I decided to run some tests today while soloing the nightfall and my fully upgraded vanquisher VIII auto rifle was on average, in pve, only 2 points less damage than my vex mythoclaster (almost fully upgraded). With precision shots, the vex was on average only 4 points ahead.
Here is the funny part. My vanquisher has about 25% faster rate of fire, less recoil and better range. It also has twice the maximum ammo.
Absolutely ridiculous that a legendary auto rifle would outperform an exotic, much less the exotic that drops from the final boss of the current end game.
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All these tears over the VM nerf haha. Very good, much fun.