If Crucible removes leveling attributes so there's a 'fair playing field' and Iron Banner retained them (to the extent they explained), why are the weapon changes that necessary for outside the Crucible? I can see changing shotgun ranges. I can see reducing the Vex Mythoclast damage. I can see the need to boost scout rifle damage. But I can only see these changes being necessary for the Crucible. Why are they being applied across the board to the PvE side of the game? Isn't there a mechanism for scaling the weapons differently between PvP and PvE? Why is that mechanism not being used to make the necessary changes to keep PvP fair while not changing the PvE side of the game? It sounded like the PvP imbalance was the root of all the changes. I didn't hear of anyone saying that 1-shot kills from a shotgun were OP in PvE. I saw precisely zero complaints about the VM owning Vex in the VoG. Why are these changes across the board for both PvP and PvE? Why not use the leveling mechanism in the Crucible/IB matches to bring those weapons inline for that mode of game play? Perhaps my questions are rhetorical and will never be answered, but I think they are questions that Bungie should answer. If we had the answers, maybe there wouldn't be as much pissing and moaning as there is. I personally am unaffected by the changes as I will adapt and learn. That's what the best Guardians do. We adapt to the situations at hand, we learn from the environment around us, we grow, we change, and we conquer. I'm sure that will continue, regardless of the % at which our arms are adjusted, one way or the other. It would just be nice to know the why of things. I don't see anything lost in Bungie informing the community on the thought process. When they don't, all we're left to conclude is that the 'squeaky knob got the grease' and all that leads to is more squeaking.