The new patch is out, and in record time the beginings of a new, and possibly the second worse meta has started to take ahold. It's frustrating, because it's always one step forward and two steps back with Bungie when it comes to these weapon balances. Either they've lost it completely, or there test team doesn't do as much as they say they do. Anyways, here are changes that absolutely need to be made, or at least considered if Destiny is to correct it's course and avoid a legacy of stagnant metas and poor balancing: The Last Word - Take out the ability to aim down sights on this gun. BOOM problem solved. All Snipers - Res Snipping shouldn't be a thing. Short Range Scopes shouldn't be a thing. Aim assist stats above 25 shouldn't be a thing. Getting hit should pull you out of aiming down the sights (a la Halo). BOOM problem probably solved. Shotguns - Alter the Felwinter's Lie/Conspiracy Theory D shotgun archetype to have lowest base range of all shotguns, and remove all range boosting perks. Implement a wind up time and gating effect for sliding. Remove weird damage fall off implemented in patch 2.1.0 It just made every other shotgun archetype unusable. BOOM problem solved. MIDA Multitool - Either lower base damage by a significant amount, or lower it's stability significantly. BOOM problem solved Preemptive Thorn nerf - Slow down rate of fire. Or it'll go right back to being the thorn in our sides all over again if they bring it forward, trust me.