I don't think you guys at Bungie have taken everything into consideration here. I can see why you'd want to encourage perk diversity, but you notice that even when you scaled back the damage boost perks everyone still prioritizes them. Making reload perks weaker won't suddenly make everyone go for any other perk if Outlaw isn't available. The way it seems to me is that if you structure a game so that DPS checks are part of high-end PVE content, people are going to naturally want to be able to put out as much damage as possible. That means any damage buffs they can manage to get (not that Rampage is easy to maintain during boss DPS phases or anything) but also reload buffs. The faster you reload, the more damage you can put out. That translates to the Crucible, too. I can understand removing auto-reloading from exotics and the like, even if I thought that hurt the inherent playability of the game, but this just feels like a poorly thought-out solution to a problem nobody had. Also if you're crying about sunsetting but you still use Spare Rations/Beloved/Mindbender's then kindly be quiet. You're why Bungie decided to phase these weapons out. Everyone is sick of seeing them. Also, re-buff sniper rifles in PVE. They're pointless now.