"Why Gjallarhorn is overpowered" (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Sunday, August 16, 2015, 21:14 (3623 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

I'd always assumed that Bungie wanted Gjallarhorn to be as powerful as it is. I believe the impending nerf has more to do with the negative trends taking hold in LFG sites than anything else.

It sounds like that is a major reason, but the fact it's so head-and-shoulders above everything else makes it by definition somewhat game-breaking. Do you think they balanced everything around the Gjallarhorn, or regular weapons? I think it might have been the thing this article was talking about, but the other side of it: it didn't feel overpowered in testing, so they left it alone, but after release the math became undeniable, especially with multiple people using them or solar burn on (or both).