I agree with your post for everything except Tlaloc, which is better than MiDa once the super is charged, and along with Zhalo Supercell and to a smaller extent Sleeper Simulant, is the one of the only guns in Year 2 I would class as Exotic. Tlaloc is truly amazing and destroys in both PvE and PvP. If you don't believe so then I'd say you haven't practiced with it enough. Things like Boolean Gemini kinda seem semi exotic but unbalanced between classes. Put Boolean Gem on a Gunslinger with Trance and Woe on and it's amazing. Same for Defender using the Touch, though at the same time you could argue..... but why? I think Bungie ruined it for themselves by having such great exotics in Year 1 and then not introducing things to be at that level. If Year 1 and Year 2's exotics were swapped, we'd most likely be praising the new exotics. For gods sake does anyone remember the utter beast that is Pocket Infinity, urgh I keep bringing that out in Mayhem modes for the destruction. You're right on the basis that some legendaries seem to surpass their exotic companions. Why is Quillims not stat wise on comparison with Thunderlord but when used, blatently better. Somethings secretly up there Bungie. Why is Doctrine of Passing better than a Necrochasm. Do you know the crap we had to go through for Necro? Hell I'm a year 1 player and still don't have it. I hope Destiny 2 addresses all of this.