Weapons are unbalanced. Everyone knows that. But how do we balance them out? If we put our heads together, maybe we can figure out how this problem can be solved.
Why am I talking about it? Because this problem was the reason why Super Brawl, a PvP Game with classless combat, was removed. It is the reason why people are complaining in Lockdown about overpowered weapons.
This isn't really a suggestion, only a discussion. Focus on swords and bombs, because the gunner update already balanced the handguns.
Buffs:
The leviathan blade's charge attack should have it's range slightly increased.
The wild hunting blade should have its beast damage bonus lowered(or removed), and it's normal damage increased.
Nerfs:
Acheron's damage should be the original's damage, and the poison varient's damage should be less than that.
All brandishes and Faust/Avenger lines should deal less normal damage.
The warmaster rocket hammer should have less speed or damage???????
This comes up pretty often. For example, here are two similar threads on the front page of Arsenal forum:
* If there was a sword update....
* Worst Weapons and how you would improve them
My advice is to focus on a few weapons in this thread. If the thread tries to address everything about balance, then it gets too chaotic, with players talking past each other rather than responding to each other.