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11/4/2014 9:40:33 AM
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Fusion rifles... again.

Everyone, their mother, and even their dog uses fusion rifles now. When Bungie nerfed the Mythoclast, they also nerfed shotguns' range. Now, I don't quite mind the shotgun nerf, but I do mind that they completely ignored the much larger issue: fusion rifles. On my last post, most people said "Shut up, Meg" or something stupid that resembled "Just avoid them." I hate that calling attention to a legitimate issue in this game that I paid money for is being treated this way. Fusion rifles are absolute bull shit and thousands of others see what I do. I use hand cannons. I use my environment, I keep my distance, I watch my radar, etc. etc. etc. I'm not new to this; I've been playing Halo since CE was released, folks. I'm not new to FPS multiplayer. I don't just charge at everyone, guns blazing. Hand cannons in PVP are typically three headshots/four bodyshots per kill. Fusion rifles may have charge times, which their users try so hard to use in their defense, but these charge times may just as well be removed entirely. No matter how accurate I may be with my Fatebringer, far too often does a fusion rifle literally charge and one-shot-kill me before my third shot can be sent. This goes without even mentioning the pre-charging people do with fusion rifles that makes charge times a nonexistent factor. With pre-charging, I actually have fusion rifles outgun my Corrective Measure LMG. That's heavy ammo, people. No, I don't mean from close range, either. I mean mid range, sometimes even long range somehow. It seems like fusion rifles are absolutely unpredictable. Far, far too often do I start up PVP matches and see people running around with only a fusion rifle, easily chaining kills and rising to the top. Fusion rifles make it far too easy, but the people who use them refuse to admit it. "Just avoid them" they say. There's no avoiding fusion rifles, guys. Like I said, I'm not new to this. I don't just run in like a blind fool. I don't just charge all of my enemies with a damn shotgun. Fusion riflers pre-charge, but, even when they don't, far too often will a fusion rifle be able to charge and kill before the majority of weapons out there can with maximum accuracy and precision. People usually just say something like "You can use them, too." Well, why should I? If I notice something is OP, why should I exploit it myself? That's selfish and disrespectful to other players. The game is no fun when everyone helps disrupt the balance by exploiting issues. When every gametype in Destiny PVP becomes Fusion Rifle Deathmatch, the fun is dead and gone. When skill is almost irrelevant because one weapon class outguns the rest, the fun is dead and gone. Fusion rifles need a complete rework by the dev. team. No, I don't hold all of the answers. No, I'm not just sitting here screaming, "NERF THEM! NERF!" I'm saying that we have a legitimate issue on our hands with fusion rifles and people need to address it. You don't have to know how to blow up a meteor to see that it's coming towards us. To those who will reply to this with something resembling "Shut up, Meg": Thanks for contributing absolutely nothing to this game or community. I paid money for this. I expect it to be fun. I don't need you selfishly ruining everyone else's gaming experience to enhance your own.

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  • Getting killed by fusion rifles can be a pretty frustrating way to die and depending on the group you're playing against it can seem like it's all anyone uses. Not every game is like that and implying otherwise isn't telling the whole story. There are many games where I rarely see fusion rifles where like-minded guardians choose other weapons like a shotgun or sniper rifle. People forget that--by some miracle--Bungie has made a game where everyone can have power weapons all the time and still have a pretty awesome multiplayer experience. It's a pretty amazing feat really so I'll give credit where credit is due on that front. The current culture of nerf everything that kills me in PvP is walking Destiny down a dangerous path and the last thing we should want is for the balance team to make weapons that should be powerful useless (I'm looking at you Mythoclast). There are countless complaints daily about certain guns along with cries for nerfs to supers, grenades, shotguns and everything in between. This forum is inundated with constant negativity and it detracts from any sense of community trying to be built here. I think it's more important to look at the things that you can control and look to altering your own play and accepting the game for what it is. It's not fusion rifles keeping your K/D where it is, it's you. I know 'cause I'm right there beside you. There are so many things that I can change about my own play that will make me better. I'll work on those first and only then will I worry about whether or not fusion rifles are overpowered.

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