I think there are three main reasons why AR Corruptors are not that popular:
1. most AR damage is often resisted in late game
2. no nuke (although full auto is quite nice, especially with SCOURGE!)
3. wielding an assault rifle doesn´t give you this feeling of being that supernatural archvillain from hell
If it has eyes, you can blind it, if it has blood, you can make it bleed, if it has a mouth, you can make it scream.
http://uk.boards.cityofheroes.com/sh...fpart=1#434413
many reasons there :P.
It's very accurate and has a few cool tricks, knockback, debuff defence, DoT, superb accuracy. But again it's quite weak and very resisted.
hmm thats got me thinking.
Its a AR/Rad corruptor purely made as I had got home and was listening to Bikini Guns with Machine Guns by the Cramps on the walk home. No idea why I picked Rad really other than I like it when other player use Accelerate Metabolism on me.
Any comments on the combo?
Good combo for AR I think. It should minimise on the need to repeatedly draw the weapon: slap down the debuffs then get on with the shooting. Problems might arise with drawning the weapon when you start healing, or if you have to repeatedly apply the debuff cos some fool keeps killing the anchor 
IN MEMORIUM OF GAYBABY
CRUELY TAKEN FROM THIS WORLD WHILE SO YOUNG
I have an AR/Kin Corruptor, whom I love to bits. I don't really care about if it's a 'gimped' build, I just like it. The only reason he hasn't been played is because I haven;t been on CoH much recently.
Gotta say Ive been having more fun with this alt than any other so far - now I'm lvl 6 I just dont know wether to follow the AR or Rad set but Hasten is looking mighty good!! yup having my lvl 6 what power next dilemma!!
hmm, i must comment that i would think you could do massive damage at take out whole mobs at higher level,
full auto + flamethrower + ignite + the odd buckshot, M30 grenade and you're away.
also with ignite and flamethrower doing fire damage it cant b that bad?
lol think of all those attacks together on team of 8 mob how much DoT would ya have it'd look cool
Well I'm running an AR/Traps and she's brilliant really fun to play and yes it's noticeable that the damage you do varies from villain to villain,but the traps helps to mitigate that.Also remember that you have acsess to fire DoT and the joy of the Bean Bag,if they're wandering around they,re not hitting you So as they say...
Bomb Girl FTW
well my Corr is levelling faster than any of my other toons and so far is much more fun too play - glad I made one now!!!
I got 2 AR corruptors other is AR/Traps (20) and other is AR/thermal radiation (18). I quite like the AR, I like being a villain who uses more traditional weapons. Like when robbing a bank I can put traps around the place and just shoot anyone who comes in my way. 
Not to mention the TIME BOMB and FULL AUTO AR/traps get later on. Also im looking forward to mayhem missions on my AR corruptor, by then he'll have Full Auto so he can put the landscape and cars full of bullet holes.
But one problem I encountered especially at the earlier levels, AR is an end hog. I teamed with Fire/thermal radiaton corruptor, he could heal me and attack without getting exhausted (neither of us had stamina) while I was drained after just using my attacks. Same thing on my AR/thermal corruptor, reduced to just healing because pulling a trigger is so exhausting.
This of course wasn't a problem after I got stamina, but still.
I currently enjoying an AR/Kin corrupter.. the Speed Siphon and Power Siphon boost recharge rate and damage respectively so she can shoot quicker and lay down more deadly fire. I just love bank raids with an AR but Snipe is my favourite so far. Only question is why doesn't AR get an Aim?
I have an AR/Dark Corrupter called Midnight Gunner and i chose dark as a secondary cause the biggest problem you have, as I see it, with AR is also its biggest benefit - AoEs. So you deal out a a lot of pain, but that results in a shed load of return fire. So I figured dark debuffs=less painful return fire. Darkest Night being the linchpin debuffing their chances to hit and reducing damage if they do. Tar patch boosts your damage nicely as well as keeping them slowed at a distance. Fearsome stare will lock down groups, either adding to the debuffs (if shooting at them whilst its active), locking them down if full auto/flamethrower/etc. didn't quite wipe a group out or just to lock down enemies whose return fire is just too risky to take (i.e. mezzers) and take them out one by one with beanbag and single target attacks. Oh, and you get a debuffing pet as well .
@Moondog
Union:
CoH: Moondog (WS); V-Rock (Tnk, semi-retired); Pole-Star (Bla); Demon Dog (Scr).
CoV: Midnight Gunner (Corr); Operative John Doe (Ban); Day-Star (Dom); Commissar Jaeger (MM).
I've heard AR/Kin is good, might try it myself.
The problem with traps is that you get the best traps and bombs later on and there aren't really any buff/heal powers. 
Hi all,
rolled a new alt last night following the theme of Bikini Girls with Machine Guns (for any Cramps fans out there)
It got me thinking in all the teams I've played with I dont think I've seen a single gun based Corruptor out there. Is there any reason for this? Is the set unpopular/ weak or have I just missed them?