Im sure we can go at this all day, i am glad we have opposing views on the matter. I understand the frustration of sniper rifles, i too die to them while popping shots into faces only to be killed by a lucky trigger pull and some odd flinch, and that is where the issue we are discussing stems from. They are fairly easy to use, destiny is a casual game after all. Hit box size could be decreased, and the aim assist could be slightly more unforgiving. Personally i prefer low aim assist on my snipers, nothing ticks me off more than having my scope pulled around. Destiny could become a miserable mess again if the time to kill were to be raised to where it once was, i agree, the hand cannon meta was pretty insane at the time thinking back on it, but i also feel it would reduce sniper usage and could honestly bring this game back out of the camping meta we are currently in. A few weapons still underperform or work slightly worse than intended, which theoreticslly should be good counters to snipers: high impact pulse rifle, still 3 burst (correct me if im wrong), but so do low inpact high rate of fire ones, which kill faster and dont produce flinch, making high impact pulses obsolete. Hand cannon accuracy is still messy and that is another problem, as they are the gun that hits like a truck at close range, and should make it harder to land headshots with a sniper. As far as flinch goes it already exists, reducing stability on snipers could be a good start. Flinch does happen all the time while aiming down scope. Unfortunately the MIDA got nerfed, and even though i hated it it was a good counter to snipers. Most scouts are still good counters. As well, a slight buff in accuracy to hand cannons and a very minimal damage increase to high impact pulse rifles could be a good thing. As far as descoping goes for the sake of mentioning it, destiny isn't that type of game, its a fluid, somewhat fast paced fps at this point and im sure bungie wants to keep it that way. Descoping would only make people never use snipers, and no one wants them to vanish, i understand a usage reduction. The plus side to destiny is you actually do need a headshot with a sniper to get a 1hko, unlike the old days when final round existed. So at least we have that, unlike cod.