You could argue that you should remove the whole PVP of the game because it generates nerfs because of posts about it. However, where were the posts complaining about black hammer? Or the posts complaining about icebreaker? Those nerfs were generated by bungie without the need of nerf posts they were nerfed because the developper team has a particular vision about the game. Nerf posts are not the only reason bungie nerf weapons. There is a whole thought process behind nerfs and they have access to a lot of numbers we don't have access to. There is also a lot of reasons why they make nerfs in a certain way. As an example, the AR damage nerf which made ARs unusable was caused by the fact that they couldn't reduce the distance of damage dropoff without reducing the aim assist because the aim assist stat is part of the range stat. So it was either leave ARs dominant in the crucible during ages, make them lack range and almost impossible to aim but have high damage, or make them do less damage than what they should do but on a longer range than they should. None of those situations were the best, but they did as best as they could. It is also the reason why shotguns could not have a range nerf before that. Truth is: they know a lot more things than we do and they have technical limits that we don't know about. And their vision is to have a very good balance. But it takes time to get things working technically because of reasons part of game programming.