2.0 encouraged me to drop my sniper rifle and use a shotgun.
Any sniper rifle enthusiast probably noticed a difference in the mechanics. It is much harder to snipe in the crucible now. When you are scoped in and you come under fire in 2.0 there is almost no chance of you landing a head shot because the reaction to being shot is now exaggerated greatly. Before it was still very possible to land the headshot to defend yourself. I think it was Bungie's way of trying to make the unflinching perk more useful, because you know, it's their perk and they want you to play the way they want you to play. In my opinion it was a mistake, I thought sniping was perfectly balanced and now it is much more difficult which led to me switching to my shotgun which I hate using because as everyone will tell you, they are cheap no skill ways of getting on the scoreboard in 6v6 matches.
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2 RepliesSnipers in Destiny have had an easy time from what I understand. Makes sense that Bungie would try to make it a bit harder to consistently land a head shot when you're under fire. Speaking from the view of someone who finds it pretty frustrating to get my face peeled off even as I rain down shots on a sniper I find it pretty acceptable that you should have to do a bit more work and have a bit more concentration to headshot an opponent who is already peppering you with lead. Shotguns and snipers have both had their fair share of frustrating extremes to play against, seems only fair that both get taken down to earth a bit.