Bungie Weekly Update - 04/09/2015 https://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---04092015/en/News/News?aid=12753 This update mentioned some things about special ammo and their goals for it. [quote]Kevin: At the highest level, we had a few goals in mind: [b] Make Special ammo a more precious resource in Crucible[/b] Further solidify Heavy ammo's role in the Crucible Further improve the balance of encounters by limiting high-damage weapons[/quote] or [quote]Or, as Mr. Fruit put it earlier this week: [b]Shotgun violence runs rampant in the Crucible.[/b] Can you ease his mind with some details? Kevin: The recent update to sandbox balance was the first step. Creating a new system to manage ammo drops will enable us to adjust the Crucible experience without altering other activities in your Director. [b]We believe that making ammo more scarce and important will provide players with more choices and more memorable encounters in Crucible.[/b][/quote] and then there is: [quote] Kevin: Special Ammo will spawn less frequently, it will take longer to pick up, there will be less crates located on the map, and the bricks you find will provide you with less ammo. I’ll save the stats and gory details for the Patch Notes. [Editor’s Note: Coming very soon to a blog article near you!] [b] We wanted players to really think about how and when they should use their ammo.[/b] The hope is that you’ll ask yourself questions like: "Is this snipe worth it right now?" [b] "Should I really shotgun rush these players?"[/b] "Should I conserve ammo until the next crate?”[/quote] Those are just a few highlights from the update. They nerfed special ammo because special weapons were being used too much. But even now I see less primaries and more snipes and shotguns (most complaining about the shotguns). In my opinion, these special weapons are being used too frequently and this results in people demanding certain weapons to be nerfed. But what if we had less ammo, that sniper would have saved his bullet for the right moment, that shotgunner may have chosen the right time to charge in with his last 2 shots. Just think about how special ammo is effecting our play. I believe it needs to be nerfed more.