[quote]It's impossible to effectively test all circumstances for all weapons/play styles on all maps in all game types and all skill levels.[/quote] Agreed, but Bungie often rolls-out changes that any player of the game should have known would be problematic even without any testing! Bungie appears to be trying to get the bars on some weapons chart to all line up so they can say they have achieved perfect balance, but that can never happen, nor should it! The appropriate (best) weapon should vary depending upon the situation and is largely influenced by the landscape of the map. Some maps will always have one weapon or another used more often that the rest; so what. The satisfaction in playing the game cannot be measured by weapons bar charts or statistical data and efforts to make each weapon archetype be used equally are a waste of time, but if they feel they must be balanced, then having all maps be similar is a prerequisite to achieving that foolish objective as it then makes the players and the weapons the only variables with which to contend.