I'll start off by going over exotic weapons than archetype and general weapon changes changes than handcannon bloom Ps: keep in mind this post is mostly pvp focused and only goes over year 2 and 3 weapons EXOTIC WEAPON CHANGES (anything I don't mention I don't think needs changes) Primaries Fabian strategy: it's just not that great so this is what it should get to make it on par with other exotic autos. buffed base stability by 7% and exotic perk activation range by 1.5 meters Suros regime: this weapon suffers from unfortunate archetype syndrome I'll be going over all archetype changes at the end. Khvovstov: the only problem I see with this is that it's main claim to fame is entirely meaningless because it only changes the fire rate not the damage that it does so no it's not a auto/pulse/scout rifle it's an auto rifle that shoots in the same firing rate as said weapons Hardlight: no reason to ever use this over zhalo or m. Carlo I think it needs a major stability buff so that it has the highest possible stability an auto rifle can have for 2 reasons 1. It's literally a laser beam it should have recoil like a laser beam 2. It would set it apart from other autos in the same archetype and give it something unique and useful because it's unique perk is totally not useful. Red death: another gun that suffers from unfortunate archetype syndrome once again going over those changes at the end No time to explain: in all honesty I've never gotten this gun so I can't really judge it Hawkmoon: a sad shadow of a once good gun. This thing needs a good range buff of about like 10% I think it's range should be on the upper end of the spectrum as far as handcannons go because there's no reason to pick this over a palindrome or a decent baby hawkmoon and for those wondering No. lucky rng bullets don't justify its low range stat because for those to be effective you kind of have to actually hit your target. The first curse: sigh... I don't know what needs to happen to this gun to make it useful. I do think it needs to have a massive range buff like 70% it should have more range than almost any other hand cannon ever! It's slow and rewards you taking your time to line up your shot. There's no reason that you should miss despite doing that just because of stupid rng bloom. Ace of spades: it's a good pve gun that's great for clearing out mobs I think that if just needs a decent range buff of like 6-9%. Thorn: this gun is actually pretty good in its optimal range... which is also the optimal range of the vendor last ditch so you might as well just use that. The thorn should get a good range buff of about 10-15% so that people can actually maybe consider not using send it and still have a decent gun. The damage over time is actually balanced it doesn't last long enough to deny shields and doesn't do enough damage to actually really make a meaningful difference especially because people are going for high armor build now and there's the artifact that halves burn damage. If your afraid of final round being an issue (which it isn't and probably won't be) just replace that with rangefinder and call it a day there's no real reason to use this gun either over a palindrome,baby hawkmoon, or the last word and that's kinda sad that such a cool gun actually came close to being balanced but was then destroyed. Boolean Gemini: an interesting scout rifle that's perk is very niche and not that good even when in the best of scenarios. In the crucible you have to get at least a triple kill to make the most of it and that kill has to be a specific type of kill (body or precision) the buffs you get aren't that good despite the effort needed to obtain them so I think that the buffs them selves should get a slight buff and they should be granted on any kill instead of having to be a precision kill for speed when that perk is active or a body kill when that perk is active. Instead the two perks should be "grants an agility bonus on a kill" and the other perk will be "grants an armor bonus on a kill" or they can combine both perks into one perk so you don't have to choose between two perks the new perk would be "grants an agility bonus on a precision kill and grants an armor bonus on a body kill" No land beyond: definitely more of a for fun exotic that's not meant to be taken too seriously. I do think it's exotic perk should make it where it doesn't have sniper glare considering that it doesn't actually have a lense so irl it wouldn't have any glare plus it might actually be somewhat useful Specials 4th horseman: an extremely powerful weapon when used at melee range and completely useless otherwise. I think it needs a good stability buff so it's exotic perk can actually be used Chaperone: one of my favorite exotics to use for fun but I do think it needs a slight slight rate of fire and range buff lord of wolves: one of the coolest looking exotics that is actually quite effective if used well although I still don't think it's as good as a traditional shot gun I think that the only change that this gun could use is make the whole shot come out faster this isn't a rof buff but make the time in between the bullets in one volley shorter Dregs potato: holy cow what a weapon the dregs promise is without a doubt the most overpowered gun in the game due to its incredible exotic perk "this weapon causes enemy guardians to laugh at you when they realize your using the dregs potato" I think this gun needs some heavy nerfs Heavy weapons Truth: the best exotic heavy in the game for pvp but I don't think it needs any nerfs except maybe a slight blast radius decrease Gjallahorn: no reason to use this over truth but that's okay it's a pve gun anyway dragons breath: no reason to use this over truth or gjallyhorn it needs a solid buff to blast radius or something i don't know buts probably the worst exotic heavy to use in pvp other than the next weapon Sleeper stimulant: definitely a pve weapon for I can't think of any reason to use this in pvp or any Change that can be made to make it viable maybe make it have slight tracking properties on it ricochet so that way if a ricochet just barely misses it will hit anyway Super good advice: meh it's got meh base stats and a meh perk if you want some super good advice don't pick this gun over any other exotic machine gun (I know that jokes probably been made like 1000 times before) but I do think that it should get a stability boost Swords: the exotic swords don't have any more use than the legendary swords in the crucible except for the bolt caster which really has no more use than any non sword heavy weapon their definition fun but not that good I think the exotic swords should give a movement speed buff and have slightly more range with their basic attack than legendaries. GENERAL WEAPON/ARCHETYPE CHANGES! Buff the base stability and range of all auto rifles by approximately 5% Make all shot guns harder to handle during sliding and 0.5 seconds after the slide is over. Remove hand cannon bloom or at least tone it down a bit this will have its own section later that will go into more detail Low rof auto rifles (like the Suros) should get an impact buff so that the effect is it takes one less bullet if you land nothing but precision hits to kill someone this will definitely help with the time to kill without making them op especially when there's still stuff like the clever dragon they have to compete with Buff low rof pulse rifles (like the red death)impact so that they can kill a target in about 4-5 bullets to the head and 1-2 bullets to the body and reduce rate of fire to compensate so they don't become op but can still compete with higher rof also buff their base stability by about 4% Nerf highest rof pulse rifles (grasp of malok clever dragon type) base range across the board by like 7% Nerf highest impact shotgun archetype (things like the matador last ditch and conspiracy theory) range by 7ish% Nerf all rocket launcher velocities by 5ish% machine guns should have at least half a chance vs them Edit: instead of nerfing shotguns they can just reduce the amount of special people get HANDCANNON BLOOM CHANGES I really don't know why this was added to the extent that it was it I understood handcannons were very powerful but I don't think this was the way to change them. I think that right now bloom should definitely be toned down a lot I don't know exactly how it's programmed in but I think that blooms effect should at least be halved if that's possible for several reasons 1. Not all handcannons should have the exact same roll to be good. Bloom makes the desired roll for handcannons the same all the time there's no room creative ideas or other interesting perks because range is too important and because of that there's no reason to experiment on different perks for handcannons and that really makes things a lot less interesting as far as handcannons go 2. Adding an rng effect to an entire weapon class is just dumb nobody wants the outcome of a battle to be based off of randomness especially in a first person shooter the victor should always be the more skilled player not the player who got luckier with his bloom rng If there's anyone who doubts the true effect bloom has on handcannons just YouTube ghost bullets tested. The meta is stale primaries are rarely used over special weapons there's so many exotics that are just pointless in pvp wether that's because the roll they fulfill isn't necessary or their just really bad at fulfilling the role their supposed to. The meta is dominated by specials and the occasional high rof pulse rifle and not much else stands a chance. PS: Thanks for reading.