I feel that it's mandatory to have a chest armor with "Enhanced Unflinching Sniper Rifle Aim" when using a Sniper Rifle. It makes a huge difference, but Bungie should really further reduce the flinching you take per shot. Maybe reducing the amount of flinch based on the enemy players damage fall off/range of their gun or based on the amount of health you lose per shot.
I disagree with adding more Aim Assist. You really don't want another 1,000 Yard Stare situation where people get headshots while scoped on some ones foot.
The overall "sluggish" feeling you are noticing is probably the byproduct of how they were Power Weapons before and probably kept that innate Handling/Movement Speed reduction.
My only personal gripe with Sniper Rifles are you are only given two shots. It's a lot easier to miss with a Sniper than it is to miss with a Shotgun or Fusion Rifle.
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I have basically a full set with the best sniping perks I can find and the flinch is often still untameable, even on PC, I do fine because on PC you can be quicker to scope in and pop them in the head, however all too often I'll scope in, shoot and be flinched the very millisecond I do so and miss by miles. Shotguns and pulse rifles are absolutely the meta on PC right now and it frankly gets boring at times, if sniping was even a little easier I feel like it would be a lot more even. I absolutely don't want them to nerf other weapons, make the ones lacking a bit better and see if it works!