Nerf it to medium RoF/ medium impact scout rifle archetype impact to lower the kill time and increase stability to make it more accurate. I'm here to tell you that there is no way to balance out TLW'S kill time with nerf's to accuracy and range without making it complete garbage you already tried that bungie, I think it's time to try something else. Make hip fire viable for 2-3 shotting people and I'm pretty sure that will be the end of it. Edit: This is going to be the 1st and last time I respond to the comments below as I can see someone set the Trolls free. So basically majority of the community is saying that TLW a primary weapon with the ability to take out shotguns and out gun side arms at close range with the ability to shoot at medium range is balanced, right. I think what's really happening is that most people adore TLW because of its op status, and strive to get it if they don't have it already. So they don't want it to be nerfed which is understandable considering that bungie has a bad habit of overdoing nerfs. But denying that something is blatantly overpowered and telling everyone to get gud by using the same gun or another weapon of its caliber is simply selfish and ignorant. I really don't gaf how much money you spent on the game because I did too and so did everyone else. I have the gun I could use it too but it's getting cliche to start a game of rumble and see half of everyone using the same gun. But whatever, I'm just going to let the player base dwindle because it's not affecting me I play pve & pvp I can just switch primarily to pve for now. But what about everyone that primarily plays pvp? Just -blam them right? Ps. I main warlock. Pps. Increasing the kill time by adding a bullet won't hurt the gun, it will force people to use the gun the way it was meant to be used, stop being lazy and hip-fire. And BTW how is telling someone to counter a weapon with the so-and-so or watchamacallit balanced? It's strategic yes, but boring so basically instead of using a played out gun I have a choice to switch between two other guns that I don't like to counter it? Way to sell the game by making players choose weapons they're uncomfortable with. OK earlier I posted that the above edit was going to be my 1st and last but, I fed the Trolls like an idiot. But this is going to be my last edit, I'm not going to judge anyone here anymore because it does nothing for me. I'm just going to ask the community-why do you think everyone loves The Last Word so much? besides the way it looks and the gun-flip animation. I mean really think about it, what does the gun do so well that you like in the crucible? To put it simply, the gun owns. In most situations that is what the gun does and it does it well my complaint is not the range or accuracy on the gun, it is the fact that the gun's kill time is so ridiculously high and that people accept and defend that fact. No matter how much the range sucks any primary with the exceptions of the NLB and UR should not outgun a special weapon,is overpowered and should not exist point-blank-period not opinion-fact. ~Drops the mic~