So, after spending my entire Destiny career shotgunning, I have always thought that sniping in Destiny was a bit too easy and didn't carry nearly as much risk as it does in other games.
Yesterday, I realized that I had collected every gear set I had wanted in the game as well as every exotic available(class items and all) and I was getting bored. A friend of mine who plays ToO very often and snipes exclusively told me that sniping takes a lot of skill and that I should see if I was any good.
So I played 4 games in control and this is what I got:
First game was a bit rough. Lost the game by 3k with a 1.12 k/d.
Second game was a Win with a 2.25 k/d
Third Game was a Win with a 3.12 k/d
Fourth Game was a Win with a 2.5 k/d
By the Second game I was scoring double kills with the sniper. 10 of my 18 kills were sniper kills. [b]So am I just naturally good with snipers or are they just that easy to use?[/b] All I know is, I'm gonna be sniping from now on.
You could use a sword hilt and go positive in pubs. Try sniping in sweats against players who don't stand still in the middle of obvious sniper lanes, then check back with me.