I'll grant you matchmaking is horrible. Quickplay feels like an MLG million dollar final tournament or something. It's crazy. Some of the changes they made to Trials could be incorporated into regular crucible, IMO. It needs a revamp. Well, they might be the most balanced they've been, with the exception that a lot of the outliers are special weapons. They need to reduce the amount of special ammo drastically. There's no reason that a person should be able to run around an entire match with a shotgun out only. There just needs to be a limit to the amount of ammo they can pick up. Hand canon range is too far and aim assist too high. For as hard as they hit, they need a range reduction and tone the Aim Assist down. Also, ARs were so fun when Gnawing Hunger and Summoner were ruling the roost. I wish they didn't nerf ALL ARs into the ground, though. Fusions are a little hot right now. Scout rifles still aren't good enough. They need a real damage buff. Stop monkeying with variables like rate of fire and stuff, just give them a REAL damage buff.

Handcannon range is fine! I’ve been noticing a huge increase in players using pulse rifles mainly messenger sitting in rifts with stag at the back of the map. It is one of the most frustrating things atm. You know AR’s are fine they still shred especially with kill clip

1. Yes. 2. No. There is no "special weapons problem". The problem is that primaries are underpowered. So they have no ability to enforce range penalties that you need to keep OHK weapons in check. IOW, if I get caught out of shotgun range with one in my hand? I can either just fly at you and close to shotgun range before you can kill me witha primary (1v1)....or run away to cover before you can kill me. You will NEVER solve that problem by nerfs of "managing the ammo economy". Its just evidence that Bungie can't properly balance the two classes of weapons with respect to each other. 3. Bungie makes a habit of balancing the sandbox in favor of hand cannons. That is OUR fault because the community throws a temper tantrum anytime we have anything other than hand cannon/shotgun meta. 4 ARs? See point 3. 5. Fusions are right where they need to be. But they always wind up getting nerfed because the shotgun rushers complain. Because Fusions are very effective at reaching out and shutting them down before than can close. 6. Yes. Scout rifles are underpowerd on both sides of the game. As part of a bad philosophy of trying to force players to fight a closer ranges. Rather than simply letting people play what they want.