Nerfing auto rifles imo is the wrong way to go. This is because these weapons have always been a staple in every online fps game since Counter Strike. The reason why auto rifles are leagues ahead of other weapons us because they have unquestionably the highest DPS of all primary weapons. Damage Per Second. The best way to balance weapons is to do a straight DPS test and tweak delay tines between shots and bursts so that all weapons do the same Damage Per Second in a 1 minute test for example. The best example of balance between auto rifles and scout rifles is in the Call if Duty series. The FAL and G3 were semi auto rifles with slightly more damage per shot vs the auto rifles and machineguns. What Infinity Ward and Treyarch did right was have no delay between shots for semi-auto rifles. As a result, DPS was roughly the same at all ranges. I remember going head to head against Rpd, ak, tar21 and Acr users with the FAL and winning, as my dps was equal to theirs, but i hit them first and was more skilled during the exchange. As long as I tapped the trigger fast enough to match their dps, I could win. This is the problem with Destiny's current design: There is an artificial delay between shots for the scout rifle and bursts for the pulse rifle. If the delay was removed for both weapon types, this will finally bring balance to the game, without having to nerf auto rifles. With hand cannons, maybe have a very slight delay between shots, as they have much higher impace than scout rifles. This allows auto rifle users to still enjoy their weapon of choice, but have skilled scout and pulse rifle users equal to them at all ranges. If DPS were equal across primary weapon types, balance will be achieved. Please read this post Bungie. Consider my request.