This will be a somewhat long post, but I'll keep it concise to the best of my abilities. A while ago, when Deej was giving a excuse in regards to not expanding vault space, he said something along the lines of "we don't want you to be hoarders" (I can't remember the exact quote). At the time, I figured it was just a general excuse for a basic, needed change to be made. In light of the recent weapon rebalancing news, I came to a realization. The reason we are not supposed to be hoarding is because Bungie wants us to stop using the same weapons over and over, but rather get the new weapons introduced in the dlc's and use those instead. This inevitably would force us to make decisions between old and new when choosing what to vault for a later time. But as we have seen, the new guns are quite lackluster, and there is no big reason to use them over our old guns. This obviously can cause people to be less inclined to purchase DLC, because they enjoy the content currently available to them, and see no reason to purchase it unless they notice things that must be had. Many of us would agree that The Dark Below was quite underwhelming to say the least. I saw no point in buying it, but then I began to notice the Black Hammer and it's usefulness. I had believed that the guns that I already owned were good enough, but I knew the BH was a must-have, so I went ahead and bought TDB. In terms of PvE, you obviously want the best primary, secondary, and heavy weapons possible. After TDB, the top-tier looked something about like this: Primary: [spoiler]Fatebringer, VoC, WoC[/spoiler] Secondary: [spoiler]Icebreaker, Black Hammer, any shotgun with a good roll[/spoiler] Heavy: [spoiler]Gally[/spoiler] After How dropped, it's safe to say that the top-tier looks exactly the same. In regards to weapons, why buy this DLC if the guns available are better? Bungie could make guns that perform better than these top-tier weapons, but then they would obviously increase the speed at which we could get through strikes, raids, and nightfalls. This would increase the speed at which we would gets chances for drops and potentially get bored of the content and play other games. Because of this, buffing incoming DLC weapons is not practical. So how would we be motivated to spend our money and get the new guns? Nerf the top-tier weapons so that the incoming weapons will appear to perform on an equal or higher level. The statements in regards to people not finding raid groups without G-horn, players camping with Icebreaker (when did anyone complain about this), these are just smokescreens to hide the truth: They are nerfing the top-tier weapons to increase DLC sales. It is nearly impossible to improve upon a loadout of Fatebringer, Black Hammer/Icebreaker, and Gally. It is the go-to loadout for countless Guardians. Why would we see the need to change this loadout? Because if there are better options, we will use them. We are much more likely to "throw money at the screen" if the DLC has weapons that rival those in the top-tier. The Gally might not be too special compared to some incoming weapons, the ammo regeneration for Icebreaker will nearly be doubled, and the Black Hammer will now become a solar sniper with terrible perks (mulligan is a waste). I would not be surprised at this point if something were to happen to the Fatebringer, as it is far and away the best option for a PvE primary. When the patch hits and most of the top PvE guns are nerfed, those new guns in The Taken King might just seem a bit more appealing. This looks like a trend that will continue for the 9 remaining years of the game, so soon the out-of-nowhere nerfs won't be surprising at all. $$$: this is why the Gally is getting nerfed Note: BungieVision is probably going to get my money for TTK, but it'll only be because Halo 5 and Black Ops 3 don't come out until a while after the DLC drop date. Unless the shady nerfs stop and they stop punishing loyalty (paying double for everything a noobie can get in September), they can kiss goodbye to what would have been an additional 9 years of my money. Edit: Why not? Lol. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/stop-bungie-nerfing-gjallerhorn-destiny