I don't have any problems beating people with the red rifle even if they are tapping it. Just being honest, it runs out of ammo quickly if you're decent at dodging it's pretty easy to beat not only that but the gun is easy to get and is also outclassed by the new pistols if you know how to use them the right way. If your think it's bad atm you should've been around when they decided to buff the plasma chainguns rate of fire