I think it’s going to be a really sad day when I’m playing Celestial Scrapper Rifle and nobody can tell I’m not an Engineer
This is my worst fear as well, and with only a little over 2 weeks until release I doubt we’re going to see any major changes. It’s a real shame that Scrapper was only available for one Beta weekend and so late in the development process.
Almost every other Elite specialisation gets access to some kind of ability that changes how their class is played, as well as a new weapon type. For the Scrapper it’s as if they bundled both of these things into the Hammer and the Function Gyro was more of an afterthought.
Many of the suggestions here are excellent; the Function Gyro needs more… functionality (cool graphics wouldn’t hurt either!). Given the short time-scale, and as much as it sucks, I think I’d prefer them to overhaul it after the HoT release to avoid some horrible band-aid fix.