There are many different weapons in Destiny 2 as of Episode Heresy, with the Collections tab in the game holding data for 1,071 of them, mixed between Primary, Special, and Heavy. Over the past few years, Bungie has tried to introduce not only new archetypes, like the glaives in The Witch Queen, but also new weapon types that change what guns within the same family can achieve. Not all weapon types in Destiny 2 are equally successful nor do they all have multiple guns under their name, but most of them undergo some changes when new major patches are released. One such weapon type is good, but unless changes are made to it, it risks never being great.