Why was no one complaining about snipers in year 1 when they were MORE powerful then they are now? Because shotguns were a powerful counter to snipers, sitting in the back of the map hardscoping was a death wish back then because of how quickly shotgunners could get to u and punish u, now because of the nerf to many movement abilities and the nerf to shotguns, there is no way to quickly close the gap between u and the enemy sniper, the decline of the power of shotguns and the nerf to movement abilities such as blink is what has caused snipers to become a strong choice, this is why I believe that bringing shotguns handling speed back to where it was and making blink and removing the nerf to shade step would cause snipers to be used less, and the truly skilled snipers to shine