...the Iron Banner weapons this time around are pretty fantastic.

The Sniper is a beast marshmallow shooter

There isn't a bad one in the bunch. That's pretty nice.

FTFY

The Auto Rifle is a bullet hose, in the best sense of the word. (Kicks like a mule, but with a few Stability perks, it's not hard to control.)

The Unbent Tree is very forgiving at range upgraded with advanced stability and optics. It's totally turned me around on the whole class. Feels almost like a machine gun at times.

Fantastic gear and falling like rain.
Lady Efrideet, bringing the booty.
In... in a literal sense, you understand.

Pulse is arguably the best option for PvP going forward. Scout rifle and AR are both pvp-ready with best in class potential. I really want a version of the scout with full auto.

This is weird, but I LOVE the sights on the shotgun. You can actually tell if you're gonna headpop a guy, and the pellet cluster is nice and tight. It's not the best for range or impact, but it's good enough at both to be viable for 6s. I wouldn't bring it into trials, however.

HC will, I feel, be outshined by the vendor "The Palindrome" in PvP regardless of roll. That gun is just soooo crisp.

Just got my HMG last night, so I've yet to try it out. Very hard to be better than Qullim's simply because of cocoon being so good, and hard to be better than Thunderlord because Thunderlord, but it might be. Against All Odds remains my all-time favorite. 10 kills without reloading? Yes, please.

The sparrow is good, too, and I like the ghost's look.

The shaders, though. Knight Errant is possibly the ugliest Y3 shader so far. It's like poop, prune juice, and a slightly lighter shade of poop decided to have a party.

I mean, it actually shoots where I point it, which is an upgrade from my Conspiracy Theory-D (seriously, I don't think "ghost bullets" really apply to shotguns, but that thing does not work properly), but even with all the range perks it can't compete with a Matador/Party Crasher/Quantiplasm.

I'm holding out hope for a Full Auto roll PvE, maybe with Cascade or Graverobber, as a replacement for my Dry Rot. Pair it with SGa and a bullet hose for a fun PvE 'More Dakka' build.

I got a Lingering Song (HC) last night with Luck in the Chamber... and it's a pretty serious beast. Best HC in my arsenal, at the moment.

I got a Lingering Song with Small Bore, Lightweight/High Calibre Rounds, and Third Eye/Firefly. I'm excited to give it a try. LitC would be very nice, especially w/ Small Bore's reduce mag size!

It's unlikely to displace Quillim's (because I'm in love with Quillim's, we're gonna get married), but Unending Deluge III is a pretty darned impressive Machine Gun.

You know what will replace it? Nemesis Star.

This is the first IB I've played a load more after getting all three characters to Rank 5. Put a couple more hours in today and I'm rolling in 385 primaries, secondaries, class items and a rather spiffing 385 ghost. Not to mention the accompanying faction and crucible package rewards.
Hoot!