Anyone complaining about checkmate are players that crutch on specials and other one shots to get kills. Checkmate has singlehandedly fixed pvp, thats just a fact. Special ammo was a huge problem in the past, guess what? Checkmate fixed that and still managed to keep the power fantasy of specials. Now specials are used under “special” conditions, not primaries. Ability spam was a huge issue in the past and whoa look at that, checkmate fixed the problem. No more ability spam so players have to either build into it or use it wisely. This also fixed the bubble issue in trials which was out of hand, now you will be lucky to even get 1 ult in trials. I left this game a while back because the balance of the game was out of control. One shots were literally happening left and right, up and down and over and under. I started playing checkmate and its brought me back, I love checkmate and its hilarious how bad people are at using primaries in this game. Before anyone says to go play cod, no just stop. One shots are not fun, cheesy ability spam is not fun and mindlessly running around like an ape with a shotgun is not fun. It’s also not fun being forced to use specials if you wanted to even have a fighting chance vs other players. Checkmate takes actual skill to do well which is awesome. Positioning, aim and game sense finally matters again and I’m destroying lobbies all on my own without having to crutch on specials, hand cannons or pulse rifles. Bows are finally viable, scouts are finally viable, auto rifles, side arms etc. I haven’t seen such variety in weapon choices in a very long time and I just love to see it. I hope that checkmate becomes the core experience in pvp and I hope bungie sticks to this new balance philosophy because it’s the best mode I’ve played in years. Checkmate also makes sbmm bearable so thats also a plus