The shooting is great, much better than before; it used to feel too floaty and impactless.
However the loot I disagree, every Masterwork or Legendary Weapon or Component is just a version of a previous with a new affix, an affix that is always the same and is never random.
For example;
The Avenging Herald Heavy Pistol, it'll do 200% Damage when hovering, it will always get that upgrade and nothing else, ever. (Unless they change how loot works). This means once you've got it, all you want is the bonus stats to be a god roll, saw someone with 200% Damage, 150% Physical Damage, Crit and something else. That's pretty much a god roll. After making 11 more of them, my original one is still the best and nothing even came close.
Next;
A lot of the weapons are absolute junk because the upgrades don't gel with your class or build. they don't do much, they don't compare; or the gun itself is just bad as well even with decent upgrades and bonuses.
There is now a tiny pool of weapons and what they do, I have 22 (with duplicates in case they nerf/buff something) weapons and I have boiled down to using 2 specific ones and that's it, these were quite literally my first 2 weapons and I haven't got better after more than 30-40 weapon drops, I've deleted quite a few now as well.
Components are much the same, there's arguable a bigger select of pre-determined fixed stats to make a build around but they are so.....uncompelling one way or another.
I can't remember the last time I played a looter game and hit a brick wall SO QUICKLY as I have here, I've been working and I'm gear level 490 already through purely contracts and strongholds. My excitement for new loot is waning since it's so rare to get the quality I need and the type I want, my last 3 Legendaries have been the exact same item too :(.