Everyone loves to get one hit kills. They are very satisfying for the person getting the OHK. When you are on the receiving end it does not feel as good. When you are able to use your "Special" as a "Primary" it kind of violates the intention of the design. The thing is, it is really not that hard to get special ammo, like at all. There are plenty of special crates around each map. You just have to remember that after you die, that you need to restock on special. The problem is, too many can not get used to this concept.

It is not about the number of kills one has with secondaries, it is how they were obtained. Weak primaries lead to a reliance on secondaries. You are complaining that a certain playstyle is forced upon you, yet you fail to understand that since post-HoW, primary nerfs led to nearly everyone being cornered into using special weapons in order to compete with everyone else using them. You mention yourself that you're a striker main. If you ran shotgun and striker in Crucible and didn't see a problem with how that setup interacted with other subclasses and loadouts, then you were definitely part of the problem. I don't blame you for using what the devs gave you, but your ignorance to its game-breaking experience is an issue. When a subclass is able to beeline skate across a massive gap with an overshield that can tank some supers or a full magazine of primary and land a OHK on you from 20 feet out without dying or getting only the trade, that is bullcrap. Aside from tanking a super, titan wasn't a huge problem. It was the weakness of primaries that forced players into using specials in order to counter. So, you're crying about your experience being ruined, while playing in a way that forces your opponents to use certain weapons just to counter broken mechanics. You really didn't even have to maneuver intelligently, just skate at them. Striker titans are still really good, and special ammo is as abundant as it's every been. Nothing stopping you from playing the way you used to, just expect to die more often and not get a free pass on shitting on people in easymode.

Shut up Meg.

A game should be based on how good you are. The better people should do better. This meta allows this perfectly. And if being better doesn't give you an advantage(usually the case in rush shotgun or snipercamping scenarios) than why try and be better,therefore why play the game?

Do you understand what primary weapon means?

do you know what the word primary means? do you know what secondary means? if you know the answers to these questions then you should be able to answer your own question.

Because as someone that says they main a striker titan you were the main problem. You say you want to make people pay for allowing them to let you get too close, but titans are the fastest moving class. Include titan skating and it's out of this world how quickly a titan can close the gap. Add in the fact that you probably ran high shield and you've answered your own question as to why you shouldn't be able to main a shotgun. Also yes shotguns should one hit kill within their effective range. But as I'm sure even you experienced the effective range was almost 15 meters it seemed like. That shouldn't be one hit kill range for a shotgun. Include the fact that high shield can tank a golden gun shot and you've got a broken experience where a titan can cross map with high shield on, tank all damage, then get within 15 meters and one hit kill you. Ya that's why you can't main a shotgun

I don't really play much crusible, I mainly play PVE. But I'd say the answer would be because shotguns and snipers are secondary weapons and handcannons, pulse-, scout and auto rifles are your main weapons, it's by design. I want to main my rocket launcher or heavy machine gun, would that be a problem?