How much would it actually change the meta though? Sure, you wouldn't be able to use Exotic heavies, but heavies don't really matter that much in PvP most of the time. Looking at primaries, the only meta kinetic primary Exotic right now is Dead Man's Tale. If Felwinters were to become exotic, people would just continue using it with a 120 HC or Messenger maybe along with any random heavy. It wouldn't actually change the meta all that much.
It's like when people were calling for Luna's Howl/NF to be turned into Exotics. Instead of Dust Rock, Luna's/NF, and Wardcliff, people would just switch to Dust Rock, Luna's/NF, and Hammerhead. It basically wouldn't change anything.
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Sturm is a very good combo with Felwinter’s as well. I’ve seen some very good combos with FL. I do agree though, 120 RPM hand cannons and Felwinter’s will always be a good pair. Even with the incoming range nerf to 120s and QuickDraw on shotguns.
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Sturm is good but the main issue with it is that it's an Exotic and therefore can't use Icarus Grip (and mods in general), which is why a lot of top PvP players avoid it IMO. Also I feel like a GL is a better pairing with Sturm if you're going to use a special weapon, since they benefit far more from Sturm's reload perk.
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That’s very true! By no means am I saying that this should be a meta shifting change, but more so add a little more variety to PvP.