I should give TLW a try again. I liked the idea of it but it seems nobody used the gun the way you were 'supposed' to because it was bugged/OP as shit when used to aim down sights. And if I was going to do that I was better with Thorn anyways.
But as someone who was good with fusion rifles back in the day a mid-range hipfire weapon sounds fine to me. I'm just concerned with inaccuracy, I've run into a few handcannons while leveling and it's shocking how they just miss at close/mid range when aimed. More than once I emptied an entire magazine at a Phalanx's hand from like 20 yards away and almost every shot hit the shield.
Only thing that sucks is because of the way light and drops work now, if I use my year 1 stuff in crucible then I get terrible drops.