Have to disagree with all this hate on Stasis in Crucible. It's fun and actually quite humorous at times. Look at it this way, you're going to get killed by SOMETHING in Crucible. Does it really make a difference whether it's a sniper shot, sliding shottie, or being frozen? At least if you're frozen there is a small but still greater than zero chance of getting out. If you're sniped in the head, you're just dead.
I missed Felwinter's Lie in Destiny 2 (have in Destiny though) and it looks like I'll never have a chance at it since there's no announcement it'll ever be brought back. Now, I could start threads to "remove Felwinter's" but that would be pointless. It's better to use the loot I do have and adjust. I really hope Stasis is here to stay. We'll adjust. The meta is always changing.
The difference is being frozen you cant counter or run from and by the time your unfrozen you are either dead or about to get 1 shot.
Its a cheese mechanic in pvp
To be fair, after getting used to it you can counter the tracking grenade pretty consistently by simply jumping. Counting the melees however is still very hard.
If a sniper has you in his sights, you're dead in one shot. Can't counter that either. Same with a sliding shottie. Those players are typically good enough that once they slide and take aim, you're already dead. No counter to it. If you saw it coming, you'd already have taken action.