You know, this was pretty damn well written. I agreed with all if your points about the game mechanics (enemies cowering I fear = win). Bump. I hope they reconsider to some degree. I posted a comment on this elsewhere but I'll try to summarize. It seams that they are catering to the masses vice the elite. It's a stable business move... At first. What small percentage will ever own that gun? If it's that tiny then they don't stand to lose much when you guys leave frustrated and jaded. Instead, they appeal to the larger % of gamers who dislike the gun's performance. They keep those guys happy for a little longer and drop some DLC to keep me hanging on. They focus on their largest customer pool... However, unless the entire destiny community is polled on the weapon through the game login screen, no one will ever know for sure. This forum is not a representative sample from the "entire" community. My new proposal: all future NERFs get polled at game login: it's working, it's not working, I don't know what this is. Those three options should be enough for the Devs to get some insight on their game and it's functionality... Maybe. Did WoW suffer this at first? I played it for a year and don't remember any crazy NERFs around the burning crusade era. Blizzard figured out how to keep people playing for a long while. There's a business model there that worked. Hell, there's another expansion coming out soon! Me, I preferred guild wars and city of heros.