So, just for arguments' sake, what would be your alternative?
If they are too good, people will whine and say they are OP! while you are saying they aren't good enough and are "outclassed" it's a circular firing squad from a game developer's perspective.
I personally like the variety and challenges that come with mastering new weapons, the only alternative is to make them all behave in the exact same way.
Which of course would be pointless, tedious, boring and extremely dull.
Hardly "gaslighting" my friend, you stated that are all "outclassed" which would imply you want them to be just as good if not better than the default variants of said weapons.
I then simply pointed out that if they were better than the default weapons people would start whining that they were overpowered just look at how people were flipping out over the Avancys.
If they behave roughly the same as the default weapons, then what is the point? As I said I personally like the challenge of mastering different weapons, it can be more difficult for some weapons, it requires you to alter your tactics and playstyle a bit, but I like it.
So, I ask again what is YOUR alternative?
