Nice wall of text, must've been a pain to type it up though ;)
I enjoyed using the stranger's rifle in the crucible as well. One I hit lvl 40 it was pulling my light down too much so I've kept it in my vault.
There's actually an improved exotic version of the rifle. It looks much sleeker (silver) but the sights are less impressive and look more ordinary albeit still being unique. It replaces the unique perk with an improved version (ammo is refunded per critical hit instead of missed shots - it's a boss killer) and adds headseeker as an intrinsic perk.
Imho the quest line to obtain the "No Time to Explain" is the best in the game! Outbreak Prime might be more challenging but NTTE feels truly unique and exciting.
So in a way Bungie did update the Stranger's Rifle with a year 3 version.
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Also, the irony is that I wrote this right after I woke up - for some reason I thought of it while I was asleep I guess - and then procrastinated doing a research essay due Monday.
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Yeah I forgot about the NTTE and I'll be working on getting that, but the problem isn't the lack of a similar weapon, it's that THAT gun should be more powerful. So they could make it like a regular legendary and have it keep its usual perks so it's not as good as the NTTE.
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The ideal would be to update all y1 weapons with y3 versions. Bungie did it already with class items so there's hoping we'll see all legendary y1 weapons updated with the April update.
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That would be nice, not sure if I'd want some of the overpowered weapons thrown in the bunch, but I'd totally farm for Hand of Crota.