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7/1/2015 5:50:26 AM
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Current PvP Meta is Unplayable due to Weapon Balance Issues
I encourage anyone on this forum who disagrees with what i am about to say to go play Iron banner and inspect every player before the game; 95% of said players will be using a combination of Thorn/Last Word with Felwinter's Lie, Matador64, or Party Crasher+1 shotguns. This Crucible meta is completely unplayable; you cannot even use a Scout Rifle or Auto Rifle because Exotic Hand Cannons are abused and overpowered in PvP. Time to kill for Scouts or Auto's is terrible when compared to being 2 shot by thorn and last word. Something needs to be done about this immediately. When all the threads in this forum category on balance are about Thorn/Last Word and Shotguns then you know something needs to be done. When will the developers finally take action and balance out all the weapon categories?
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17 Replies1. It IS playable. The problem is that the range of competitive weapons is narrow. 2. When will they act? Who knows. But I'd rather Bungie be SLOW to act...and take the right steps to fix the problems (better maps, buff ARs and FRs). Than act quickly and do things that will only make matters worse (nerf hand cannons). The Crucible is in the situation it is in right now because Bungie caved to complaints about ARs and FRs....and nerfed both of them into the ground. Breaking the two weapons classes that kept shotgun rushers honest....and creating a power-vacuum at close-to-mid-range that exotic hand cannons simply stepped into, and are now dominating. In a healthy weapon system----with the kind of maps Bungie keeps cranking out so far----They need to realize that auto rifles are going to dominate. You encourage the use of other weapons, by designing maps that allow people many opportunities to pick fights where those weapons can shine. Maps like Rusted Lands and Shores of Time are good examples of such maps. Both offering lots of chances for players to pick the range that they want to fight at.
