A ong time ago burst dmg was nerfed. This was done mainly because of pvp fights ending so fast with soldiers alpha strikes. Now that pvp dmg is 50% and specials are 40% there is no reason for my regular shots to be doing as much as burst sometimes and crits are always better than burst.
Turning the burst dmg back up to what it used to be would help both soldiers and fixers which both have problems atm.