Time for me to create my current dream-PvP (and PvE) weapon tuning, balancing, whatever else you want to call it patch. [i][b]Auto rifles:[/b][/i] [i]High impact autos are under-performing, how about we buff them up a bit?[/i] High Impact: Increased damage. [i][b]Pulse Rifles:[/b][/i] [i]Medium and high impact pulses are pretty trash right now, they need a buff.[/i] Medium impact: Less overall damage falloff. High impact: Increased dame, can 2 burst medium armor guardians should all shots be headshots. [b][i]Hand Cannons:[/i][/b] [i]Why do ghost bullets still exist?[/i] All Hand Cannons: Reduced bloom (ghost bullet effect) to only be a factor while spraying on a medium-high rate of fire hand cannon at maximum rate of fire. [b][i]Scout Rifles:[/i][/b] [i]There isn't much wrong with scouts at the moment.[/i] [b][i]Shotguns:[/i][/b] [i]I personally think that the outliers in the class should be dealt with, buffing the class as a whole. Some changes probably won't go well with many.[/i] All shotguns(other than Universal Remote): All shotguns now have a pellet count of 8, massive increase to PvE and PvP damage,overall range increase. Low impact shotguns: maximum damage range is further than the Meduim and high archetypes, still should have the same effective range as higher impact archetypes. [b][i]Snipers:[/i][/b] [i]These need to be tweaked a bit to prevent long range quick scoping.[/i] All non-exotic snipers: Brief period of inaccuracy after scoping in. [b][i]Fusions:[/i][/b] [i]I feel that fusions should remain untouched overall.[/i] [b][i]Sidearms:[/i][/b] [i]Sidearms shouldn't be kicking harder than most hand cannons.[/i] All sidearms: reduced overall recoil, major increase to PvEand PvP damage. [b][i]Machine guns:[/i][/b] [i]I feel like there needs to be more consistency in terms of PvP ammo pickups with these weapons.[/i] Machine gun ammo pickups in PvP are now the same across all machine guns of a given archetype. Meaning that Ruin Wake and Quillim's Terminus would get the same amount of ammo on a PvP heavy pickup. [b][i]The Last Word:[/i][/b] [i]I have a proposed rework for this weapon that won't necessarily be a buff or a nerf.[/i] The Last Word Exotic Perk: Now has a more powerful version of persistence (hidden), the last 2 shots in the magazine have significant bonus damage if hip fired, slight increase to hip fire accuracy (hidden). Fan Fire: No longer makes Last Word full auto while ADS (still shoots faster), has less bonus rate of fire while aiming down sights. [b][i]Exotic Weapons:[/i][/b] Plan C: Now has a visual effect while the fast charge is active. Dreg's Promise: PvP damage increase. Fabian Strategy: re-do the Front Lines perk, I don't know how, though. No Time to Explain: reduced muzzle flash. [b][i]Maps:[/i][/b] Vertigo: removed from at least 6v6 playlists. The Dungeons: fixed spawn trapping issues.