I get what your saying. But it all depends on the player and how skillful they are using a certain type of heavy. Yeah swords and rockets put out the most damage. Swords are risky unless your using boltcaster or playing a team of noobs. Rockets only get like what? 2-3 shots? depending on what rocket and armor your using. through out all the years I've played D1 I have dodged plenty of rockets and their are plenty of players that can't aim a rocket for the life of them unless it had tracking or it was gally lol. I always went with the harrowed qullim's terminus for most pvp situations. Yeah it's a raid gun, but that raid gun has allowed me to take out most of the team with one heavy ammo pick up or the whole team if my teammates were engaging with me lowering some of the enemy's health. So it all depends on on the player, their play style, and how good they are with whatever heavy your using. I honestly think they could of figured out a way to keep them in the game and balanced. Their just like any other heavy you can mess up with a sword, rocket, or a machine gun or go off with all of them.

Quillum's Terminus. IF MATERIA. Zombie Apocalypse. Nova Mortis. All decent. Not amazing, but decent.

All of those were trash IMO compared to rockets and swords

If you say so, fam. Rockets have little ammo, best for groups. Swords require getting close which can be risky (minus Bolt Caster). LMGs are for people (like me) who just want a safety net. I can see why you dont like LMGs and thats fair enough