I like the balance of things as they are now, minus the fact that auto rifles got nerfed to the ground. I think that if auto rifles weren't so useless these days, the weapons balance would be perfect. Shotguns kill from acceptable ranges, (granted it can be a bit annoying at times, but I don't think it is too absurd). Pulse rifles reward precision shooting at proper ranges. If the precision shots are missed, it takes considerably more ammo and time to kill. Hand cannons are effective at close to mid range fights, fire slowly and hit hard as they should. At distance it is hard to keep up with scouts and pulse rifles, but it can be done with proper perks. Scout rifles are good at mid to long and are very successful at killing at their distance. Fusion rifles are mid ranged, with the occasional perfect set of perks that allow for longer range kills, although this is rare. They have to land most of their spread in order to kill. Sniper rifles take a fair amount of skill to kill consistently with, as spam firing is a bit limited due to lack of available special. They are best at long ranges, although a good sniper can use them at almost any range, it is inconvenient in the closer ranges. Side arms are a wild card at the moment as there are only two and I have been less than impressed with them. Auto rifles can't compete with anything. They don't have the range to compete with scout or even some pulse rifles. They don't have the power to compete with hand cannons at close range, or even take down a shot gunner that is rushing you. If they had more power to them, maybe not as much as the past but definitely more, they could rival hand cannons and people wouldn't have such a tough time with them, as there are few weapon types that can handle hand cannons in their effective range.