We haven't gotten any new linear fusions whatsoever. Besides arbalest which sucks as an exotic btw and queenbreakers which has been overnerfed and outclassed as an exotic heavy. There's only one random rolled linear fusion in game.
They suck as heavy weapons as well. Literally doing no damage unless using sleeper. They can't one shot to the body in crucible the most damage they could do is 186 to the body. Their aim assist vlaues are all caped at 61. While snipers can fire faster have more synergy in perks and can push aim assist to 92 and fire at the same rpm as hand cannons. That's mida territory which is 100 aa.
Can they get plz get moved to special it's makes no sense and can we introduce more to the game.
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They do not need damage buffs. They do not need to be moved to the special slot. The simple solution is to add new perks for them which better suits their style. If they were to add existing ones they could add Firing Line for example. Problem is they occupy basically the same role as a sniper. To make them stand out I would give them a perk/mod that allows them to crit through shields as well as a damage buff when removing shields on an enemy for 3 seconds. Linear Fusions don't HAVE to be good for DPS, tons of things in D2 are good for DPS. They are alloed to occupy a different role.