This(cmc and roy cant balance for kitten)/ anet has no money for updates because they go to the gemstore= this current iteration of the game we are playing.
i dont believe you op.
cal and roy said in october 2022 during their balance philosophy video that they wanted to reward hard builds but keep the damage in line with how hard the class is.
every build doing 45k plus is fake news.
just come to acceptance that the espec weps arent going to be good except for maybe a handful.
Anet just threw this together in about a week. no planning or testing was done.
dont forget to mention the win trading as well. lots of these top players in spvp just trade wins. theres a reason they cling on to the dead game mode.
a literal circle jerk.