It makes zero sense. Ill take a FS spear reloading 3 times over 18 shots vs a BH that may reload as many as 6 times over 18 shots for nearly all encounters. Look... the encounters that BH are useful on (aka walkers and sepkis and maybe AP) wont be any harder. Just more annoying. ohh, and PS. hey crota grinders (and yes, i still have a fireteam member who has not rng'd a BH...) we made your grind for one (or 3) BHs completely worthless. *wink wink* which is the exact opposite of the kind of patches we should be getting at this point. hey veteran player. You know that walker you have literally killed 1000 times in this game (bc that is the extent of our content...)? Well we made it more annoying for you. ENJOY! Its not a "end of the world" patch or anything, just stupid and makes zero sense IMHO. The gun is a throw away now... as the O.P. said, im still waiting for someone to convince me otherwise.