I need someone to explain to me why they like this meta so much.
All i ever see when i go into a game solo is my team sitting in the back of their spawn, no one pushes, no one engages, no one even so much as equips a primary anymore and ventures out into the battlefield to kick some guardian butt!
3s go to the time limit, 6s is basically who can body shot with a sniper the best. It doesn't even matter what map it is on, could be burning shrine in clash and everyone is still sitting in the back of the map with their tail between their legs.
if you are lucky enough to get pushed you won't even have a good gun fight, a shotgun will just mow you down, or you will be put to rest by a sniper who ate half of your clip. Primaries are the weakest they have ever been.
i very much dislike the current state of pvp and i've played through every meta to date, this being the worst, and the only one I actually can't stand.
I'm really just curious as to why you either like, or dislike the current state of pvp as well as what your first meta was, and what you feel needs to change going into Rise of Iron.
If you care for my extended take on the matter:
[spoiler]This is the slowest meta to date and caters to the most pathetic pace of play in any fps i have ever played. you always die from a body shot to a sniper or a janitor on the other team because you got body shot. All pulse rifles are a 3 shot burst which makes no sense (if you are 2 bursting someone has low armor or you have a perk which increases damage), hand cannons which require you to actually aim don't even guarantee damage because of bloom. I would say the game requires some skill, but many people say it doesn't. So instead i'll use the word: finesse. Being good at this game requires some finesse, which this meta completely obliterates.[/spoiler]
Edit #1: TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つつ ◕_◕ ༽つ. keep the discussion going, i'm enjoying all the responses. it's interesting to see why some of you like the meta and why some of you dislike the meta. Clearly depends on the person and how you like to play, also depends on how casual or hardcore you are. Matchmaking also seems to take a part in some of the gameplay aspect and what weapons you see when you play. if you have any ideas for the future of weapon and class balance please do share! i'm off to sleep!
Edit #2: i'm awake, we are trending i guess! happy friday! It seems people are still either enjoying or disliking the current state of pvp, but they all agree that high impact pulses and high impact autos could use some love, and that we have the most variety yet! Keep the discussion going! it's all very civil!
Edit #3: You all have me using my old year one gear and old meta primaries which under perform in the current meta. the nostalgia is flowing amongst us!
Edit #4: so much awesome in this post, all of you have shared some great opinions and ideas, and that really helps me grasp why some people either like or dislike this meta. General overview is people are happy with the variety, but feel as though primary weapons need a buff to keep up with special weapons.
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1 AntwortenWon't play till ROI, hoping they fix lag issues. I get 1.5 kd on games without red bars. Look at my stats to see how frequently those happen.
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Hahahaha! No.
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6 AntwortenIt's all because if the MIDA nerf. Snipers run unchecked nowadays. When MIDA could stagger a sniper out of his scope, hed think twice about going hard scoping in the lanes. Now hes got nothing to stop him other than another sniper
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43 AntwortenBecause some people don't realize just how out of balance special weapons are right now in cmparison to primary weapons. Primary weapons are reasonably balanced with respect to ONE ANOTHER. But they are HORRIBLY out of balance with the game's special weapons. But people want to believe that its "too much ammo"....and not the balance problem it is. The only way you are going to get peoplt to stop spamming special weapons is to allow primary weapons to kill fast enough to create a disadvantage for someone running with a special weapon. ..and right now the game's special weapons are so weak, that there is basically no range where they are a credible threat to someone with a special weapon. If you catch me at mid-range with a pulse rifle..... 1. If I'm carrying a shotgun---and I'm at the short end of it----I can just run at you or skate at you and close to shotgun range before you can kill me. At longer range, I'll have time to simply run or skate away before you kill me. 2. If I'm carrying a fusion rifle, I'll have time to charge my own weapon and get off a potentially killing shot, again, before that pulse rifle can kill me. 3. if I'm carrying a sniper rilfe, I can either quickscope you...or figh through the flinch of your weapon and DRAGscope you before you can manage to kill me.
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5 Antworten"Crucible is great! There never been more viable weapons to use before!" Yea too bad they all suck. Snipers and shotguns reign supreme because primaries can't mow rushers down, or cause enough flinch to snipers because of range/stability. As much as I love destiny, crucible is feelin pretty trashy rn
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1 AntwortenTons of shotguns, URs, and snipers...near zero fusions and sidearms. People rather no scope sniper than use primary to kill.
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1 AntwortenBearbeitet von AboundingChip85: 8/26/2016 4:33:29 PMThat's what you get when only catering to the crybabies.. [spoiler]Hunter for LIFE.[/spoiler] Also, this is by far the best meta. [spoiler]Said no one ever.[/spoiler]
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3 AntwortenIMO 1.1 was the best meta. Didn't even crutch on tlw, thorn or final round hidden hand and all the God tier shotguns back then. The reason why that meta was the best to me is because of the Hopscotch pilgrim and the icebreaker running that in trials was probably the funnest time I've had in destiny
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The meta isnt bad but the connection is atrotious and the matchmaking is extremely one sidef; either win by 9000 or lose by 9000.
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32 AntwortenThis is currently, my least favorite META. Special weapons are stronger now then they have ever been.
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2 AntwortenOh yeah. Crucible is super stale. Primaries seem like they're in a good spot but they all need to be buffed together to compete against snipers or shotgunners. No one likes to push anymore because if they're like me, they often get punished by said enemy camping snipers. Can't tell you how many times I finally find someone on the battlefield to duke it out with only to be just about to finish him and I get body shot my some sniper in the back of the map. I'm like really? Makes me miss the fast paced good old days. Hell I'd even take the days of Thorn's reign over this.
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4 AntwortenBearbeitet von Sike: 8/26/2016 5:00:54 PMThis meta is really bad but the crucible as a whole is broken. Look at the vid, this shouldn't even be possible Edit: For those who are unsure as to what Im talking about, it is the spawn part of the vid.
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I would rather the meta back when thorn was around.
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4 AntwortenSure, primaries are all balanced, but now they all suck, and everyone has become mlg XxxFaZe sweg420xxX at sniping, quickscopes, no scopes, etc. It's more stale than that potato chip that's been on the floor for a year. I'd like to see more primaries instead of red glares.
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1 Antwortenvanilla meta was the best thorn owners are salty more salty than rabby_v
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9 AntwortenI think the problem with this meta is how slow 95% of primary weapons kill. Other than that it's ok.
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I personally dislike snipers in general, for the exact reason so many players hide at the back of the map as far away from actual combat as possible. That being said I respect the very very few snipers who still push and can use their sniper in close quarter combat. Im also not into shotgunning anymore as it has also become annoying. Once I got my hands on my Nirwens Mercy (First vendor roll of year2), and my Thesan FR4 (first time sold in armsday package year2) I never went back to a shotgun. I dont follow the popular metas, I just use two guns and maybe a machine gun for heavy once in a while
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I cannot agree more. This game caters to camping hardscopers. Every match in 3s goes to time. In doubles this week the maps were so big that anytime we would push the other team would run around and set up on the opposite side. It's a terrible meta. Just eliminate snipers completely. They are a disease to this game. Snipers have the same fire rate as scout rifles lol. I should not dye by two body shots from a sniper in the time it takes me to fall to the ground.
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2 AntwortenI remember a time when primaries were actually primaries and when shotguns and snipers were used for their specific purposes.
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2 AntwortenBearbeitet von The 7th fall: 8/26/2016 7:44:05 PMNope I hate this meta... for me I call it the 'quick scope ghost bullet' meta as I'd either get shot in the head or double body shot with snipers at any range, or my gun's bullets or pellets would just hit air when I know I had my red dot on someone.
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I want to see more primary usage, like AR's, so bungie buff the AR's! Peace Out!
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Slow boring balanced...
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Slow and boring atm
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The current meta is boring, it it so passive. Everyone stays in their spawn and hardscopes/ team shots. Primaries are -blam!-ing terrible and Bungie have coded it so shots randomly disappear to make it "balanced". Furthermore, sbmm creates laggy games that are too sweaty to be fun. I don't understand how people enjoy crucible at the moment.
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Only thing that needs a nerf is sniper body shot damage, as for buffs: mrof pulses, low impact hc's, phantom bullets across shotty's and hc's, and sniper handling.
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Shouldn't nerf snipers. Buff everything else