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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I'll put it this way. I'm a decent PvP player, I get over a 1.0 most games. I usually go with a HC/Shotgun/Heavy Machine Gun in the Crucible. I had to use a Fusion Rifle(Light/Beware with void damage) for the Thorn bounty, and, after some adjusting my playstyle and learning to use a FR, I started doing really well. Fusion Rifles are not that hard to use one you get the hang of it and can be deadly, sometimes even from long range. I think it is overpowered at this point considering shotguns and auto rifles both received a range nerf.