Defiant Few Weapons and PvP

Like most people, I've left my PvP pursuits until last, and now I'm trying to take it seriously for the first time since launch. After trying several matches of PvP and only racking up a handful of kills, I turn my frustration towards the new weapons. 

Edit: Kiwibird posted that some changes are going to be made to the weapons and PhantasieTrion posted some notes on the PTS for this.

I'm running out of activities left in my progression path (Max EGO Rating), the game is narrowing to the hard to achieve pursuits and Competitive Multiplayer (PvP).

When the game was released this was dominated with Cloak and Sawed-off Shotguns, meaning for instant kills most of the time. Then we had the time of Detonators also meaning for rapid kills. Now we have the era of the homing weapons.

Three new weapons with unique mechanics were introduced in the last update. Two of these have become frequently used during my experiences in PvP.

Tonight was the first night that I remember joining PvP since the game launched that I ventured back into PvP. I completed an instanced match and 3 Shadow Wars. My experience was terrible in the instanced match, and poor in the Shadow War. The only redeeming thing about the Shadow Wars was that the area was so vast, there were occasionally people I could fight who weren't using these weapons.

It's not that I mind dying, it's more that there seemingly is no avoidance or counter to this ranged destruction. I even for a moment switched out to one myself, and had marginal success. I guess if you can't beat them, join them?

There is already an incredibly large thread on the Official Forums discussing how overpowered these weapons are in PvP. - See Thread

Have you tried playing against these weapons? do you use them? have any suggestions as to how to beat them? Have you been playing PvP since launch?