I'm a bit out of the loop when it comes to some of the weapon stat / buff changes that seem to have happened with update 1.2. For example, I looted a 204 M44 from the DZ last night - 52.8k Damage, 158% Head Shot damage, Brutal, Deadly, Accurate, and with a modded secondary DPS of 147k. Shortly before this I bought the Historian rifle from the BoA, and despite me asuming the M44 would be vastly superior, it just isn't. Have some weapon buffs been nerfed?
Also, what the hell is going on with the recommened gear score for the new weeklys high risk targets? I tried it out and it was impossible, especially with the added annoyance of the timer. I seem to be able to kill the level 34 boss npc's in the DZ easier. A gear score of anything less than 200 would be an outright impossibility for weeklys it seems.