You mean, the Warhounds (doggos) ? I always wondered if their life bar was counting as an health bar when it comes to the autorifles. Unfortunatly i never really saw a difference as they are already quite tanky. But i always suspected that autorifles have do something to them as they have no sheild/protection. I'll probably test a lil more on my crit build, but between be an you...i don't think it makes the autorifles less situationnal, you know. I'm not retarded, i know they are viable, but when it comes to build optimisation i feel like they don't offer much, i mean you lose alot of potential. Right now i feel like they are only at their best when you use them on a full red Smg crit build as secondary weapon. Builds around an autorifle isn't a path to a..."fully optimised build". That's my concern with the the current autorifle* main perk. They are viable if you are looking for more range in your build but you sacrifice the potential of an **optimised SMG crit build for close range.