After the past few hours I have some suspicions that the way weapons are balanced right now are primarily for Battle Royale.
Think about it. For Multiplayer Arena, guns feel really unbalanced compared to each other. But backup and think of these guns in a Battle Royale setting. They actually seem super balanced in how I’d perceive and would want weapons to feel in a BR.
Pistol on drop when everyone has one would be an amazing starting weapon.
AR/BR/Bulldog/Mauler on some type of chest loot along with armor / movement upgrades.
Even the new weapons and nades. They all feel more like a Battle Royale type of weapon that has actual utility in a larger sense of making tactical decisions than in a FFA or 4v4 setting.
We already know they’re doing a BR, just unclear on when it’ll launch. Personally feel like these test flights are for tuning weapons geared towards the BR mode because that’s the money maker. MP will be fun and people will play, but the casuals want BR so they’re balancing these things with that in mind.
Or maybe I’m just hopeful because a Halo BR is all I’ve ever wanted since the H1Z1 days.