[b]Edit: Before you read, some are concerned I'm claiming snipers are OP and need nerfing etc. and reply as if I'm oblivious to the fact it's the same as Y1. I was one of those Y1 snipers, that's all I used. I'm pretty good at it not to toot any horns. I've played the game enough to have a say on what's not so balanced - I'm approaching 3 million medal score with a 2KD overall[/b] So... Following last weekend's Trials of Osiris map, The Anomaly. I have finally opened my eyes to the situation. Sniper rifles are as common as Y1 shotguns now. This is coming from the guy who wrote the 10,000 character essay (link below) on how aim assist works - for clarification I wrote that because many were using the term wrongly, using it as an excuse for sniper popularity, over-exaggerating what it does and so on. https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/170566095/0/0 Aim assist is not the reason Sniper Rifles are over used. Why were Y1 shotguns so popular (post-buff)? Because the range was ridiculous and it was a 1 shot kill. A 1 shot kill in a game like Destiny where gun fights are significantly prolonged compared to the likes of other FPS, Call of Duty for example, is a huge cut down on TTK (time to kill). If a sniper can land that 1 shot headshot (or at the time of writing this, get the LiTC round), it'll beat any primary weapon or heavy weapon hands down, almost every weapon besides a shotgun within their respective range. I've just played a number of Skirmish games, and the entire 3 man team (all random players may I add) were sniping, non stop, left right and centre. I'm not complaining that they're too easy to use (because I love sniper rifles and have been sniping since TDB when I got the game), but because they're too effective to use. It was that bad, one guy even managed to no scope me point blank and finish me off with a melee - the equivalent of a shotgun melee in Y1. It's not that I'm a bad player like a lot of complaints on here arise from because I'm far from it. I certainly wasn't playing my best but it's the principle of it is what matters. My simple solution - nerf special ammo crates. Add another minute or two onto the timers, place them in spots in which teams doing well will be rewarded for doing so (such as one slap in the middle of the map to fight towards). The spawns of these crates currently are commonly in enclosed locations, and pose no risk of grabbing. ([b]Edit: moving crates maybe not such a good idea but reducing ammo more so)[/b] The ammo given should be reduced, currently it's the traditional 4 bullets and 6 if you have the extra sniper rifle ammo perk on any piece of armour. I think this should be cut down to 2, and 3 being granted with the sniper ammo perk. The reason I have brought this to attention finally, is because I just checked the statistics for the weapons used on The Anomaly (a dominantly CQ map with few long range lanes), and snipers were more used than shotguns, [b][u]on The Anomaly[/u][/b]. This can be checked yourself on the home page of destinytrialsreport.com What are your thoughts guys? I really think this is one of the final steps towards the balance we've been looking for since the beginning. All in all, 2.0 was a huge stride towards this goal and 2.0.1 is only edging us closer to where the game needs to be.