I feel assault rifles really suffered from this patch. It sucks to work hard for an exotic for it to only become worthless. (Hard Light)
The only reason assault rifles were used so much in iron banner was because of that bounty that required assault rifle kills ( We were told to use them.....) and WHOLE teams used them.With 6 people blasting at you with ANY weapons you are going to die.
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The range nerf was necessary. Auto rifles were performing well outside the intended range. The dmg nerf was unnecessary, and the original headshot multiplier nerf was also somewhat unnecessary (against non-guardians). They should have decreased the range of auto rifles, increased the dmg of pulse rifles and reduced the range of hand cannons (still need a little less range).