Woah now, listen to me. I have been playing Dust since it was a closed beta. Back then I realized the power and importance of specialization. My 1st go around, I skilled up using laser rifles. I sucked at 1st but after becoming familiar with the weapon and skilling it up, I entered a demigod state. Streams of hatemail flooded my mailbox that I began to treasure. The laser rifle then got nerfed not too much later. I was upset because I had invested nearly all my skill points into it and CCP seemed to nerf me back down so that it would be fair to other players...
After the skill wipe when Dust was released, I decided to change things up a bit. I evaluated the weapons and chose assault rilfes as my specialization, specifically tactical assault rifles. Again, I sucked at 1st, but after some skilling and experience with the weapon I again became God-like. Now, I want to state that it is not only the experience and skill points that get me to this Achilles-like state but also extreme tactical perfection that cannot be skilled with in game points. So as things go, CCP nerfs the assault rilfes. I was reasonably upset. I had invested so much into it. I understand that the weapons were trending, but i had stuck with it from the beginning (and maybe even inspired other players to start the trend). Luckily, there was an optional skill reset in my near future.
Ok, so I finally got all my skills reset and I begin the process of picking a new best friend from the arsenal. I wanted to focus on fitting the suit's modules and leaving lots of CPU and PG for it. I looked through the sidearms and found the flaylock pistol. I was filled with Gallente pride while using it and fell in love. As i skilled and became familiar with my baby, I again am blessed by the God of War. So here I am. I have been getting hate mail since day one. And all I see on my Dust social networking is how overpowered the flaylock pistol is. I have invested so much into the skills associated with the flaylock, I am so accustom to the gun that It has become a jack of all trades, my swiss army knife one might say. I understand that it sucks to die (and I definitely dish it out to the other Dusties with the fury of 1000 suns). My point is that every weapon has its strong characteristics and drawbacks, (I can go on about the drawbacks of the flaylock) And I ask, CCP, that if you do decide to curve my baby that you take in to mind the skillpoints I have invested. Many hours have been spent the this skill branch. I'm not asking for a skill reset but I'm not ruling it out. I know it is very difficult to balance this amazing game, and I cant wait to see where it goes. Just thought you would appreciate the story coming from a dedicated flaylock pistol champion

-Prophet