Rapid Fire - The Best Solution
Oh, rapid fire. You have caused so many issues. Now, Footsoldier had to be balanced around an upgrade. Balancing an entire character around a single upgrade is not good, because it pretty much forces people to use that upgrade if they want to continue using their favorite character.
The following solution could fix everything surrounding it.
Remove and Replace- Remove rapid fire. Replace it with a “General Supremo” Legendary Upgrade. DO NOT LOCK THE LU BEHIND A FESTIVAL OR RUX. Let General Supremo be unlocked in place of Rapid Fire.
Fundamentally, these are different primaries, and they can be balanced without affecting eachother. Thus, not locking people into using rapid fire.
This is the best solution. Otherwise, the 5 people that continue to complain about rapid fire will cause soldier to be nerfed even harder, and strengthening the lock I mentioned earlier.
So what if Soldier gets 2 LUs? If the game has a long lifespan, it won’t matter. What matters is the balance it brings with it.