Its really that simple. One of the main reasons shotguns are really big in the meta right now is mainly because of two things: close quarters maps, and how ineffective snipers are. Granted, some higher skilled players can make good use of snipers regardless of how heavy the flinch is right now, but the flinch and other negative factors of the sniper are great enough for newer players to drop a sniper almost instantly and go back to using something else. As for the maps, since Destiny 2 was built on a 4V4 player bases, the majority of the maps that are in the quick play or competitive playlists are a close or mid-range type of map, making snipers ether less effective or practically useless in the hands of a newer player. So since the maps can't necessarily change, so the only practical thing to do Is to change snipers. The change I had in mind is allowing sniper rifles the option to have much shorter zoom scopes, like about as long a zoom that a scout rifle has. This would allow newer players to avoid the problem of tunnel vision. Another large problem concerning snipers. And I probably know what you're thinking that this would ruin the point of snipers, but in actuality it would greatly benefit both good and newer players alike and make them much stronger in a shotgun filled meta. So yeah, don't nerf shotguns, buff snipers. [spoiler]Moderator edit: This thread has been moved to #Feedback forum so that other Destiny players can weigh in.  [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/139533839/0/0] See Cozmo's thread here[/url] for more information about the #Feedback tag and its uses. Feel free to private message the moderator who moved your post, link to topic for further clarification about why this topic was moved.[/spoiler]