You actually answered all your own questions with great points. 1. Looter shooter where you get the best rolls you can to benefit a player in pvp. Not all players can get these weapons/rolls. When you lock things behind other players, you lose players. Proven throughout all of gaming. 2. Bungie has never supported weapons with advantages. They have always maintained a sense of balance. You listed many, and there are many more rewards that lost their power feeling due to pvp. Just because, for the first time, a pvp reward is getting reworked does not make it more special over any other weapon or player. 3. Trials. A large part of the community wants it back... The nerf is a good sign we are getting it back due to this adjustment. Absolutely no way it could come back with said weapons with said advantages. If we are to believe the leaked information.. this next season is setting up and leading to the return of trials as well as next seasons story arc for pve.. 4. What truly matters at the end of the day for bungie is the attach rate of the players in their game.. It is at an all time low. Players are not happy.. and the loudest part of that is due to said rewards. Yes, the dream fix would be to adjust all other weapons... but that fix would take a lot of work due to all scenarios to go with all the perks etc in the game. So they are taking the best steps they can. 150s are getting buff with these weapons.. this buffs skill gaps and rewards better players. Exactly what destiny has been about.