So there's been a lot of debate on the forums in year 2 over sniper rifles and their effectiveness in PvP.
This poll isn't to see if people think they should be nerfed per se (solutions could just as easily be buffs to counter weapons/primaries), but to just see if people believe there's a problem.
Bungie have obviously made attempts at balancing them already with ammo changes that ended up only jacking up PvE.
So what do you think, is sniping a problem in the current meta?
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4 RepliesI think perhaps the community is over-emphasizing the pervasiveness of snipers in the current meta. FWIW I did check 'yes' in the poll - they are definitely used a bit too much inside their intended range. Yes, many people run snipers now, WAY more than back in year 1, and there's a number of reasons for this: primaries are somewhat weaker, shotties got a nerf, and, most importantly, people have had 2 YEARS to practice with (on paper) the most versatile weapon type in the game. So how do we draw snipers back out into their intended range is the real question. Removing aim assist is a crap idea, and by now I think everyone knows why (and in case that's wrong, try quick-scoping a team mate - for which there's no aim assist - it doesn't work at all). I think this game's far too dynamic and action-oriented to implement a halo-style descope on hit, so let's bin that for now. Honestly, I think a breathing mechanic might not be so bad, I'd try it. How about this though: the majority of why snipers can handle in close encounters is due to a more than fair amount of aim assist. Since Bungie has shown they can make aim assist a variable based on distance from your target, how about snipers have an aim assist range between x and x+y meters? for example, you get crap AA 0-15 m, good AA 15-50m and poor AA again for 50m-beyond. Whatever the effective solution is, do realize you're still going to get quick-scoped on occasion, and that's fine. People practice for hours and hours to accomplish this. That said, I agree that the average sniper needs to be toned down a hair