Don't be stupid. (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, June 05, 2015, 05:00 (3462 days ago) @ Funkmon

Please, try to incorporate some nuance into your thoughts. We're adults here. Not everything needs to be extreme.

Here is the nuance:

There is absolutely no place in the game where the autorifle is the best choice. No map. No range. Ideally you want it to be useful somewhere. Of the primaries, Scout Rifles dominate long range, and Hand cannons and pulse rifles mid. What does that leave? Close range. This is where the autorifle should shine. But it doesn't. Because shotguns ruin you close range.

If you increase the autorifle damage, decrease the range and increase the spread so they are an up close weapon, then make shotguns very close range only, then now you have a place for them in the game.

It's not a dick measuring contest - it's simply a fact that autorifles are no good in PvP. You even said so yourself. They are not always fine. The situations in which you say you get autorifle kills would still net you kills with other weapons, but other weapons will net you kills an autorifle simply couldn't.