Why not combine like five weapons of the same tier to get a weapon of your choice from that tier? If you have a ton of Noodler m16s, you could make a Noodler rifle. If you have a bunch of shitty Rotting pistols, you could make an equally shitty Rotting SG.
This idea would reduce the number of guns without actually creating guns of a higher value. It would also even out the prices within a tier, since any weapon could potentially be a different weapon.
And any traits that get thrown in are guaranteed to show up, with a limit of one DOT and three non-DOT traits.
If you use more than that, maybe you could pick between them?
The best part of this is that more suffixed shotguns would be used than created, because a lot of people with OP shotguns actually prefer using other guns.
This idea would reduce the number of guns without actually creating guns of a higher value. It would also even out the prices within a tier, since any weapon could potentially be a different weapon.
And any traits that get thrown in are guaranteed to show up, with a limit of one DOT and three non-DOT traits.
If you use more than that, maybe you could pick between them?
The best part of this is that more suffixed shotguns would be used than created, because a lot of people with OP shotguns actually prefer using other guns.