Fusion rifles murdered. High impact ones are shit now. Low impact ones are better, but are shit because now they have to compete with auto rifles which will murder you. Not giving up just yet, but I will likely have to switch to shotgun.

I've been finding most Auto Rifles are pretty bad still. My precious Vanquisher is awful now. Hard Light and Summoner are good though. Monte Carlo is okay.

Rift is substantially better with a fireteam.

A.k.a Rift's respawn timer is really punishing and all the randoms playing right now have never played an FPS before. Presumably it's an influx of Control players, because Control is really rather pleasant right now.

Scout Rifles aren't any better.

Except Mida. Not because it's been buffed, but because there's less Handcannon sniping going on.

A lot of perks like Send it and field scout got completely murdered, such that they are often a detriment. In the case of send it 'harder to handle" isn't kidding. I feel like I'm shooting with Parkinson's.
Havent noticed this yet

New ghost is worse than the old one.

This honestly scared me when I went into Patrol. I had completely forgotten and he was so much louder than Dinkelbot

My ship icon changed and that makes me sad.

Monte Carlo is now good.

PvE:

Fusion Rifles are the new shotguns.

Black Hammer is now useless. Dust off your LDR and secondary synths, or the boss fights will be long.

The primaries are considerably more balanced. Scout Rifles are still the best though.

PvP:

Fusion rifles murdered. High impact ones are shit now. Low impact ones are better, but are shit because now they have to compete with auto rifles which will murder you. Not giving up just yet, but I will likely have to switch to shotgun.

Shotguns are still good. Still getting one shot kills, just not at range. Alot of people were still trying to kill at the longer ranges, failed miserably. I ran around with peruns fire last night. It had its ups and downs.

The Messenger is mostly unchanged and will be the new Suros.

Rift is substantially better with a fireteam.

YES. Someotherguy and myself were playing last night. Granted we had fun when we were winning, but you need a team to strategize with. Most of our games were grab it and run straight to the rift. Still, I really enjoyed this.

Scout Rifles aren't any better.

Hand canons are mostly the same, but you cannot get ridiculous snipes anymore. Sorry Devil you know. Hawkmoon is now the best exotic hand cannon.

My thoughts are similar. Rift was fun and exciting. A nice change of pace. Scoring my first slam dunk was AMAZINGGG. They are going the right direction with PVP balances, I am sure with a bigger "beta team" (players that are playing) they will probably make a few tweaks soon. Also keep in mind, these are just the year 1 guns. Come next tuesday we will have new guns to try. Those guns will be the ones we are using in trials. And are probably the better tested weapons for PVP. Auto Rifles are back. They arent SUPER amazing, but they are reliable. I played with pretty much every autorifle that I had and landed on The Summoner. The slower rate of fire (but not FOCUS FIRE slow) really let this gun shine.

New Maps are pretty cool so far, not much too complain about. I found that playing rift really doesnt show the beauty of these maps. Someotherguy and I played control on a few maps last night, and was actually pretty fun. Notably, we played Widows court, which I have only played in trials. It was a blast. So if you are having problems with pvp, try going back and playing some of the classic game types. They are awesome on the new maps

I really enjoy this update. it revitalized my spirits. I am not going to say anything negative, because there is alot of good in this update. For the sake of morale I think we should just play the game until a few weeks after TTK drops before we get too critical.

Also Luke smith tweeted: The Stranger's Rifle being made a Legendary is a Quality of Life improvement, it has NOTHING to do with any quest in the game.

Which tells me that it DOES have something to do with it somewhere. What are we up to Luke....

Hand canons are mostly the same, but you cannot get ridiculous snipes anymore. Sorry Devil you know. Hawkmoon is now the best exotic hand cannon.

:(. Well, I enjoyed my TDYK while it lasted.