I disagree. (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Saturday, April 25, 2015, 18:59 (3736 days ago) @ Cody Miller

They are used just as often in the special slot yes. Why would less ammo suddenly make someone use a sniper instead? Gee, there's less special ammo, that means I should use a sniper instead of my shotgun! It doesn't happen and makes zero sense.

I'm unsure if you are being deliberately dense or not. Xenos said:

If you pay attention to the Destiny Community at large there was a lot of complaint about the overabundance of using Special Weapons as Primary Weapons

and:

I personally prefer not being killed the vast majority of times with a special weapon like it was before the update, now there is a balance in what people use.

His point wasn't about shotguns, it was about the overuse of Special Weapons in general. Being shotguned was merely one example he chose to illustrate his point. I'm sure his point is the same for Sniper Rifles and Fusion Rifles.

Putting that aside, your argument is still flawed. Let's say you're right and Shotguns are equipped as often as before. Those Shotguns will still have far less Special Ammo to work with. Even Invective doesn't generate ammo fast enough to make up for the overall decrease in Special Ammo. The result which, Xenos and I appreciate, is a decrease in the amount of times we get killed by Shotguns... and other Special Weapons.