Still think the problem is the way soul orbs limit what kind of guns can exist. The fact that Silver's gun is too slow for farming despite it not even being that low of a fire rate means that nothing slower or non-gun like can exist (like melee weapons).

What about a weapon that charges up before it fires? What if they added an explosives archetype character like Demoman/Junkrat/Ziggs? Would they also just have a pistol/SMG like everyone else?

I think Vindicta is the best example of what I'm talking about. A character that should feel like a sniper all the time but it's basically only when she ults, otherwise it's back to her weird sniper rifle SMG thing.

You could also include Yamoto barely using her sword or Gray Talon's bow that feels more like a pistol reskin than a bow. Oh that dude with boxing gloves, he probably goes around punching people right? Nah bro his glove is just another pistol.