Charge Rifle vs Havoc and Select Fire

@DoYaSeeMe 

"I don't agree with CR becoming a care package weapon, because the best way to counter it at long distances is by using it as well. If only 1-2 would drop in the first rounds, the team that picks one up would get too advantaged, very difficult to counter or push against in the open."

This is exactly the problem, if you encounter someone with a charge rifle, the only chance to counter is to have it as well. No other weapon is as easy to use and does so much damage as the CR. It is fundamentally better than the other long range weapons.

The disadvantage you name is already existing in the game. You must run a CR to be competitive to another CR which is just bad weapon balancing. If you don't find one than you have a true problem. Placing them into a care package means that players need to fight over the loot to get a chance on good weapons (mastiff, kraber) so it is more balanced to place CR in a package instead of being lucky to find one.

Also keep in mind that making CR a car package weapon means that it only has limited ammo. Players then need to think about spending it properly instead of just shooting infinitely now with just 1 stack of ammo. It would make the weapon less spammy and easier to counter than it is now.

@Biochemikas 

"CR is most definitely not a package-level weapon (it would need a significant bump up in stats to become one)"

The addition of the CR made the triple take, longbow, havoc single fire (and the G7 scout at long range) almost useless. If you would look at the meta it is completely dominated by CR when players have the choice. The longer reload doesn't balance the weapon as reloading at longer range isn't directly a problem as it would be at close range.

"Comparing L-star to CR is like comparing Mastiff to Spitfire... "

I wanted to suggest putting the CR into the care package by replacing it with another one. I choice the L-star because it is the least pickup one of the current 3.

"Also L-star bullets are not slow"

In fact they are! They have the slowest bullet travel time to make up for the higher dps. It says so here on the apex site.

The reasons I don't like to sport the L-star is the absurd muzzle flash and the limited ammo that is given for a medium range weapon. 

"but I think it was similar to longbow and definitely significantly faster than wingman (well wingman bullets are REALLY slow"

The bullet travel time of all the heavy ammo weapons and light ammo weapons are exactly the same. The only exception are the energy ammo weapons, which have faster bullets making it easier to hit shots further away. There is thus no difference in travel speed between the wingman and the long now 🙌

With the L-star you gotta shoot in the direction your target is running, as the travel time is slower and you hit every shot behind the target. 

EDIT: Removed the bullet speed part, I was confused with the slowness effect of bullets. See my reply below instead.