So we all know sidearms are pretty meh. They're not bad weapons per se, they just have no real place among the other special weapons available. With no ability to OHK and sharing similar range with shotguns, there's just no reason to take one over another special that does the same thing but better. I've been trying to think of a way to make sidearms viable in PvE and PvP. Their name implies that they're a back-up weapon, or to finish off wounded targets - so why not give them an added effect that lets them do this more effectively? My idea is to add an effect to sidearms so they get a damage bonus when attacking unshielded, red-bar enemies. Not double damage or anything ridiculous like that, but enough to make them worth taking over other specials; let's just say 25% for now. This means that after dropping a regular enemy's shields in PvE or PvP, or attacking unshielded enemies in PvE, the sidearm would always do bonus damage until their shields regenerate. So in PvE, they would work great after downing a target's shields but without having enough ammo to finish them off with your primary, and in PvP, they would be the back-up finisher weapons they're meant to be. If the bonus was 25%, the shots to kill would still be 4-5 at very close range, so they wouldn't be OP if you're attacking a full-health guardian. Thoughts?