It's something that really bothersome, that people think Neo Rifle has huge freeze rate and they define it as a slow gun. Proof that Neo Rifle isn't a noob friendly gun despite the 10 damage.

Players try to spam with a Neo Rifle. Neo Rifle is poor at doing that. The player reloads too frequently, making it seem that the Neo Rifle has huge freeze rate. Neo Rifle is to be used much differently than your other standard weapons.