My guess is the current crop of weapons will see a much more distributed balance. Auto rifles are getting better but not terribly so, thorn is receiving it's nerf and the ads range on TLW is getting chopped. (Although, hipfire is receiving a buff, but who knows by how much) They say scouts are going to do more damage but have the same TTK in PvP as before so who knows. And finally shotguns rangefinder and shotpackage are getting a huge chop. To me, this all sounds like one thing: options. Hopefully no op weapon will exist. Sure, I'm sure one weapon will be fastest, but fingers crossed everything is similar enough not to matter. I'll be trying out several weapons post patch. But more than likely, my primary will remain an exotic. Currently it's TLW, which I use for close encounters. (My play style is aggressive sniper)