I don't know why you guys so hate miniguners...
Miniguners should be greatest fighters because most of miniguners need avenger minigun, BA, 1000 5mm AP, psycho, jet and super stims. So this miniguners in one unsuccessful action loose equip which has value from 40k to 45k of caps... (15k avenger, 15k BA, ammo 10k-15k and drugs and stimps 3-4k) so this big gunes are most expensive in game... In 1 action this guy fire out ammo for at least 10k caps...
So if you want nerf miniguners, you should do cheaper miniguns and ammo because playing big guner is not fun, if you play alone with fast relog and craft all your stuff alone you need 1 day work for 1 action (if you loose)...
And small guns aren't useless, you can use small guns for sneakers, sneaker with P90 with AP ammo can easily kill lonely sniper. Only thing why P90 is useless now is small cartridge-maybe this is one of options to make small guns more useful? But it doesn't matter I saw like grease gun sneaker killed sniper. So there isn't problem in weapons. Yes, they are weak, but attack costs less AP then BG, so you can without jet shoot 3 bursts... BG needs for 3 bursts drugs and without drugs they are useless-e.g. my BG can shoot 1 burst without jet...
I saw guy with pancor jackhammer defending Gecko reactor, staying in door, defending from sneakers-this is how can be weapon with cheap ammo used.
I think there isn't so big problem in weapons, I think some part of this problem is in players, cause they see only one way in using weapons.
And there is plan of nerfing drugs and fast shot after wipe... Fast shot will not affect big guns and drugs will be weaker so BGs will be for 1 burts weaker...