Sorry, but the gunplay in Destiny is far superior to that of COD. As for balancing, really? COD always has OP weapons or perk set ups. As for story...well, it isn't hard to beat Destiny here. However, COD generally has a pretty weak story. Advanced Warfare and COD 4 being the exceptions, for me. Now, connection, LMAO. Main reason I will not play COD anymore is because of their crappy Lag compensation and the lack of real dedicated servers.