I seem to recall Bungie/Luke mentioning a while back that they/he doesn’t see [i]exotics[/i] as being these [i]really powerful[/i] weapons, but just stylised & cosmetically different weaponry with maybe a unique perk!
Which is just typical of the way the studio/direction is going!
English
-
See, Destiny 1 year 1 got it right with exotics.