Scout rifles were always good for PVE and still are. I think the difference now is that hand cannons are not as good as they used to be for PVE because they don't do as much damage at range due to the damage fall-off nerf. Plus we all used to rely on Fatebringer and Word of Crota so much before and we can't do that anymore. Edit: And right after I posted this, wouldn't you know, I did the daily heroic and Jade Rabbit dropped for me, LOL. I can tell just from the stats this thing is going to be a beast.