Do you really have faith that bungie could code such a real life type of flinch without messing anything else up?

Snipers are actually the ONLY reason people are playing so passively in this game right now. At least if you're going up against scouts and pulses, you can easily move around quickly, into and out of cover and not get instakilled by them. They're easily countered. If you're a sniper, then aren't you supposed to get the first shot off anyway? Descoping a sniper because a better player got the first shot off wouldn't makes snipers obsolete at all. It would make BAD sniper players obsolete, which is A-okay for me.

Scouts and pulses are [b]primary weapons[/b]. You’re comparing apples and oranges. They still kill fast in their intended distances, and you will not always be able to avoid being killed. Snipers are different because they are [b]special weapons[/b]. The same way a shotgun one shot kills in close quarters, you would expect a sniper to one shot kill at range, provided it’s a headshot. Unless you’re a living aimbot (or you have regular one) you can’t counter the handful of movement abilities that Guardians have consistently. People can slide, dodge, shoulder charge, blink, or Icarus dash around corners where a sniper has an angle on if they know they’re there. If I handed you a sniper with descope and I came at you with Hard Light, you would lose 9 times out of 10. Doesn’t matter the angle, doesn’t matter the distance, I would just find the glint and fire/ricochet wildly and you wouldn’t be able to counter it. It doesn’t make you a “bad player” though, it makes it an unfair mechanic.

it would make it far more realistic and show exactly why snipers have zero place in this game. WE never have maps with the actual range to use a sniper rifle.