auto's are now competitive with other weapon classes in primary slot, If you feel like your auto is unusable now you probably just don't have a natural affinity towards that type of weapon try other types. Many people misunderstand liking something for its power verse liking something for its simple awesomeness i mean i like uni remote prior to patch shotties were terribad in pve because it took 10 shots to kill an ultra, but you see shotties tend to be slower and carry low ammo this is because if you have to shoot something point blank in the face 10 times with a shotty you probably should not have shot it because it is most likely immortal.