Giving Titans a Shotgun and Hunters a Sniper Rifle on character creation makes a lot of sense since it fits with the image of the characters. However, Warlocks aren't meant to be up close and personal, so why do they start with a Shotgun? Starting them off with a Fusion Rifle or Sniper Rifle would be better. Letting them start with Fusion Rifles would also complete the trifecta of Special Weapons, which would do much good for my personal OCD =D
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Warlocks often use melee to charge their grenade. They are a midrange support class that switches between closer range and long range depending on the enemy. The problem right now is that fusion rifles are just sort of weird, they don't really seem to be a good alt to shotguns and they don't have the accuracy to be a mid or long range weapon. Basically, FRs are a shotgun with elemental effects. Only reason I haven't scrapped mine yet is because I was trying for that double kill bounty, going to drop it soon as that completes.