I didn't pay a ton of attention to faction gear in Y1, so this may be an obvious answer. But each faction has certain types of weapons, but not all weapons. For example, Dead Orbit currently doesn't have a pulse rifle, hand cannon or machine gun.
Now I know that the weapons he has will change perks and burns, but I'm wondering if he'll ever have those other weapon types, or if those are his set weapon types until the next expansion?
Not a big deal, just wondering. I didn't play close enough attention to factions in Y1 to know for sure.