I usually don't bother giving feedback on these kind of things at all, and I'm not good at it, but this weapon just... why. Why is this a condi weapon instead of a power or hybrid weapon when we don't have any good ranged power choices. Why does almost everything outside of Fire feel so underwhelming to use. It barely even feels like I'm firing a gun, much less a magical gun. Why does it feel like the Guardian version of pistol is just flat out better at the gunmage feel, AND I'm pretty sure it fills in a niche for them that they didn't have. Compared to the Guardian pistol, Guardian feels like it's ready for release, where Elementalist feels like an alpha build with placeholder assets.
My suggestion would be to make this a Power or Hybrid type weapon. There's zero reason I'd want to use this over the tried and true Scepter if it releases as-is. Heck, if the VFX and SFX of Elementalist's pistol remains as lackluster as it is now, I'd completely ignore it over Scepter just because of how unsatisfying it'd be to use.