I'm quite happy with most things in this game.
The damage is good for an objective based game.
Everything seems balanced apart from 1 thing.

I feel my SMG (the DOOM one) outclasses every Assault rifle, especially in terms of accuracy, spread and recoil.

I think the AR's should have a little tighter spread and a little less recoil to balance them.

What do you think?

Definately agree on the Recoil. But, the spread is there for a reason. They want to encourage you to fire in more controlled bursts, instead of just "Spray N Pray".

I can utterly [censored] with the Bulpdaun, or the Kross SMG. Those are my favorites. I'll use the CARB-9 for DMG sometimes, but that's pretty much it.

The SMG's are definately wayyyy more accurate though entirely > AR's.

Try the Euston or Gerund with a scope. Almost all the SMGs are decent (with a few being the best), but some of the assault rifles are terrible. Euston or Gerund are both good.

I believe the spread of the AR's is causing the opposite effect to controlled bursts.
I use my SMG first to get some accurate headshots in and then when the clip runs out I switch to my AR with drum mag and spray n pray on any remaining enemies.
This is because i know it's spread and accuracy are poor, so I'm wielding it like a LMG.

They need better mid-range accuracy so it's the other way around and your SMG is the back up.

It's actually not really a problem, as long as you treat the automatic rifles as semi-automatics. With most shooters, the first shot always hits, so make every shot the first.

Burst fire.

Don't hold the trigger down, no matter what weapon you're using. It's not helpful.

Some people insist that SMGs have terrible spread, others insist that ARs do.

Find weapons which suit your playstyle, and use them. try out EVERYTHING! Not just 1 or 2 weapons in each class. ALL of them. (I haven't done this yet, but I know I should)

I don't see how removing the only negatives from a weapon helps balancing. I guess it would make sense to you for me to ask for higher damage and range from the SMGs.

Agreed. The Euston is probably the 2nd best AR behind my favorite, the FRNK3K. That's my new M16.

I want to love the FRNK3K. I really do. It has really shined for me in some situations, but its really horrible in others.

Second on the gerund, you can fire off controlled three round bursts all day long with no spread or recoil,

I have found that accuracy > damage

How did you unlock your DOOM content? I preordered from EB and haven't figured it out / possibly didn't get a code.

I agree, I think the AR's are just slightly weak at the moment. Could use a small buff to spread.

I got it with my pre-order from GAME in the UK.
I also got the spec-ops content too.

I feel they went a LITTLE overboard with AR recoil and spread, it's probably the worst I've ever seen. Makes them hard to use, but not totally unusable. The SMGs are pretty safe to hold down the trigger with in CQC though.