It comes back to this: We won't know a major change in distribution has happened if nobody tells us. :(

We also won't know a major change in distribution if they decide quickly that the current path isn't working. It's possible that the microtransactions could have been a failure, thus causing them to go to plan B. Heck, maybe microtransactions WAS plan B, we don't know. But if Bungie makes a huge announcement and a big deal out of something, it makes it harder for them to course correct.

I really liked fusions up until they changed the default spread of the projectiles. They are now at best close medium range weapons, not great short range and horrible long range. They just don't have a useful enough min-max range to be effective.

There's a reason why pulse/shotguns are ruling PvP for the most part. A good pulse will get you to the beginning of long range and is better than a scout at short range. And short range a good shotty is by far superior.

Snipers are good if you've got a decent primary that works up close. I've seen HC/sniper combos work well for really good snipers for example.

But really, it's about covering as many bases as you can with your primary/secondary. And fusion rifles give up too much for what amounts to "good only from further short range or close medium range".

Eh. Updated change log says Pilse Rifles got up to a 14.23% damage reduction with the popular ones getting a 10.96% nerf. This places them at a lower damage output than they've been since The Dark Below (I think, someone find the 9% across the board increase and fact check me.) That 9% buff was certainly felt, so a 10 - 14% one should be as well. And given the pulse-y drift-y nature of Pulse Rifles and missing a bullet here or there the buffs and nerfs probably don't tell the whole story.

On Shotguns: My Invective NBP Defender felt unchanged but I tended to put all four shots into people so maybe I didn't notice? Ultimately, if all the change does is prevent the longest ranged Lengedaries from one shotting me at Sidearm range then that's good enough. Even shotguns should kill without having to first put the barrel THROUGH someone's helmet.

Apparently the pulse nerf was such that you need 7 out of 9 hits to be headshots with nirwen's, which is 1 more headshot than before, but is not a big enough change that I've noticed. Red Death is slightly less effective (you now need all 6 shots to hit the head in a 2 burst scenario, which is pretty hard). The people who will allegedly feel it the most are hawksaw users (I don't have one, so I can't personally check), but the damage nerf there means 12 or 13 of 15 rounds need to be headshots out of 5 fired bursts, which is *much* harder to pull off. Even so, the amount of flinch that gun delivers still provides a nice advantage.

Shotguns: The range nerf doesn't seem to have affected Conspiracy Theory-D in any noticeable way to my eyes. I don't have a party crasher to check, and my vendor Patch-A feels the same (maybe better, honestly. I feel like I'm shooting a tighter spread, but it's hard to know for sure.

The question of how did this not get fixed? Answer: he doesn't know. I'm satisfied. Sometimes you fuck up!

I liked Urk's section, and he I think he might have insulted the Destiny community's fickle emotions with his time travelling jealousy. It seems like they trash everything until they get what they want, then they trash what they get after about a week.

"Raids need to be complicated!"
*KF raid*
"This is great!"
*1 week*
"This raid takes too long!"
*Challenge mode*
"Raids need to be more complicated!"

That sounds about right.

Urk's outline of future plans actually has me pretty excited. Honestly, probably more excited than another HoW or TDB would have me.

Me, too. I like not knowing what's coming, especially if there's nothing to buy. I think SRL is a success. It's like Bungie gave me a racing game I didn't know I wanted for Christmas!

"Raids need to be complicated!"
*KF raid*
"This is great!"
*1 week*
"This raid takes too long!"

People only said it took too long because it was the only way to get good gear. If there were other ways, and you could play the raid just for the sake of playing it, then nobody would complain it takes too long. I love a good long raid like anybody else, but not when you have to finish it every week just gear up.

You are missing the nuance to the complaints.

We do have more ways, now, and people are still complaining. Just sayin'.

I think the complaints were pretty valid. Being stuck at low light because you're waiting on raid drops sucks. It's where I'm at. SRL has me well on my way to getting out of that hole, though.

"Raids need to be complicated!"
*KF raid*
"This is great!"
*1 week*
"This raid takes too long!"

People only said it took too long because it was the only way to get good gear. If there were other ways, and you could play the raid just for the sake of playing it, then nobody would complain it takes too long. I love a good long raid like anybody else, but not when you have to finish it every week just gear up.

Bullshit.

You are missing the nuance to the complaints.

And you're willfully misconstruing it.