While sifting through the forums, I notice that there is a clear and decisive separation in the community when it comes to the topic of shotguns in the crucible. One side of the argument is calling for a nerf while the other is calling those people bad players who cannot play around them properly.
However, when you actually look at the profiles of the different members of each side of the spectrum, you will notice a common trend: the players calling for a nerf will have significantly higher scores per game and K/D's than the players saying that the shotgun is balanced.
Better players = more valid opinions, am I wrong in saying this? I'd like to hear some community thoughts.
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I personally like your thought process that better players have more credible opinions on the matter. I'll offer my opinion though, not on whether the shotgun is balanced or not, but on the fact that it worked exactly the same way in the beta and any balancing issues would've been corrected already if Bungie thought it was a problem.