A lot has been made of shotguns and how people feel they are ruining crucible. I wouldn't go as far as to say it is ruined myself but conversely it's pretty sad to watch people spend an entire game with them equipped sliding ans shotgunning for an entire game. Anyhow, my suggestion. Now I'm sure that someone will give it the old "omg nerf git gud skrub you dont have 10.0 KD noob". Such is life. Limit the ability for white damage to be a 1 hit kill. The only thing that is a white damage 1 hit kill is a rocket launcher. That means a shotgun body shot won't 1 hit kill, this I think is fair a sniper body shot doesn't do that why should a shotgun. A headshot can still kill in 1 shot depending on how much of the shotgun hits the head. For example a felwinters body shot would take you down to little health whereas a high rof shotgun would require more than two shots. That might tip the balance towards something like sword breaker I guess as the classic shotgun melee would be more relevant but at least that takes a bit of timing. Fusion rifles can headshot in order to make them a viable midrange option, this would also give them a place in PVE as at the moment they do not compare to shotguns or sniper rifles in either game mode. They cannot white damage 1hk in crucible either, at least 2/4 bolts would be needed to land on the head. Alternatively, do nothing to weapon damage and make special ammo a 2 minute spawn and you only receive say 10% of total ammo reserve when picked up. I like my idea as it would allow for genuine close quarters battles instead of a game of who pulled the trigger first + had a better connection to host at the time. Haters gonna hate. Before people says anything about a shotgun being a 1 shot kill IRL remember, this is a game and we run around with shields wielding space magic. Real life does not apply, especially when you can kill someone from much farther away with a shotgun than you can in this game. Edit: oh to add, weapons of light would work to 1 hit kill for high impact weapons as it already does with high impact sniper rifles. That would make defender titans quite desirable.