I see a lot of complaints about the 1000 yard and how it made sniping easier. The truth is sniper rifles have not changed all that much after 2.0. A lot more people are practicing and using snipers now because the shotguns are not what they use to be. The result is that it is a lot more evident how dominating snipers can be and with a bit of practice and patience, you can do well with sniper rifles. If you go through some old forums many people predicted that as soon as shotguns are not as dominate, snipers will take their place. The smartest thing you can do is to start practicing and using snipers. For the time being, if you want to dominate in crucible particularly ToO, you have to know how to wield a sniper rifle. EDIT 1: The point that I was trying to get across in the this post was not that sniper rifles are perfectly balanced. Rather, they have not been buffed. More people are replacing their shotguns with sniper rifles. The 1000 yard was given to everyone as a mission reward or it could be purchased from the vendor. If you compare snipers like longbow, LDR, or shadow of veil pre 2.0, you will see that they perform very similar to 1000 yards. Before 2.0 you had 4-5 people on team with a shotgun and 1-2 people with a sniper. Now you are seeing 3-4 people on team running a sniper, so naturally you will get killed by snipers more often.