Thoughts on Weapons Balance (Gaming)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, July 27, 2017, 15:24 (2474 days ago) @ Blackt1g3r

I think maybe the problem.. well a problem.. is that if you nerf the infinite range one shot kill guns far enough into the ground that they aren't a balance problem you have also made them zero fun to actually use.

Putting snipers back into the power weapon category gives the freedom to keep sniper rifles good.

Like BeardFade mentioned, I think maybe shotguns were actually the harder problem. Basically, movement and map size and everything is such in Destiny that they really could not nerf shotguns enough. If they made it so shotguns had a range measured in millimeters it still would not have been enough because planting the end of the barrel against an enemy's head was a common enough occurrence due to the way Destiny played.

Like Sniper Rifles, I think it's better shotguns be allowed the freedom to be a little ridiculous in exchange for having true limited availability again.