well it might look like some pancor or ripper is OP but trust me it isnt at all , sure they both are deadly in close range , depends on what drugs u are usin and what build u usin ... a non drugged bad build can be sprayed easily with 3 bursts while on defensive drugs its not that easy .
i undertsand the complain about BG because i played it too , but u should really check some BG out ... imo flamer is nice pancor counter weapon especially at windows , also u have some good mahcineguns which need deploy but are very devasting e.g. try the m240 it has very good dmg for its range and ap use plus u get effects on enemy like supressing ... a pancor cant supress plus u cant burst with a pancor from such distcance effectively while u can with a machinegun , a pancor also doesnt hit all targets for mostly same dmg while a machingun nearly can , u can spray down a whole line with this beauty just with one ap bar . milkors also good for ranged fights , rocket launcher one of my favorites plus Minigun is very devasting atm ...
u can use as example even 14 mm instead of pancor which has more negative sides to an m240 due to its range and ability to hit multiply targets , so i think its in the right area , 14 mm pretty useless against multiply targets while on peaking 1 vs 1 and in range its very good in comparison to an m240
only tip for you if u really wanna play machinegunner get some gunturret perk so your deployment wont get fucked while u get knocked back or out .
last but not least when u get more levels u can put all your sp into other primary weapon skills , but u can only raise it to your % of tagged primary skill , which means if u have 250% in one of the 4 primary skills u can spent all your sp after softcap into any of the other weaponary primary skills and level it up to 250% ...most people already have multiply primary skills maxxed out which allows them to use a m240 as primary weapon for example and maybe a 14 mm pistol in second hand slot as a secondary weapon ... so u see it gets very tactical