Board Thread:Bloons Suggestions/@comment-24420133-20140815152631/@comment-3153244-20140817050953

Semi-Automatic Rifles and Super Monkeys serve different purposes. While they require support towers, I personally find Semi-Automatic Rifle more useful. Just to name a few differences,
 * 0/0 Super Monkeys
 * Cannot pop Lead Bloons
 * Cannot see Camo Bloons
 * Cannot hold off large Zebra/Rainbow rushes.
 * Semi-Automatic Rifles
 * Can pop Leads
 * Can see Camos
 * Can hold off large Zebra/Rainbow rushes (to some extent)

Secondly, an increase in firing speed is a buff, not a nerf :)