Before someone is typing about the 4 bursts, that’s not what I’m talking about. 450 lightweight pulse rifles have the lowest damage in almost all pve activities while requiring perfect aim in pvp or 3 perfect bursts to get a kill. This archetypes has been completely overlooked throughout the entirety of d2. The exotics bad juju and outbreak as sub par at best as they can allow for an increase in damage, which is unfortunately quite situational. But it’s worse for the legendary versions. Chattering bone has an amazing perk pool but sees very little use in the overall landscape while infinite paths was literally unusable. I feel like 450s need the handcannon collapse treatment because there is no reason to have 2 different 450 pulse archetypes with one being less than useless.
I have been using outbreak since its re release back into the game A LOT and I’ve had enough with this archetype being forgotten, it needs some changes especially in pvp because it can’t compete with it requiring perfect play against these easier options.
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They definitely need to be stronger, and definitely don't " collapse " them into another archetype. I think a tiny bit of extra damage would be enough. If that isn't enough then push the range out a few metres to allow for more consistent 3 burst kills at competitive pulse rifle range.