So high impact frame Scout rifles are in a not so good spot in both PVE and PVP. They fire way too slow and in my opinion don't do enough damage in PvP to make them viable and that game mode. As far as PVE goes they just don't have any good traits on them( fixed roles were not a good idea). The fact that they were basically gifted to Hakke( the worst of all the weapon manufacturers) does not help either. Hakke weapons feel like there is an invisible 50 lb dumbbell attached to them somewhere. From what I have seen so far there are no high-impact frame Scout rifles in the Omolon family. In Destiny 1 those omolon High Impact Scout rifles were viable in both PVE and in PvP especially if you had the right perks on them. Bungie can you please develop some high impact frame Scout rifles for omolon with good traits please? Cocoon or whatever it's called in Destiny 2 on a Scout rifle is a very bland trait. Something like Explosive Rounds or whatever it's called in Destiny 2 would be much better on a weapon archetype like this. At least it would help you control a group of enemies that's coming towards you in PVE.
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Edited by DSharp018: 9/29/2017 3:46:52 PMI believe it all comes down to a weapon's burst dps. My own tests with weapons went something like this Sidearms Hand cannons Smg's Autos Pulses Scouts Using a nice meaty boss npc from one of the missions, the dps went in a scale about like this Sidearm: 545 HC:505 SMG: 480 Auto: 460 Pulse:400 Scout:380 Most of the different archetypes for the same weapon pulled about the same dps, though I will need to do a lot more testing. All in all, so far, I feel that a small boost to scouts and pulses wouldn't hurt. [spoiler]edit: PS, explosive rounds still OP, would recommend keeping anything that has them. [/spoiler]