Snipers flourish in the absence of their natural predator (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 16:04 (3360 days ago) @ Durandal

Without shotgun rushers to pressure them, snipers have set up on good lanes and honed the skill needed to pop people.

I've outdone snipers with my MIDA, but that's about it. With fusion rifles still in the basement, and the shotguns majorly constrained both by the blink nerfs and the range/handling nerfs, you can snipe more safely from mid range. That results in many more people using snipers, and there are going to be good ones as well as lucky ones like myself.

I've never sniped people out of supers, but I have demolished teams going for heavy and such. I also had a Erine with Luck in the chamber, but after killing a guy by shooting his foot I felt overly pathetic and stopped using it. Like others with practice I could be a good sniper, and there are many others practicing now.

I still rage when I blade dance and someone snipes me down. It is very hard to get more then one kill with my BD these days since you have to run right at them most of the time.

I agree with a lot of what you're saying, but I think the bigger issue is that Primary weapons across the board have less range, accuracy, and stability than they did in year 1. Thorn, Hawkmoon, Messenger, Mida, 3 Little Words... There were plenty of primaries that were absolutely lethal at mid-long range. I never needed to snipe because my Messenger could handle any long-range engagement. But that's just not the case anymore. Combine that with a lack of shotgun rushers and snipers can easily take over.