Firstly, agree with you OP. I for one cannot get my head around the reasons given for these nerfs. It just makes the game dull and if its anything like CoO, like then I went AWOL for 3-4 months. So IMO, my conclusion is that Bungie have decided to end this game, because I'm dam sure these announced changes DO NOT inspire a lot of us gamers to want to be involved with it and it feels that is the way Bungie have intended.... Just a complete bunch of nonsense Bungie!