Destiny seems to have trouble finding that sweet spot between balance and consistency to place its weapons and abilities, it tends to lean on randomness and chance as a sort of band-aid to fix its problems. This newest balace patch is nothing different, while it resolved some problem (temporarily) it also opened the gates to new ones: https://youtu.be/2HgphzJzM70 Shotguns have grown fairly inconsistent after this newest patch and have had one of their greatest strengths taken away, the ability to be evasive. I'd go out on a limb and say that evasiveness is what separates a skilled shotgunner from a less than stellar one, taking away their in air accuracy was honestly a mistake that I think should be reversed. Another way that shotguns are inconsistent is the randomness of the pellet spread. I suggest shotguns have a set pellet spread depending on impact tier. A perk like full auto would only slightly increase this spread pattern, but overall leaving it the same. The differences between each tiers spread pattern doesn't need to be monumental, but at least noticeable. Or all shotguns could be given the exact same spread pattern, whichever works better. On a side note, Snipers. I think snipers could stand a bit of a buff towards their former glory. Preferably their handling and scope zoom. I think that having snipers be at a wide range of Aim assist values is a bit of a mistake. Some of them can even real values of -5. While that's mainly the lowest impact tier, it's adding to the list of reasons why you shouldn't be using those weapons. Lowest body shot damage, lowest aim assist, inability to kill Guardians in their Super. Normalizing the AA of snipers would be in their best interest, in my opinion. Perks such as Hidden Hand would obviously raise these values, along with certain weapon scopes, but the change would be pretty beneficial to the game overall