If my idea for making Fusion Rifles into mid-range charged Laser-beam weapons won't make it, I've for a simpler but possibly more awesome idea. Fusion Rifles are the only energy weapons in destiny, so I think there should be some distinction between them and other firearms. Firstly, I think that the bolts fired from Fusion Rifles should innately over-penetrate targets. This, because it's focused energy with intense levels of heat and radiation. A burst of bolts fired from a fusion rifle hardly deals the damage needed to compensate for the delay between shots, and many Taken will zip out of the way before the charge completes, making the already reliable Shotgun almost a requirement. Having innate Over-penetration would at least reward placement despite the mediocre damage a Fusion Rifle puts out. Next, alongside Over-penetration, I think that an enemy killed by a Fusion Rifle should explode similarly to how enemies explode when killed by the Ice Breaker. The explosion would be similar to Firefly, dealing damages that a non-lethal to a healthy guardian in the crucible, but is still enough to weaken enemies in close proximity to the target. This would grant Fusion Rifles a level of efficiency in PvE, and a bit of AoE crowd control. I think that these changes are healthy because it adds no direct damage increase, meaning that against bosses the weapon type is largely unchanged. However, against the littler minions of darkness out there, these buffs can add efficiency to a weapon type that finds almost no advantage that a sniper or shotgun cannot cover. Just imagine how much more fun it will to get multikills with the Telesto! In the crucible, a Fusion Rifle is an unreliable mess even in skilled hands, and having a nice little victory explosion after a kill won't make it any easier to actually kill your target, and over-penetration is hardly a game changer considering how inaccurate the weapon is already, but it would add a bit of fun when landing that perfect shot. Sometimes it'll get multikills, but it'll be rare and honestly I think it would be respected when it happens. It would be perfectly okay, though, if the Fire-fly only worked on "minions of darkness". TL;DR: Rather than buffing Fusion Rifle damages directly, or improving accuracy to make them more reliable, I motion to grant all Fusion Rifles innate over-penetration and a fire-fly effect on kills (even if only on "minion of darkness").