1. most PVE players don't use fusion rifles or shotguns. 2. Sniper rifles should have been "heavy" weapons from the very beginning. Since they have always been the most powerful PVE weapon in the game where SUSTAINED damage is concerned. There was a reason why GHorn was returned to the game before Ice Breaker was. 3. There has never been a need to carry BOTH a sniper AND a Rocket launcher in this game since Year One. After that Bosses weren't either bullet spongey enough to need both....or you only had time to use one or the other, and not both (Raid bosses). 4. LMG have always been OP in PVP and UP in PVE....and turning loose LMGs in a dedicated 4v4 environment where every other aspect of play has been scaled back would have been ridiculous.....and would have resulted in them getting nerfed to the point of (being even more) useless in PVE. So I'd rather have a grenade launcher or a linear fusion rifle that actually DOES SOMETHING...than carry around an LMG that is basically window dressing. So other than forcing some players to have to change their habits, I really fail to see why people are getting so worked up about this.