>4 player coop PVE game
>Developers insist on nerfing weapons to "balance" the gameplay
>Meanwhile, 90% of the other weapons are dogshit even when buffed due to poor design
>Also the highest difficulty mode literally requires you to be meta slave, eventually resulting in giving devs the data on what needs to be nerfed

How does one solve all these issues without making the game less fun or without disgruntling the fans?