The reason behind this is because of the Linear crucible quest, similar to when the revolker was up for the taking. Shotgun meta is actually worse tbh as during forsaken the whole Luna's and dust rock combo made crucible unplayable for anyone who didnt have luna's to compete Also its actually not that boring at all, in fact most of the games i played were pretty fun as "getting good" with a sniper rifle or linear fusion rifle is a lot more rewarding on console, as it was for me when i had worked on my revolker quest and i never really picked up a shotgun after that, mainly because jumping around like an ape with a shotgun is not as satisfying as getting a bs level cross map snipe But thats just my opinion