I don't understand any of Bungie's reasoning over trying to force people to use other weapon types. How does my auto rifle usage effect anyone else? Why should my preference to use auto rifles have anything to do with Bungie? You've got my money so stop trying to dictate what activities I do in game, or what weapons I want to use. Let me put it this way: You go into your local McBurgerFC and order a Spicy Veggie burger and pay for it. The counter staff gives you a Kangaroo Burger, smiles and says: "Veggie Burgers are too popular with our customers, so we've decided to implement a policy of offering something else from our menu in order to promote uptake of our other types of burger". "Enjoy your Kangaroo burger" :-) You would be well within your rights to kick up a fuss and demand the Spicy Veggie burger you paid for. So what gives Bungie the right to dictate what I do and how I do it?

Development happens on PC. Most concepts are tested on that platform first. They don't know how it will port over until they test that build. Ultimately, end build is the shard of a game we are left with. The play test on pc is amazing. Its a totally different game. Its everything Destiny needs to be. But it can't live on console. Not even current gen. Now, when contracts are up, if millions aren't thrown for exclusives...maybe Bungie makes their own box? Be pretty sweet. A dedicated Tri-Corn Destiny Console. No more psn/xbl woes...no more shackles. 'But that's a 10+ year plan...'-precisely As for guns specifically: statistics showed an increasing trend in ar use. Players favored ars over other types that Bungie didn't want ignored. Perhaps by design, a forced change was needed to help facilitate drop rates? (Gun stats enable progressions too...) Who knows...they won't say!

Bungie since day one of Destiny has always used misrepresented stats. What's sad about is they're not even that good at grooming the stats. It's as Ann as the noes on Plain's face.

Statistically.... their dev team is very small compared to player base. So we will ALWAYS find something they miss. This is because we have millions of eyes and people playing destiny. Their test set is significantly smaller.

I still think they should have just buffed pulse rifles and left auto rifles alone

That's a complaint I have with Bungie. They don't take into account other data. They look at a problem and the first conclusion they come up with is the one they think is correct. There are other variables that need to be examined because they contribute to the problem. How many guardians here have little to none space in their character's inventory or the postmaster's inventory? People need the extra space for the vault to transfer equipment between character's. Bungie needs to take the time and properly analyze the problem before they try and fix it.