They should just take out all weapons. Instead of helmets wear tin foil hats. And instead of chest armor they could wear a bra

All the MLG pro Destiny snipers use high Aim assist rifles and actually consider themselves HIGHLY skilled. Seriously if you are so good at sniping why not use the weakest lowest impact ones. All you need is a headshot right Pros? Ah I forgot most low impact snipes have too low of an aim assist...

Needs to drop them out of their scope when they're hit.

I hate how everyone's first instinct is to nerf things before looking at the situation. No matter what others say, shotguns are still good (albeit a bit less so) and aim assist really isn't any different on snipers than it was in Y1. The problem we're seeing is the meta itself: Long Range /\ [b]Snipers[/b] | | | Mid Range | [b]Fusion Rifles[/b] | | [b]Sidearms[/b] \/ [b]Shotguns[/b] Short Range If you don't see what I'm saying, the point I'm trying to get across is that Fusions and Sidearms are basically crammed into the mid- to close-range area. When shotguns had insane amounts of range, they were between where Sidearms and Fusions are now (or just one step up). Combine that with the fact that you could simply rush with them and get kills on mid-range targets before they could kill you, and they would basically fill that mid-range area. Now, the problem is that they've been nerfed (which isn't a bad thing) so there's now this huge void that can't be filled by Fusions and Sidearms (unless they get a range buff, which I think they need) because they simply don't have enough range. That leaves only sniper rifles. By now, everybody's realized that the only way to get those mid-long range kills they want is with a sniper. And of course, they can just step back a bit and wait for someone from far away, then snipe them. Nothing else can really compete because you have to get a few shots off to sway their scope, and that can only really be done with a primary (the scope sway you get from getting shot is actually quite substantial, so any kills while under fire that a sniper makes are pure skill). So, everybody's using a sniper now, and the more they use them, the better they become with them, just like any other gun. If you have a meta that forces people to become a good sniper to do the best, what do you think they'll do? Snipe, of course, and get as good as they can. And those are the people you're up against. Until they buff range on sidearms and fusions, snipers are the only viable option outside of the mid- to close-range space. Just my thoughts on the meta and snipers in general. Tl;dr: Snipers have filled the gap that shotguns left after they got nerfed multiple times.

No, they don't. Snipers function the same as day 1. Bungie needs to strengthen aggressive play options again (blink, shotguns, fusion rifles) and increase damage at range for auto rifles, pulse rifles and hand cannons. Sniping in year 1 came with great risk. Now, with shotguns trash, blink way too slow and primary weapons having ridiculous falloff sniping isn't a risk-reward anymore unless your going up against MIDA... Which is why that weapon has become so popular. In year 1, you basically had one shot and if you missed.. You probably died. Now it's not uncommon for snipers to get at least two shots off before backing off. There's too little risk in sniping now.

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Snipers need sway and hardcore scope bouncing when walking. People would get so Butthurt it would be amazing lol scrubs