I have stepped from fusion rifles, to shotguns, to snipers and what I learned was this - Fusion rifles have a lot of range if aimed correctly and are cheap as f-ck, shotguns require getting close and learning to be mobile... Which is actually really easy in destiny, and snipers will require skill.. If they do not have insane fire rates like the VoG sniper (I know the name but can't spell) and have good exploits one of which is the armor piercing rounds which allow you to shoot through certain barriers which people do not know. Knowing all of this I have switched to snipers mostly (it's more fun) but if I want to punish people then I switch to shotguns I will never use a fusion rifle not even the Vex. But many others will stay with what they know