Before I even begin I know for a fact about 80% of the Destiny community is going to jump down my throat for voicing this but I think the Last word is far too powerful and overused. (Criticise after you read everything please) The Last Word as a concept is awesome the fast fire rate and focus on hip firing make it a snipers best friend when someone creeps up on them. Yet for the last several months maybe even longer than a year, The Last Word has been terrorising the crucible with ridiculous fire rates and massive damage per shot that is increased by its heavy impact. The Crucible has been devolving into a world where if someone attacks you be they close or even medium range the first thought that most if not all Last Word users think of is "If I spam happy my Last Word they'll die". They killed Thorns reign of terror when people complained about it even though back in year one for me at least, Thorn was a non issue as when that happen I just pulled out my Red Death two shotted them in the head and left with my health at least partially intact. The Last Word has no counter from what I have experienced except for three weapons, another Last Word, MIDA Multi-tool or a Sidearm. The sidearm is an odd choice you might think but believe it or not, Last Word possesses a fire rate quite close to a sidearm. But the difference between the two is the Last Word does far more damage per shot and is ever so slightly slower. The Last Word off the top of my head kills in about 3-4 shots when spammed which is about half the clip. Sidearms which I will remind you are Special weapons kills in about 6-7 shots. I have noticed the crucible is the most balanced it's ever been but that does not mean it's an even playing field just yet. You get very tired of seeing The Last Word, 1000 Yard Stare, Party Crasher and more recently Grasp of Malok in your crucible death screen but the difference between all these weapons and the Last Word is that even though Bungie fixed the bug that made it have its perk when ADSing and its kill time was put from under a second to slightly higher it still does not change the fact that Last Word needs some work done on it. Bungie if your reading this please consider some changed for Last Word that will help other primary's stand a chance against it, it has been plaguing the crucible for far too long now even if it takes some changes. It's bad enough it has the highest fire rate of all hand cannons but why does it deserve such high damage/impact for that fire rate? Anyone who stuck to the end thank you and those who want to provide their opinion be they positive or negative to my own please do so.