So in case you haven't played Destiny in almost a year, sniper rifles have become the single most used weapon in all of Crucible since the Thorn could kill people after 2 hours of its burn. Why? It's pathetically easy to get an instant kill at literally any range in the game, whether across the map or Titan "I'm too bulky and slow to lunge" melee range. And then if you aren't somehow good enough, every single sniper has a fire rate fast enough to outshoot the Last Word at point blank, and literally every sniper rifle in game can 2 shot people to every single part of the body that's not the instant kill to the head. Starting to grasp the picture? Sniper rifles need to be reworked to the point of actually being those "special situations" weapons they're supposed to be, not to mention the just-as-long-ranged shotguns. Make them either fire much, much slower, of have them a 3 to 4 shot body kill to negate the simple ease of taking down a Guardian when it's clearly designed for the skill that a ridiculously vast majority clearly lacks. The aim-down-sight time needs reduction, to amplify the fact that these are weapons literally designed to sit in one spot, and wait for that perfect moment to take the shot, not just run around and constantly spam the trigger aiming in and out as fast as every other weapon in the game. Just like shotguns, make them SPECIAL weapons, used in SPECIAL situations, not literally every single fight you come across.
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Actually shotguns accounted for significantly more kill in iron banner than snipers.
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Yes plz. This camping meta is the most boring yet. And I can't count how many times I got sniped from melee range this weekend. Seemed at least every other match.
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The great sniper nerf is coming. Well, I hope it does anyway. Pvp and trials in particular is the same nearly every match due to snipers. It makes the encounters really tedious and I've not played in a while because of this.
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Oohhh
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This game was made by the creators of halo, sniping in halo makes this look hard by comparison. bungie loves snipers, and in the mind of bungie a good sniper can beat anything at any range. But if any nerf did happen it would mess them up in pve...
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Edited by IKronostitan: 4/5/2016 7:09:34 PMTakes 2 hours for Thorns burn to kill? Why did ppl complain about that so much at the most a pvp match only takes 15 minutes
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You lost me at your comparing any sniper rate of fire to the last word.
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[quote]So in case you haven't played Destiny in almost a year, sniper rifles have become the single most used weapon in all of Crucible since the Thorn could kill people after 2 hours of its burn. Why? It's pathetically easy to get an instant kill at literally any range in the game, whether across the map or Titan "I'm too bulky and slow to lunge" melee range. And then if you aren't somehow good enough, every single sniper has a fire rate fast enough to outshoot the Last Word at point blank, and literally every sniper rifle in game can 2 shot people to every single part of the body that's not the instant kill to the head. Starting to grasp the picture? Sniper rifles need to be reworked to the point of actually being those "special situations" weapons they're supposed to be, not to mention the just-as-long-ranged shotguns. Make them either fire much, much slower, of have them a 3 to 4 shot body kill to negate the simple ease of taking down a Guardian when it's clearly designed for the skill that a ridiculously vast majority clearly lacks. The aim-down-sight time needs reduction, to amplify the fact that these are weapons literally designed to sit in one spot, and wait for that perfect moment to take the shot, not just run around and constantly spam the trigger aiming in and out as fast as every other weapon in the game. Just like shotguns, make them SPECIAL weapons, used in SPECIAL situations, not literally every single fight you come across.[/quote] Bump!!!! BUNGIE WILL IGNORE THIS POST BECAUSE THEY FAVOR SNIPERS. The funny thing is, when a few weapons or weapon types were heavily used previously there was a nerf done. But since BUNGIE LOVES SNIPERS they won't do a damn thing about it and they're catering to the sniper crowd. It's no secret snipers have become the new meta and are heavily used. Look at all of the new maps, you can literally snipe on all of them because they're designed for it. It's pathetic. Something has to be done about snipers. STOP IGNORING US BUNGIE!!!!!! I agree, make snipers 4 hit body shot and leave the head shot alone, add more flinch when they get shot. It's ridiculous the amount of times I get head shotted by a sniper while I'm literally loading them up with rounds from an auto rifle like doctrine.
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because this game is about camping and more camping. Our managers are snipers XD sniper rule the crucible thank deej and cozmo
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Two things... -1. Not every sniper 2 body shots. I've had my uzume rr4 take 3 shots to drop a guardian with no overshield or anything like that. -2. I don't really understand what this community wants. Am I only a real sniper if I run-n-gun quick scope trick shot all the time? Or am I only a real sniper if I find a good sniper lane and set up shop to hardscope my way to a relentless medal? So dirty aim assist abusing non sniper or filthy pitch a tent non sniper? It really seems like people who like sniping can't win. I have no feeling either way I think maybe the quick scope is a little much but people like it so, meh. I only hope that if there is a nerf it isn't super increased flinch or descope or sway because good luck raiding then. Or using a sniper in PvE at all really. Just my $.02
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No wonder OP is whining look at the garbage shotguns he has.