You're spot on. All the complaining about shotguns, lord of wolves, handhelds, throwing knives and whichever may come next week that's the daily routine on this forum. While no one talks about how majority of the maps favor close-range engagements where the above stated tools have inherent advantage. Then cram these maps with 12 player lobbies when they weren't designed for that. Vostok and equinox are actually rather balanced maps as far as potential for different ranged engagements go. Vostok more than the other but even equinox has pathing low-range loadouts can utilize. It's just not as apparent on a glance. Both of these maps are largely disliked by the community. Quite possibly simply because they're different from the lopsided norm folks are used to.