https://www.reddit.com/r/Starfinder2e/comments/1m4jnoh/ranged_weapon_damage_is_mostly_unchanged_since/
>to be fair, no one but npcs should be using an autotarget rifle in anything except desperation

I have to wonder how we reached a point wherein "no one but NPCs should be using [the game's assault rifle equivalent] in anything except desperation."