Oh it has to do with the moaning without a doubt. They're constantly going on about how "they're listening". At least in part. None the less, you think making weapons so underwhelming people move to the next weapon that is [i]not[/i] underwhelming, only to continue making that weapon less good, is a "great way to make a game varied"? How about this: if shotguns have too much range and are consistently out-performing every other weapon in the game, reduce the range bit by bit until you find the sweet spot. When people stop using them in droves, buff them up again to where they're in a good place. Not in a month or a few weeks, but [i]tomorrow[/i]. Simple as that. HoW meta with fixes to specific exotic hand cannons, an ever so slight reduction to shotgun range and a hefty auto rifle buff would have kept both sides of the game in a better place for both pve and pvp players.

Except pvp meta doesn't translate to pve.