something here?

It's a a completely different genre. I play Eve Online and Warthunder, but still subscribed to SWTOR for five months.

This. BLC are extremely inaccurate outside of bursting people down from pointblank range. The reason for "HURRRRRR....70% accur-macy!" is that burst scouts will usually hold their fire until they're aligned and in the opponent's face, with TT and Wingman up.

I know, right? http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/Squatdog/swtorgfsrape_zpszp7dquyn.jpg~original http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/Squatdog/swtorgsf222_zpswomey2ut.jpg~original

15% higher rate of fire = 15% higher rate of cap drain BLC and Quads will run out of cap very quickly with sustained use. while you can lean on RFL all day. Against a crossing target, it looks like this... BLC: 1. Point 2. Click MISS, MISS, MISS, target is outside envelope RFL: 1. Point 2. Click MISS, HIT, MISS, HIT, MISS, MISS, HIT, MISS, MISS, MISS, HIT, MISS, HIT, MISS, MISS, HIT

RFL really aren't THAT bad, but could do with a buff. It's low cap use means you can select frequency capacity instead of damage for an extra 5% DPS. BLC is difficult to land hits with (especially against crossing targets) and has very short optimal range.

Same here; cancelled account last month. EA just don't care.

I wouldn't get your hopes up. There's every likelihood that GSF has been deposited in the 'too hard' basket, along with Ilum.

Can't see the point, really. GSF is an ultra-casual rip-off of Star Conflict hastily tacked onto an ultra-casual rip-off of World of Warcraft, by devs who probably won't even bother balancing GSF this year...unless that balance happens to involve micro-transactions.

Just use a T1 speed scout with Booster Recharge to get there first, then fly around shooting people.

I've played literally hundreds of matches with Blackbolt/Novadive/Sting/Flashfire and it is VERY, VERY rare that I've been insta-gibbed without the aid of power-ups. The fact that this one guy somehow managed to do it 7-8 times in a row over the course of three matches struck me as somewhat odd. Once again, it was 7-8 times in a row over the course of three games. What are the odds of flipping a coin and getting heads eight times in a row?

Because a whole 35% extra chance to hit isn't the difference between insta-gibbing someone nearly every single time...while they can't drop your shields, even with RoF a third higher and greater raw damage output.

LOL...top damage and kills in a truely Godawful PUG, using a close-tange brawler Scout in a match type dominated by sniper Gunships and Bombers If that's not good enough for you, here's another match from 10 minutes ago. This time I'll leave on the timestamp: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/Squatdog/swtorgsf222_zpswomey2ut.jpg~original Once again, your passive-aggressive diatribe presumes that I'm only firing one shot from extreme range, instead of using my 33% RoF bonus to fire multiple volleys in the narrow firing window.