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Edited by Synge_X:
5/26/2017 2:59:15 AM
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The end of sniper dominance: finally!
With all the changes coming to Destiny 2...
My absolute favorite thing, and probably the best overall change to the crucible period, is the end of sniper dominance. For the entire lifecycle of the game, as well as being more pronounced in the first few months of year 2, the end-all be-all strategy has been sniping. It doesn't matter what you do, or how you play, planting your ass down a hallway or door, tossing grenades and sniping IS, and always will be the best way to play Destiny. If by chance, someone is able to challenge you, all you have to do is run and reset.
[spoiler] it doesn't even matter what sniper rifle you are using[/spoiler]
The only counter when fighting anyone remotely proficient with a sniper rifle, is to snipe them back. The worst balance changes that Bungie have implemented, highlighted this glaring problem. Not to mention, most maps that were obviously designed for sniping, are some of the best for primary gun play, while the best sniping maps are obviously designed for CQC.
In my opinion, this has been Destiny's weakest design flaw. No matter what Bungie has tried, The game always ends up a snipefest. It is literally going to require a complete overhaul of the game to finally get rid of this bullshit. I am extremely excited to see it go... I have watched every crucible video that I could find for D2, and what I'm seeing, even ones featuring high-level players, there is only a fraction of the sniping that takes place in Destiny 1 across all modes.
I've got my popcorn ready, bring on the salt.
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As someone with a 1.0 KD, I think everyone here will attest to the fact that I am not a top tier player. My experience is definitely a layman's view. And I hope it brings a healthy balance of "git gud" and "Bungie Plz fix", because both are needed in a variety of ways concerning this game. I got into Destiny mid TTK. You know, when you could put a hand cannon to someone's temple and God would say "not today"? And I got a longbow pretty early on, noob me was all about the body then primary kill time. If I noticed you first and stuck to my guns, I could come out on top. Noob me got gud at bodying. Then, after playing for about three months, I discovered that the Plan C sometimes hits things. So I strapped on my big boy pants [spoiler]Bones of Eao[/spoiler] and jumped around like a Tasmanian devil attempting to avoid shotgunners. Those were the golden days when QuickDraw was, well QuickDraw... anyway! Then I discovered that I sometimes hit head shots with my longbow. Boop! April update hit and I acquired my still favorite sniper rifle, Uzume RR4. TLW was just still meta enough with QuickDraw that I could pretend to be in a spaghetti western as I filled people's faces with lead. And boy did I have to spam my jumps even more as I did my best to consistently land headshots with many juggernauts attempting to CRASH MY PARTY. With, well... [spoiler]party crasher...[/spoiler] So um, in my experience in this game, sniping was fun, but to this day my best game at 38 kills is with a Plan c and a Finalla's Peril. And that happened during the ROI Matador fiasco.
