I've posted several similar ideas and I would recommend trying to separate your thoughts on what the problems are with your ideas on what the solutions are. Some examples: [b]The Shotgun Issue[/b] I agree there is an issue with shotguns, but you don't really specify or try to specify what that issue is, and instead, you jump right into ideas on how to fix it... without really stating what the problem is. And so when you suggest something like changing the slide mechanic because of shotguns, this oversteps the issue. Slide is awesome. I don't use it with my playstyle, but slide is a great movement mechanic that works well. One of the things i LOVE about Destiny is the verticality to the game with all the various jump / glide / blink mechanics, the slide mechanic, and the differences in elevation with the levels. Slide is great. To somehow diminish how great it is because of 1 weapon seems like overkill to me. I hate shotguns, but I don't have a problem with shotguns as a weapon class, I have a problem with a couple of combinations of shotgun perks. Shotguns, as a class, are fine. Perks and/or combinations of perks need to be addressed (for all weapons). Now that you can reroll perks on IB weapons, this issue for all weapons is only going to get exasperated. [b]Map Design[/b] Map design could be better, but the players have kind of spoken with regards to the bigger / wide open maps.... they don't prefer / play them. That being said, when I play maps with vehicles that are more wide open, you may has well replace every shotgun with a sniper rifle. Does that make sniper rifles OP? Are shotguns underperforming? [b]Back to Shotguns[/b] So for me... the issue with shotguns is certain combinations of perks allow them to be used outside of their intended scenarios. There is no reason to use a Fusion Rifle any more if you have a Shotgun. And to fix this is tricky. We could fix the perks maybe.... but that WILL create issues on shotguns that don't have combinations of perks. For example, if you nerf Shot Package, that will nerf all shotguns with Shot Package but should Shot Package be nerfed across the board or only on shotguns that ALSO have range-improving perks? It gets tricky. I think the radar also plays a part into the effectiveness of shotguns. I think certain movement mechanics like blink and slide do as well. I love blink, but being able to shoot people before you even completely materialize (on their screen) is silly. Maybe remove the ability to aim down sites on shotguns... and change up any perks that have advantages when doing so? There are lots of possible solutions, but the first thing to do is to: 1) Identify the problem 2) Agree there is a problem 3) Talk about all the elements in the game that lend to that problem 4) And THEN discuss ways to address those elements [b]Supers[/b] In general, the supers are not balanced and you've mentioned several ways that they aren't. My PvP main lately has been my Gunslinger. Golden Gun is, without a doubt, the best or one of the best, supers in the game. It can cancel bubble. It can cancel bladedancer. It is 1-hit ranged. With some of the perks, you don't even have to hit the person... you can hit something near them. That being said, there are other supers that are probably MORE annoying than Golden Gun despite maybe not resulting in as many kills.... Fist of Havoc being one of them. So yea, I think Golden Gun is VERY effective, but it is also very counterable and has some built-in limitations to limit the "cheese factor" of it. In my opinion, nothing is more cheezy than many of the things you mentioned... like Fist of Havoc. If I were to redesign supers and specials, in general, I would go into it with a few guiding principles: 1) Supers should feel fun, skilled, empowering, and rewarding as the person wielding them 2) Supers should not feel hopeless, frustrating, or generally unavoidable as the victim of them 3) The Supers should all have a sort of rock, paper, scissors balancing act in terms of how they interact, counter, and impact each other I'm not saying we should do ALL of these, but here are some things that fit into that: 1) Providing some visual / audio cues to players who have their super available 2) Adding a short spin-up time to several supers on activation... similar to Golden Gun. Something that alerts users to use more caution, equip a different weapon, pop their own super, run away, etc. 3) Rethink any supers that have outrageous auto-aim or invulnerability-like mechanics 4) Make bubble immune to some supers (like golden gun and nova bomb, but maybe not blade dancer or FoH). Right now, Bubble is the super that is counterable by almost every other super... its like this super that is really good at getting other people to burn their super, but then doesn't really do what it is supposed to do... which is provide a near impenetrable shield of protection. Another possibility might be to make it immune to all damage, but limit the timer on it SEVERELY (in PvP only) [b]Bubble Village[/b] I've yet to see this used against me, but that doesn't mean I think it is okay. I know people say, "good tactics" or whatever, but imagine if Destiny WERE some sort of fair, balanced, competitive e-sports game. This is a tactic that would quickly become the makeup of EVERY team's offensive and defensive strategy. Soon, the game wouldn't be about getting a good mix of classes, subclasses, weapon types, etc... it would be about every team fielding the same setup. THIS is the definition of OP in my book and it should be addressed. I'm all for 'tactics', but not at the expense of all other tactics. This isn't a tactic, this is an unfortunate and unforeseen side effect of several factors coming together to create an imbalance. [b]Sticky Grenades[/b] I'm fine with these, personally. They MIGHT be an issue, but they would rank sooooo low on my list of priorities. [b]Rewards[/b] Agreed. PvP rewards are pretty atrocious.... although I will say the latest Iron Banner seems to have been much better in terms of drop frequency, ships, exotics, etc. I saw SEVERAL items drop during this IB... and not just for me, but in general. In 1 week, I saw 5 exotics, 4-5 legendary IB weapons, countless ships, etc. If regular Crucible was that good that often, I'd be willing to make this a lower priority. [b]Matchmaking & Ranking[/b] Agreed. I think FORCING a team shuffle whenever there is a lopsided victory is one of the silliest and dumbest ideas ever. Why? 1) It doesn't save anyone any time... except for the 5-8 seconds it takes to hold the triangle button and do this yourself manually 2) It doesn't give people like me (who enjoy challenges) the ability to do a rematch against a bunch of people teamed up 3) Being dumped into a lopsided match midway through, coupled with this enforced reshuffling, just makes an already frustratingly long wait time between matches even longer. i.e. Get beat badly, forced reshuffle / loading / finding, dumped into match midway.... which was only possible because some team was getting creamed and they left... which means the score will again be lopsided, which means again you'll be forced to reshuffle... which means there is the possibility (again) to be dumped into a match midway... Until they add a ranking system, they MUST remove the forced reshuffle of players. Instead, they should be ADDING an incentive for players to NOT quit... similar to what they did with IB. Maybe even tie this into the rewards system. Every match you DONT BACKUP, you get an increased legendary / exotic loot chance. And once you find an exotic / legendary or backout, it resets. [b]Performance & Lag[/b] Agreed. It is atrocious. This, coupled with a lack of private / ranked servers, are the 2 biggest things that will hold Crucible back from ever being played as much as it should. [b]Snipers[/b] Not sure I agree. I haven't seen Last Round abused THAT much. I have an Efrideet's Spear with Last Round. Maybe the solution is to limit secondary ammo and this problem goes away, but I'm not sure there is really a problem. I would NEVER just empty 2 rounds to get to last round. Maybe people are doing this in Skirmish because there is always this "short rest period" that can be used to safely go get more secondary ammo? As for flinching, not sure I understand. I flinch ALL the time when sniping... even with "no flinch" perks. It is frustrating. If there is some trick, I haven't figured it out and I'd like to think I'm pretty good at PvP :) [b]Auto Rifles[/b] Agreed.... maybe. Pulse Rifles got a boost. Lots of people using them. Hand Cannons are still good (but need skill) so lots of people using them. I haven't even TRIED to use an AR so I can't comment. But if ARs are noticeably weaker than PRs and HCs, then yea... I agree. I think there may have been too many changes at once. Maybe the boost to PRs was enough... see how that pans out and THEN nerf ARs if needed. [b]Hand Cannons[/b] These need their own reply (running out of space)