The new sandbox update is looking pretty interesting, but I'm also really worried about how broken they will be. A lot of Legendary guns have been able to out class Exotic guns in the past, but this is on a while in level.
I don't have a problem with them existing, however, make exotic weapons equal to them.
Exotic guns are suppose to be the pinnacle reward and are suppose to be special. But eventually, Adept weapons are going to take that spot light and everybody in their mother is going to try to go flawless for them.
You are already limited to one exotic weapon at a time. I do not see the harm in buffing them to a new level to make them live up to their name. There are many ways to do this without breaking the game. If not, Adept weapons will kill the Crucible.
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Bungie has said from the beginning, just like you said, that they are supposed to be special. They used unique. They also stated they are not meant to the most powerful thing out there. Some of them are under certain circumstances. Keep in mind at certain points there were some that were crazy powerful and they became undisputed meta with no competition. They all got normalized or nerfed if you prefer that term. This is an old argument that will go nowhere.