You do realize that isn't true at all right? This is trials, not some shitty Crucible round. If you run the gauntlet of the enemy's defense and get close enought to hit them with a shotgun, you earned it. I don't run shotgun in Trials because it plain is too hard to do exactly this. Doing a rush strategy can be effective. But there are plenty of counter play strategies... most notibly running really strong short range primaries like red death or hawksaw and using smart grenades like the Sunsinger's firebolt. This is coming from a guy who did go flawless this week and didn't use a shotgun when he did it.

This is just your opinion however, and what worked for your team, IMO I think that shotguns are more OP than snipers because you usually do not have do much aiming, and they have ridiculous range(Conspiracy Theory). It 100% takes more skill to snipe in any game mode because in order to get the reliable kill it must be a head shot, and even with the large hit box and high AA, you still have less than half of the target that shotguns do, for example, I can one hit kill you with a shotgun if I shoot you in the toe from a range double double that of warlock melee (cough, conspiracy theory D cough) but with a sniper it has to be a head shot which all in all is about 1/6-1/10 of a gaurdian's body.

The aiming might be harder, but the positioning involved with sniper in pants-on-head easy. All you have to do is know the best fire lanes and have your teammates feed you info on enemy position and movement. Saying that it takes more skill is just false. To the snipers that can ADS and come up with headshots, I commend them. But they are few and far in between. Most snipers are sitting somewhere with their reticle at head-level in a high traffic area and then pulling the trigger when a someone walks into it. That isn't hard... and with high aim assist, the game auto-corrects the small error that would otherwise result in small misses. IMO, it's just as hard to use a shotgun because you have to position well, ADS, and evade enemy countermeasures. Especially because there are players like me who thrive on playing protection for their teammates and shutting down rushes. In the casual crucible... shotguns do decent, especially in object formats that force close quarters movement. But that isn't the level of skill that the game should be balanced to. At the competitive level, Sniper rifles are by far the most powerful secondary weapons.

While I understand your point, I think its false. Although Camping a corner with a shotgun takes way less skill than sniping, even if they are hard scoping. (in my opinion, you are entitled to yours)