Here's a cool concept I thought of: Name: Glasswing Weapon Type: Shotgun Damage: Arc Ammo: Special Magazine: 5 Reserves: 18 RPM: 140 Exotic Perk: Survival Instinct -- Holding reload converts the shells into slugs, firing a single high-powered shot. Rate of Fire Reduced to 90 while firing slugs. Perk 1: Smallbore Barrel Perk 2: Steady Rounds Intrinsic Perk: Winged Burst -- Shells fired from this weapon launch pellets at a wide-angle horizontal spread. Enemies hit by burst are knocked backwards. Perk 3: Full Auto Trigger System Lore: I haven't gone so far as to write detailed lore, but it would be a weapon based on the Black Armory story, and act as a sister to Izanagi's Burden. The Glasswing is a butterfly (symbol of house Meyrin, which Ada belongs to) that uses camouflage as a means to survive. The weapon is designed with survival as a theme--the exotic/intrinsic perk combo allows you to clear waves of light adds with the horizontal burst, or focus on damaging a single major/boss with the slug. It would be balanced as 1.) You have to take time to switch between modes, 2.) It would only be useful in Crucible in slug-mode, but would not out-range a proc'd Chaperone, and 3.) Can not "overcharge" its damage by itself, as it has no intrinsic damage boosting perk. This weapon is designed as a "Jack of All Trades, Master of None".

As long as I get Hawkmoon back, then I will be fine with there never being another exotic hand cannon released in d2 again.

Lol I was about to correct you and say there is only 3 scout rifles, but I forgot Skyburner's existed [spoiler]Maybe that should be a hint bungie...[/spoiler]

This why i stick to legendary guns. They're more reliable.

The thing that I don’t like is that they don’t feel worth it half the time anymore. Not powerful, just unique, but not in a way that makes it worth it. The pinnacles are kind of replacing them in a way. I used to always prefer a heavy exotic for boss DPS, but they either nerf things or now I just use Wendigo because it can do more damage if used properly. My preferred weapon loadouts(on the off chance some random pursuit isn’t dictating it for me😑) are now almost exclusively with no exotics. It doesn’t make sense to me.

I will present to you a concept I made today for a new shotgun. This is to be an example. This idea is based off the Super Shotgun from DOOM. It is only an example, and Bungo doesn't have to add it. Would be badass if they did, though. Weapon name: [b] [i]'Till It Dies[/i] [/b] Weapon type: Shotgun, Kinetic. Rarity: Exotic Stats: Impact: 100 (emoji) Range: 20-30* Stability: 10* Handling: 80* Reload: 60* RoF: 95 or 100 Magazine: 2* Aim Assist: 70 Recoil Dir.: 100 Zoom: 10 Perks: Perk 1: [b] [i]Scourge of Darkness[/i] [/b] - Shoot two high-impact shotgun shells at once. Deals extra damage to powerful enemies and bosses, but consumes twice the ammo. Perk 2: Smoothbore - increases range, but also pellet spread. Perk 3: Tactical Mag - This magazine has multiple tactical improvements. Perk 4: [b] [i]Bloodied Metal[/i] [/b] - Hitting a single enemy with every pellet from this weapon increases your melee damage for a short time. Hitting an Enemy with your melee reloads this weapon from reserves and grants bonus damage and range for a short time. (Melee DMG increase - 100%. Weapon DMG increase - 100% Weapon range increase - 20%) Perk 5: [b] [i]Fury of the Chosen[/i] [/b] - Rapid hits on a single target weaken that target and buff other users of [b] [i]'Till It Dies[/i] [/b]. Lore: He didn't realize what happened at first. One moment, his head was about to be taken off by the Kell, and the next? The next moment, the Kell was lying on its back, coughing as it laid on the ship's deck. He looked up at his saviour - a massive Titan, coated from head to toe in a mighty armor that bore hundreds of thousands if not millions of scratches, dings, dents, and scars. It was not new to the battlefield. It was not accustomed to war. The Titan looked like it had been fighting the Darkness long before even the Traveler. The man stood and bowed to his armored saviour, thanking him for the gracious assistance. The Titan barely acknowledged his existence with a minor nod. The man watched as the Titan strode over to the Kell, leveling a shotgun at its face. The shotgun was battle-scarred as well - the metal stained with blood both wet and dried. The wooden handle of the gun was clutched firmly in the Titan's hands as he spoke to the Kell in a voice that was only drowned out by the sound of the shotgun. "You are of the House of Devils, aren't you? Then you know well the fury of Demons. You are rage. Brutal. Without mercy. But we - " The man flinched as two others appeared from their transmats - a Hunter and a Warlock, both battle worn and scarred - each bearing a shotgun identical to the Titan's. They approached the Kell, and leveled their own shotguns at it. "We will be worse." They said in unison. The Hunter shot first - the force of the gun ripping the Kell's leg off. The wound was anything but clean. The Warlock followed with their blast - cleaving the Kell's lower left arm from it's body. The Titan delivered the final blow - destroying the Kell by obliterating its head. Ether was spewn everywhere. The man stood in a frozen fear. He dared not to move. He knew what the Titan had easily accomplished in a single blow. He didn't want to know what all three could do to him. For they could rip and tear until he was no more. ----------------- So that's an example, and an idea. You can use the line break above to designate where lore (if you have any) ends, and where afterwords begin. Afterwords like this are used for two things - Giving closing thoughts on your idea, and giving advice and feedback to others about their ideas. See you starside, HEXFYR_24