First off, I'm prepared for the stream of "butt-hurt, git gud scrub" etc. replies and the attacks on my K/D record. I don't claim to be an all-pro PvP player, just someone who has been playing and observing what happens in the Crucible long enough to have a valid opinion. Come at me, bro.
Now to the topic:
Shotguns that kill in 1 or 2 shots at close range are NOT the problem in Iron Banner (or in Control matches generally). Nor are Titans who have an attack that kills one or two opponents per hit, cannot be aimed, runs down over time, runs out really fast when used, and is easy to see coming.
The problems are sniper rifles (no matter who's using them) and Nightstalkers.
Let me explain why I believe this.
SNIPER RIFLES
I have no problem with being killed by a shotgun user. That player is running the risk of being killed before getting into range to use his shotgun. It's a fair fight, and shotguns have terrible aim assist as far as I can tell. At the range where they're used, enemies are moving around so much that aiming isn't generally a factor anyway. It's a knife fight in a phone booth.
Snipers in Destiny, especially in a Control match, often have to do nothing but sit down over the line that enemies[i] have to[/i] travel in order to get to a zone, put the crosshairs at head height, then wait for the aim assist to tell them to pull the trigger. 2 snipers on a map like Pantheon whose team manages to grab zone B first can simply camp and dominate the main lanes, using no skill, just positioning and twitch reflexes.
People complain about the lack of skill needed for a shotgun, but what of a sniper rifle which has 0 scope wobble? Do Guardians have the ability to infinitely hold their breath? I would not mind snipers in PvP if they had even this tiny element of realism. As it is, when you see the lens flare, it's already too late to do anything about it.
NIGHTSTALKERS
Admit it. Your super is as OP as you claim Sunbreakers' powers are. Your entire BUILD is OP. You have a grenade that blinds the enemies it doesn't kill, while turning you invisible. You have a Super that seems to last longer than the Hammer of Sol, comes out of nowhere, and is- in my humble opinion- [i]much worse[/i] than any other super attack. The very BEST you can get is to be killed by it. Half of the time, rather than just decently killing you outright, so you can get on with respawning, it glues you in place, drains your super, drains your grenade, kills your radar, turns your world purple, and makes you a sitting duck. It makes me miss Thorn poisoning.
Even Nightstalkers' movement mode is OP. Why the hell does this subclass get an evasion move, that NO other class gets (unless the player buys the "Safe!" emote)?
And you Hunters are filling the forum with complaints about Titans, because they finally got a subclass that has a ranged Super attack.
For the record- THIS IS NOT A NERF POST. Keep your sniper rifles. Keep your Shadowshot. Have fun with them. But for the love of crap, quit complaining that the weapons and the class you DON'T use should be nerfed, while you yourself go blithely on being ridiculously powerful! Look honestly at yourself. Look at how many Hunters are running NS right now. It's almost every one you see, and for the same reason almost every Titan is a SB (Sunbreaker, not sonofabitch)- it's the most powerful subclass there is right now. There's even an exploit for it, I hear.
QUIT begging for other classes to be nerfed. They're not the problem; or, if they are, you're equally part of it.
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You forgot #satire, bud.
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For the most part I would agree with the OP. But overall I don't really have an issue with any part of pvp. In my opinion snipers are just cowards hiding in the back corner picking off anyone that moves into their scope. Whatever is more annoying to me personally so I don't honestly care. At times shotguns do take some skill as well and a little bit of luck, believe it or dont. Supers in general are fine as is and people just want something to bitch and whine about it. The most I would give for the sack of the argument is a small reduction in Sunbreakers armor when their super is active in pvp only. Anyway hate, complain, agree doesn't matter this is just my opinion on this topic.
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I just HOPE this is satire...
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I just played a match on exodus blue where the enemy team was full of sun breakers who were whoring shotguns......you're a lying sack dude. It's beyond ridiculous.
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4 RepliesUm the only thing I want is equal supers. How can every other super be one shot but the sunbreakers?
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It's shotgun and blink on warlocks and hunters
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because you die in crucible and lose games does not mean something is broken or needs a fix especially what you are talking about.... really snipers? and Nightstalkers? get real, every non competitive player is going to complain because there will always be someone that can out play and out smart you in a match. Competitive players don't complain about this kind of stuff because they know there is going to be plays made in there favor and there will be some that don't work out and get them killed or lose them games.... its part of competition if you don't like competition and you just like to only win play PVE and stay out of the competitive play...
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I agree, I snipe, but I don't have a single sniper with hidden hand unless one off the raid ones or trials ones dropped with it... It's really for people who don't have eye to thumb coordination, smh
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I think what you're really complaining about -in terms of snipers- Is the pantheon map. Too many Crossmap line of sights. Other than that, there is always alternate routes to each flag. Just use map knowledge: when I snipe, I avoid corridors, when I shotty, I avoid open spaces. I'll finish with saying that my kd ratio suffers a lot more while sniping then shotgunning.
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2 RepliesI just love how this is pure fact and all these hunters refuse to face them. I played as a hunter from the beginning level to 40 to see what actually takes [i]skill[/i] but there is none required. Their super is basically no worse if not better than all others. I mean you can literally stop others from using theirs. To me that's way too unfair.
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3 RepliesFunny that people that main a titan never see sunbreaker as being op yet were up in arms when warlocks got ram and had the same amount of armor....hypocritical bullshit...
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1 ReplyShadow shot is fairly short fyi, also it doesn't go around throwing aoe damage tracking hammers.
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Lol called shadowshot and snipers OP too funny.
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2 RepliesStop reading after nightstalkers and snipers. GG
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Preach it!
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User K/D is .7, user opinion invalid!
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Hunters are only OP right now because the glitch.
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Go Hunters!!
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So in a real life situation you'd prefer a group of shotgun soldiers over a group of snipers....... I'd prefer to keep my guys alive. I know it's a game, but some people prefer to play the way they live. :)
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I infused my conspiracy D before iron banner leaving me with no shotgun. So I started using a sniper. HOLYYY MOLEYYY my K/d has doubled and sometimes tripled since the switch. Here's looking at you OP through my scope :3
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21 RepliesYou have obviously haven't used a sniper rifle
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Oh look we have a bitching titan defendin his class and attacking hunters
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6 Replies[b]TLDR:[/b]It's... Uh... It's not me and my shotgun spamming... It's... It's uh... Oh I know it's some other gun, and someone else's fault. Yeah, if I blame it on Hunters, everyone will agree.
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Like you said a shotgun has big risks for being killed at close range by anything : primary, shotguns, super, grenades... And you can see them coming even from behind (with the radar) But a sniper.. You don't see him and he is not in danger at all.. Okay a good sniper requires good skills, way more than a shotgun dude but it feels like they are not playing the same game... Anyway it's the same thing with every fps.
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Hunters aren't the problem. The biggest problem is people bitching. And the servers.
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I agree with the sniper part as far as they're really stable you can't walk out of a corner an your sniper stag totally still