This is a buff idea for the TLW if the handcannon bloom is removed from the game. If the bloom is removed then the TLW will need a reason to be hipfired.
The simple fact is there is no incentive/reason to hipfire the weapon now. Its obviously the lowest ranged handcannon in the game yet why is it that the top tier players use this weapon with great success? Well the weapon is inherently better than any other primary weapon in the game up to medium range, where other handcannons with better range should have an extreme advantage with Auto Rifles. The problem is that its accurate when ADS, has the fastest fire rate, and its damage numbers aren't dropping enough at range to hurt its TTK to the point where other weapons can outperform it until you hit that longer range. Its time that the Last Word is properly balanced. Make the aim down sight unwieldy and unreliable, give the hip fire perk additional range to incentives proper play with it. Let other weapons classes finally viable, TLW will still counter shotguns and most sidearms, but it shouldn't be also outperforming primaries at a range with out the skill to hipfire aim.
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They did reduce ADS accuracy because TLW was meant to be hip-fired. The next nerf a few months later removed the bonus damage, the only reason to hip-fire. Smart right