Make an alternative to vandal/phantom

If you had the chance. How would you do it?
Not like the bandit that basically killed the sheriff.
It must be equal in power to both not OP af that people just use that rifle only.

No

full auto guardian but damage decreases the closer you are to the target + no heavy pen and 49 in the body instead of 65

ig something with high penetration, but you cant spray with, automatic but slower firerate and lower bullet count than vandal, slightly more damage than the vandal so you can actually wall bang

you wouldn't, Vandal and Phantom are the AK and M4 of val, they are the Peak of rifles. The most powerful with their own upsides and downsides. It's not like the ghost and the sheriff that do seperate jobs (Ghost is for agents that want util, sheriff is for agents that don't need anything but their signature.)
Phantom and Vandal just do the same exact job in 2 different ways. Get kills fast by rewarding good crosshair placement and spray control.
Phantom is for when you wanna spray smokes but sacrifice some headshot damage, vandal is for the cracked 18 year old who would rather tap heads and get guaranteed picks at the cost of bullet tracers and less ammo.

They do the same exact job differently, Bandit was added to be like the ghost, a gun that rewards headshots and good aim, while having a slower fire rate than the Ghost and showing tracers.

Sheriff is pretty much the OP of the pistol, it does high damage at the cost of requiring good aim and reaction time.

You wouldn't add a 3rd buy round rifle because you already have the OP.