Sorry dude. I completely dissagree w everything you've said. Or at least the reasons why. Snipers are op because every primary weapon class in the game has been nerfed to shit. AA doesn't really help someone hardscoping hight traffic areas. The problem is that I can shoot my bad juju at a sniper and land 2 burst headshots then get sniped. That's not the sniper, it's that primaries suck and kill way too slow. In yr 1, snipers were way easier to use, but they weren't as prevalent as they are now. Thorn was a 2 shot kill. And it could hit you from across the map. Same w hawkmoon or tlw. Now, primaries just kill way too slow and a good sniper will always win. When a game like destiny exists and the kill times are slow af, any tool that provides and insta kill is going to be exploited.