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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No. Whisper is a strong enough heavy-hitter to stay in the Power slot without breaking anything. Even with a nerfed White Nail it still puts in work. If any weapon in the heavy slot should be pushed into the special slot it'd most likely be Queenbreaker.