At the start of Destiny 2 Merciless was an exotic heavy fusion rifle and was turned into a special fusion rifle. Whisper of the worm was originally the Black Hammer in Destiny 1. Later it turned into an exotic version (Black Spindle), but it was a special weapon. In Destiny 2 it returned as the Whisper of the worm. Whisper of the worm was a heavy weapon and had its OG unnerfed perk. Now that Whisper of the worm is now nerfed, should it return to the special slot like Merciless since Titan barricades and Luna faction rifts reload weapons from reserve anyways?
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This thing is, there are 2 parts to the power of whisper, the ammo regeneration, and the dps, the ammo is nerfed sure, but the dps is very very good, which can't be a special weapon, sadly. They could buff it's breathing perk to 50% and keep it heavy, or nerf it's damage a bit and make it special.