I haven't seen very much talk about pulse rifles on youtube, or forums, other than them just being disregarding as joke weapons.
While I may not be a die hard pulse rifle user I decided to see for myself what about this sub class of primary weapons was rubbing people the wrong way.
I hope maybe what I discovered testing many different pulse rifles in pvp may actually be helpful in forming an idea on what should be done to make pulse rifles fun and rewarding to use.