This has been my exact point of view. Sniping is unforgiving for everyone unless they have tons of practice with them in the crucible and/or they camp. It's hard for me being a sniper in everything when the maps are this unblanced. Bastion and first light are my favorite maps and always will be until either the zoom on sniper scopes are reduced or more maps are made that have less cover. There are too many obstacles in the current maps. I'm not a total mlg gamer with a 3 k/d but I've been doing more crucible lately (finally got all characters to at least 26 light) and I did manage to complete the thorn bounty so I'm not a total noob making unwell thought out assumption. This is just my opinion.
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Also I think auto rifles were used most because people are comfortable with the play style and any skill level can use them. They are the first style of weapon you get in almost every fps and people need to adapt to this new style with different weapons.