When at the launch of Destiny 2 the community asked for exotics to feel ‘exotic,’ I questioned what was meant. I always felt that each exotic weapon - while some were more practical than others - useful in some regard. Now approaching two years later, we are faced with an independent Bungie and -IMO- the worst crucible to date. Not only do exotics feel exotic, but so do legendaries. Crucible lays in a meta plagued by the ugly bastard children of exotic complaints and untapped Bungie development. Pinnacle weapons. The idea that there even exists a ‘pinnacle weapon’ is stupid. Normally it arises on its own as players learn how to effectively use the best weapons in the game, as is the case with one of the main culprits in the problem. But in other cases Bungie actively creates a weapon that by definition is the most successful or perfect. Redrix’s Claymore was cool. An interesting twist on Kill Clip and a trophy for the best of the best. High skill gap, high reward. The mountaintop is good on paper and in game, but less practical than one would think. An interesting weapon nonetheless. But god forbid we speak of the Luna’s Howl and it’s ugly older sister Not Forgotten. These two weapons are the peak of gun skill in Destiny 2. Requiring not a multi kill, not a kill, not an assist, but 2 rapid headshots to achieve the fastest time to kill in the game. But what to pair with it? How about this shotgun with literally felwinter’s-esque range.... dust rock cough blues cough.... Oh wait, I can use an exotic? Luna’s and NF aren’t even exotics?!! Awesome. I don’t like to rant but I can only handle so much One Eyed mask, nova warps, and invisiblades in one day before I start attacking the core issue that every class has access to. The pinnacle handcannons skill gap is a joke compared to the other crucible pinnacles and it’s becoming more of an issue than the thorn tlw felwinters meta. I honestly enjoyed that meta more because everyone had the guns. Now it’s just assholes with the connection, patience and time to grind out 2100 - which I did last season, but was ripped away from me because I had to get some ridiculous number of comp handcannon headshots with limited time. TLDR: Luna’s and NF times to kill are higher than everything else. Their skill gap is more or less non-existent (A monkey could hit two headshots) and even if counters exists, I should be able to find success with any weapons. They dominate the primary game in anything <30m and that’s an issue. Make them exotic and remove precision frame non-slug shotguns, they’re stupid.