Fifth possibility is the tinfoil hat theory (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Wednesday, December 06, 2017, 14:22 (2623 days ago) @ Funkmon

Which is them claiming a choice they made was a bug, like Atheon teleporting the farthest 3 dudes.

I mostly subscribe to this in jest, but honestly what's the likelihood of this being the case versus an obvious bug?

I feel like it's most likely that the tail wags the dog here, and that pvp balance takes a backseat to pve design in all cases, regardless of what playtesters say. Furthermore, I think Bungie is far too knee-jerky in their reactions to complaints, and also (still) takes far too long between balance tweaks, opting (incorrectly) for sweeping overall sandbox changes rather than small, incremental changes. The result is things are always wildly out of whack, rather than slowly approaching ideal balance.