Yes I see that you certainly do have quite a few sniper kills, much more than my current 539 kills. I love using snipers but admitedly do find them troublesome to use at times, part of that I feel is because of most of the crucible maps don't lend themselves favourable to sniping. That's one thing I would like to see, more diverse, and maybe more open maps that don't encourage shotguns. Trust me i'm not a fan of dying to shotguns as much as I do, and that's coming from me who used shotguns a ton in D1 with over 8300 kills. I still do try to use a sniper a fair bit in crucible, with my favorite sniper currently being Widow's Bite. My usual loadout is crimson, widow's bite, and sins of the past on my dawnblade warlock, and while it's a lot of fun at times, I do get killed a lot to people who I let get too close with shotguns. Some changes to snipers would be appreciated but not ever to the point they feel dominant. Like you have already said yourself, there's not many opportunities for snipers to be the better choice over shotguns. Nonetheless I do like the challenge of trying to use them over other choices that may still be better.