how has anything about the enemies changed since Y1? They haven't, you were never bound to any one weapon. You CHOSE to only use burn weapons.And i know if your secondary or heavy matches the current enemies shield you pull it out to remove it. Then MAYBE switch back to Primary. Having A burner made no difference on strategy in Y1 and not having a burn ih y2 means secondary and heavy will be used twice as much because if you hit an enemy with the wrong burn it will take a min regardless of its attack lvl.

It did matter because if you were playing with a group of people, they get aggravated that you are not using a primary with a burn. I enjoy being free to use Red Death on a strike or in the raid. Once primaries with burns come, guns like Red Death, Jade Rabbit etc. become PVP only because everyone will expect you to use an elemental primary.

I think the shields are weaker. But, when it's a tougher enemy with a shield, I use my special or heavy weapon. I have 3 1,000 Yard Stares, one for each burn. I think the cry for elemental primaries is just lazy. So many people want to play the game as fast as possible and get their loot. Why play? I don't get it.