Honestly changing the special ammo economy to how it is today is -blam!-ing retarded. So then people got around that because it was stupid. The end result, NO ONE GET SPECIAL AMMO. You are even lucky enough to get the special box, it's probably bait or you'll within seconds of getting the ammo. Why do they insist on calling these changes "balancing" anyway? If the community asks for 1-3 things to be nerfed, do it. Don't nerf the entire weapon category, or subclass (except for og sunbreakers. I admit as a titan main, I felt bad) just nerf the things we mention. If this were the case since the 1st half of year one, we wouldn't be in these forums questioning the entirety of game flow.
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Sadly, it was not retarded. It was a very clever application of negative reinforcement. People who use specials are punished by repeatedly having their weapon rendered useless. When they do what Bungie wants, the unpleasant experience ends. And it's working. People might hate it, but they're going to primaries just to end the frustration. That's why Bungie is keeping the meta as is, despite player outrage. As upset as I am about all this, I'm impressed by the cleverness of it.