W.P.O.T.W

why was malice beam buffed and not hysteria alongside it? they had almost the same stats, just different range

Even with the buff Hysteria has a few advantages over Malice Beam - it's still the stronger weapon of the two, arguably. If it turns out hysteria needs a buff, it'll get one, eventually.
 
 
Also, general statement,
Please guys, stop going "why x not y" between weapons that aren't top of their class to begin with. The aim isn't to balance B-tier weapons with each other, we don't want the myth food you have to be balanced with each other. 
 
Simply put, currently, phys is meta and every type has a few weapons that are very good and a majority that are useless. Goal is to bring that useless majority up to par bit by bit while creating a meta where all types of builds are perfectly viable for #1. if you're going to compare items of that majority, we'll never get anywhere 😛