How is it most effective if it is based on user preference and never really changed?
Let's be honest, shotguns as strong as they are were much stronger in the past. This is their weakest state.
Pulse rifles are always a good option but hawksaw has always been here. So have similar rifles.
Scouts haven't really changed.
Autos received a small buff if I remember and the overly used ones from the past aren't even the ones people talk about.
Fusion rifles were nerfed by bungie lmao
Have any heavy weapons changed much?
I don't see any weapon as the best it's all in the user preference. META maybe a real word but it is not a real thing.