User blog comment:AntiScootaTwo/Advanced Warfare patch for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 released today/@comment-402843-20141204222710/@comment-3967954-20141204224311

Depends what platform you play on. The EM1 buff has been applied on last-gen consoles for about a month now. I play on 360 and all I ever see is Bals, MORS, and EM1s.

Put it this way: it's got infinite ammo, takes a while to overheat, has pinpoint ADS accuracy, stupidly high hipfire accuracy, and thanks to the patch, really high damage at close range. Plus, getting hit by it makes your character flinch like crazy. It takes literally zero skill to use, you just have to spray in the general direction of an enemy and let the laser do the work. Pre-patch it was fine; the damage was a little low, but that's to be expected of a gun that has infinite ammo.