I hate nerf herders but I don't think you can blame the community for this. Bungie clearly has their own ideas for PVP and they want every class to have exactly 1.0 KD. I've never heard ANYONE complain about being stuck with tripmines and they went and destroy those. Most people wanted hammers slightly nerfed and they went ahead and just killed them. Bungie has their own ideas on balance. They probably check the forums every now and then but don't be fooled into thinking they aren't doing exactly what they want to do.