Perks can make or break a gun. e.g. The old fashioned Drop mag + kill mag = amazing Also I think you're not getting the point. Would you as a PvE player do ironbanner if you knew, that the weapons were useless to you? Neither would a PvP player have any incentive to do any PvE content, then. And then again, if they have an edge as it is, how does it help anyone to further enhance the PvP players edge? Just face it, my man. Separating PvE and PvP like that would, if anything make Destiny worse.