Nope. It's the result of balance, which is a very good thing. The current sandbox is one of the best we've ever had. Plenty of guns are viable, not many guns are too outlandish right now. Bosses are still getting one shot and one phased left and right which is sad, the raid and dungeon are really easy but I feel like that could be fixed with difficulty levels. Dont get me wrong, xenophage isn't great, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. They can always make changes later and buff it. The reason people call it bad is because of powercreep. Literally the EXACT reason people wanted the nerfs is the exact reason you are saying this gun is bad. Powercreep. In order to make an exotic that's good, it has to either fill a niche or do somthing better than its competitors. Anarchy is good because it fills a niche. It had insanely high total damage, but meh dps. But it also allows you to do other things at the same time and so on. Its awsome. Whisper is good (and no your snarky final remark is not correct, its an amazing gun still, better than the d1 version which was already considererd very strong) because it has good dps but also is ammo efficient. Izanagis is good because it beats out pretty much every other gun in terms of burst DPS for boss phases but is balanced by lack of ammo. Even if you stack Sniper scavs and reserves you'll run out of ammo rather quickly, which is fine. You see where I'm going? These guns have to have balancing factors to reduce powercreep. Xenophage isn't bad because it's damage is bad. It's bad because it doesn't have a niche or reason to be used. There is no sotituation in the game where you want rocket launcher esque damage in a small area over a long range. It's just not really relavent. Not every gun needs to compete for DPS. In order to fix the gun it needs not only a niche, but a way to excel in that niche. Which unfortunately can't happen for all 60 exotic weapons in the game. Its just not feesable.