I’m personally for element-locked guns, as long as the chosen element works towards the gun’s aesthetic. Marketer being corrosive is fine because of the whole “virus” thing which doesn’t work as well thematically if it had other elements, while the Fatale being cryo-only doesn’t really make too much sense aside from the red text. One workaround could be simply to add more element-locked guns of different elements to complement said guns, e.g. a fire-themed Dahl pistol to complement the Blowfly but with enough differences such that it doesn’t subtract from the Blowfly’s aesthetic material.
One way to buff the Marketer specifically, however, could be to give it a big corrode damage boost, enough to take down flesh enemies with ease. That way it could both differentiate itself from other Hyperion shotguns (including the CC) while still keeping the virus theme. It could also actually make Venom Bolts worth speccing into.




