Post achieved purpose. Whatever is meta I'll just that in place if autos go back to being useless.
Edited: Thanks for the input everyone my question has been answered. Whatever is meta I'll just play that. I shouldn't have gotten false hope for autos and eventually they will go back to being overglorified SMGs. I respect the opinions and answers I was given. It is what it is.
I don't think anyone is calling for them to be useless.
But... They're flat out broken. Their range now makes pulse rifles meaningless. I've been outgunned from Summoner from a guardian not moving at all when I'm strafing, using Mida and landing headshots quickly.
Medium and Medium-short range? That's autos ...cool.
Long range? BS