The_KFD_Case wrote...
DrakeforBake wrote...
"When I find people agreeing with me I worry that I'm in the wrong camp"
Not even sure where it's from.
By the way Revenant sucks. 
Short-sighted. Consider the possibilities and find appropriate tasks for its capabilities. You don't eat soup with a fork but that doesn't stop the fork from being superb at other culinary oriented details. 
Ah ha caught one!
The role of an assault rifle in mass effect 2 is to be a competent mid range weapon that fills the gap between the long range abilities of the sniper rifle and the short range power of the shotgun. The Revenant right in the description warns you that it has limited accuracy so the user must by extension compensate.
However does the rifle itself fill it's desired role? It replaces the fish gun (Avenger, I can never not see it as a fish....), the Vindicator and the Geth rifle when used.
The Avenger has moderate accuracy and moderate damage. It has a large ammo pool though.
The Vindicator has incredible accuracy, very high damage and a high rate of fire but a very tiny ammo pool.
The Geth rifle has very good accuracy and a varying rate of fire with a large ammo pool.
The Revenant has terrible accuracy, moderate damage, a moderate rate of fire and the largest ammo pool.
The Vindicator has incredible accuracy, once maxed it does not lose it's accuracy even while firing. It also has the most damage per round. On Normal a single 3 round burst to the head of an organic kills it. On veteran 2 bursts to the chest of a husk kills. The Vindicator fulfills it's role as a competent rifle, easily slaying all enemies at long and short range equally.
The Revenant never reaches maximum accuracy. Full auto with it simply wastes ammo, it's rate of fire is also slower than the Vindicator. The get an equal amount of damage done with the revenant compared to the vindicator per burst you would need to be firing for 2 more seconds on full auto.
The Revenant's ideal range to be used at is half as close as all the other rifles, it's accuracy doesn't allow for much more than that without a steep drop off in damage per second. I dare do say those supporting the Revenant need to go back and give the Vindicator a fair shake. It's lack of ammo pool should be your first clue as to how devestating it is.
The only role the Revenant fills is the shotgun's ideal range and for that to make it effective would be for a class that cannot use shotguns. Sadly only a soldier can use the weapon and they most definitely have them. For those worried about it's ammo reserves, simply carry a carnifex pistol. Per shot it does 80 damage, yes the same as the semi-auto sniper rifle, with pinpoint accuracy. Yes ladies and gentlemen the pistols do more damage in a shorter time than the Revenant and at any range to boot.
To borrow and butcher a quote from an admiral from ME1 "Your job is to look good, but our job is to win wars".
I lay this poor gun to rest. Fair thee well dear rifle, you barely dented thy scion overlords.

Oh and Tali is a sweetheart. <3