So, understandably Bungie nerfed Auto Rifles as the statistics proved they were the most over-used weapons in almost every activity. Now that they've castrated and killed Auto Rifles completley and buffed Pulse Rifles to top-tier and Hand Cannons to the most over-used genre of weapon, they might as well restore ARs to their former glory to compete with the newly buffed and overused Hand Cannons. If they re-buff ARs, will you not use Thorn anymore?
TLW: 2 Hipfire = Kill.
Thorn: 2 Headshot = Kill.
Red Death: 2 Headshot = Kill.
Scout Rifle: 3 Headshot = Kill. ( G-Demise )
Auto Rifles cannot compete with any of these weapons at close range.
If two players that were both pros shot at eachother with perfect aim from the same distance, all of the weapons I just mentioned would clearly win. Unless you get the first shot, no.
The first 3-10 shots in, you will lose any gunfight with an Auto Rifle against a skilled player.
EDIT: Bungie finally gave in. Not only are Thorn and the Last Word receiving a due nerf, but Auto Rifles are receiving the exact buff we decided on ( Or mostly )
To restore Auto Rifles to their prime damage but to keep the range nerfs in place to limit Auto Rifles to close-mid range encounters like Thorn and Last Word were originally intended to be.
Thank you all for consistently bumping this forum and I'm gladly looking forward to the Auto Rifle buff.
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If not in general, AR's should at least be buffed back to their original state for PvE. The total nerf was based on PvP. then the next nerf because they didn't like how it was 'over-used' because some Bungie dev who designed bad juju had a whinge fit. Best of all... that nerf? it took place the same time they did a PvE only buff to shotguns.. it's like saying "hey guys, we nerfed Auto's, even if you only play PvE, and not PvP, blame PvP, you're welcome. by the way, here's a PvE only buff to shotguns, just to show we lied, and we could easily keep weapon values from PvE and PvP separate the entire time. Next time we nerf AR's it's be PvE only to show we're serious."