>insert meaningless opening paragraph here, so as to stall the reader< [b][u]Auto rifles[/u][/b] We recently made a significant buff to auto rifles, and we feel we may have overdone it. Changes: -decrease base damage by 20% (typo. Sorry. It's actually 0.02%) -start damage falloff at melee range [b][u]Pulse rifles[/u][/b] Someone brought up in the crucible radio interview that the recent pulse nerf trivializes the existence of high impact/low rof archetypes. That got me thinking: "Shit. Red death can still 2-burst people with low armor". So, we put an end to that. Changes: -reduce base damage by 12% (not a typo) -greatly reduce stability [b][u]Hand Cannons[/u][/b] Hand cannons are fine right now, but people are complaining about hawkmoon, and I thought: "Shit. Hawkmoon is still remotely useful" Hawkmoon changes: -increase magazine size to 15 to reduce LITC proc chance -reduce range by 20 -change damage bonus multiplier to 1.00001 [b][u]Scout Rifles[/u][/b] People have been using scouts a lot lately, and that got me thinking "That means they're overpowered, right?" They're just plain fun to use, I'll admit, and that's the problem. Fun doesn't exactly have a place here. Changes: -reduce base damage by 10% -greatly reduce stability MIDA multitool changes: -MIDA multitool perk replaced by 'replenish', one of our most useful weapon talents -greatly reduce stability (in addition to blanket stability nerf) -reduce magazine size to 12 [b][u]Fusion rifles[/u][/b] There's actually this guy in the studio who is really good with fusion rifles. Because of him, our internal playtests reflect numbers which tell us they're still op as -blam!-. Changes: -reduce stability -reduce ads accuracy -reduce base damage by 20% [b][u]Sidearms[/u][/b] People complain about the dumbest shit like bullet travel time on dreg's promise and too much recoil. Lol like wut? Our numbers say otherwise. Changes: -decrease range by 25 -reduce ads accuracy -globally reduce magazine sizes and reserve ammo [b]Swords[/b] A bunch of 12 year olds were like "nerf swords!" They've never steered us wrong. Changes: -reduce ammo inventory by 20% -reduce lunge to half its current distance Bolt caster changes: -heavy attack uses 20 ammo instead of 5 -heavy attack now fires a paper airplane Dark drinker changes: -Heavy attack lasts 1 second Raze lighter changes: -heavy attack now instantly dismantles this sword [b][u]Shotguns[/u][/b] We feel like we put shotguns in a good place. Problem is they still kill people from time to time, and our guns aren't supposed to do that. Changes: -Players cannot sprint while holding a shotgun -globally reduce ammo inventory -globally slow handling [b][u]Exotic weapon tuning[/u][/b] Many people think exotics are supposed to be the powerful class. We disagree. If something looks different, and makes a different sound when it shoots, it's exotic. We're gonna put some of the exotics right in line with legendaries. The chaperone -now fires a spitball -slower handling Sleeper Simulant -replaced with a $2 laser pointer from the checkout line at walmart. -only bounces off shiny objects. Ace of spades -firefly replaced with army of one -maverick perk only procs on a 360 hip fire headshot kill Bad juju -string of curses replaced with "inverse inverse shadow"-kills with this weapon drain your super See ya next year.