Yeah, them numbers is BS. (Destiny)

by Earendil, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 15:35 (3793 days ago) @ iconicbanana

AR's got more kills because everyone used them. Bungie needed to consider % of kills with x weapon by % use of x weapon by the player base. They just went with total number of kills because Pulse Rifles were so unused, and now they've just created an equal swing in the opposite direction.

And you think that equal swing has nothing to do with the perceived difference in guns, and everyone switching to pulse rifles, and everything to do with the 2.x% drop in damage for the AR? Given everything that Bungie said on it, and knowing they didn't say everything they knew, I'm going to guess that Bungie nailed the math a lot closer than the community correctly reacted to it. You die to pulse rifles more now simply because more people are using them, not because they are OP. I tried the pulse rifle, I have a few 331s, exotic and non, and I still prefer (and do better with) scout rifle+shotgun or AR+sniper.