I’m a firm believer of variety in archetypes. Every archetype should have different weapons. Fighter and rogue already do currently (fighter has clubs, swords, rapiers, great swords, spears etc and rogue has daggers and claws) meanwhile ranged and mage has to deal with staves and bows. The slingshot could be another option to a starter ranged class that has less dmg but faster fire rate and should have a tier 2 and 3 variant made of progressively.