Well, you'd be wrong this time! In D2, they will be separate stats for PVE & PVP! It was mentioned if you were paying attention in the reveal.
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I heard nothing in the reveal indicating they are going to separate them. The problem is that they want weapons to feel consistent across both modes, meaning the only thing they can really differentiate between the two is damage output. I heard the interviews with Luke Smith and some other Bungie Dev when they talked about this issue and they specifically talked about varying DAMAGE, an ability they've had and used over the last 2 years - with very little success. If they were willing to give up consistency across both modes, then there was simply no reason to reorder the weapon system for the sake of PVE if you were doing it ONLY for PVP purposes, which appears to be the case.
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They also showed during Destiny that they could do that all along and then decided not too. Does not give much confidence it will be that way in Destiny 2.
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I agree they've said there'll be separation, they've yet to confirm whether that separation will be 100% or selective. Hopefully they'll issue a statement soon (like they have recently about servers and no more updates) to clarify the matter which could go a long way to clearing up people's suspicions.
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Hopefully E3 will be informative about this topic & others.