[b]DISCLAIMER: I am [u]not[/u] bitching about the sniper nerf. I think it's fine in PvP. I am trying to point out that the extra nerf give specifically to 1KYS proves that they don't care about balancing the crucible at all, only about pushing their agenda.[/b] [quote]This is an interesting situation. We don’t like punishing a relatively-balanced weapon just because it is popular, but we also want players to feel like they have options. For now, the safest way to reduce this spike is to preserve the feeling of the weapon, preserve the talent grid rolls that many players are no doubt happy with, and just pull a few rounds out of the Inventory.[/quote] -Bungo This is amazing to me. Honestly, I don't even like that sniper and I'm glad I don't because it's not really going to affect me. I'm excited to get my longbow back. [b]There is [i]nothing[/i] OP[/b] about this weapon. Its aim assist is average and it's a 1-2 shot kill like every other sniper in the game. The reason players feel like they don't have options is not because nothing can compete with 1kys, It's because it is [b][i]by far[/i][/b] the most easily attainable sniper rifle of its archetype. I haven't even seen another TTK sniper of that archetype (I know there are some, they're just much less common). In Y1, players had the longbow, the LDR, Her benevolence, and shadow of veils (indentical archetype to 1kys), plus other higher impact options like Efrideets spear and black hammer. These were all extremely easy and straightforward to obtain, and the ability to acquire many different types of high impact snipers is what created diversity. Nerfing 1KYS just makes no sense!! It's not better than the competing snipers! With the addition of the longbow and LDR again, 1kys usage will go down anyways. All they're using is making 1kys worse than the other snipers in its [b]exact same archetype[/b], thereby creating less diversity (cuz no one will use it again). [b][u]TL;DR:[/u][/b] Bungo doesn't care at all about achieving "balance" in the crucible. They only use these weapon adjustments to push their own agenda and force players to use different weapons. They'll even go so far as to unbalance the game to push their agenda.