Since its change in Season of Worthy, Sniper Rifles have always been considered to be in the niche of Destiny 2 loadouts. While Bungie buffed up the weapon type against minor enemy types with Shadowkeep's release, Snipers had their damage reduced by 20% later. This was due to overuse in high-tier activities.
However, as things stand now, players can't find a great reason to use the Sniper Rifle except for specific bounties and seasonal challenges. Since Linear Fusion Rifles have been running the show for quite some time now, it is difficult for players to choose Sniper Rifles over the former weapon type.
A recent post on Reddit has been getting some traction regarding Sniper Rifles, where the community has a mutual agreement on the state of the weapon type.
The latest post on Destiny 2 Reddit comes from Luckbox7777777, who asked which specific changes can make Sniper Rifles more viable in PvE. In contrast, their experience with a god roll Mechabre has been horrible inside Grandmaster Nightfalls.
They said the weapon didn't have enough impact, with its slow reload speed and terrible ammo economy.
Mechabre is an Aggressive Framed weapon, meaning it should have more impact than other archetypes of the same weapon type. However, if the community still feels that Linear Fusion Rifles are dealing way more damage than Aggressive Framed Sniper Rifles, Bungie must be doing something wrong in Destiny 2PvE.
As mentioned earlier, Sniper Rifles got a significant buff with the Shadowkeep expansion, where the weapon type dealt 47% more damage against minors and 20% more against everything else. However, since Bungie thought the weapon type was acting too powerful in high-tier content, they nerfed it by reducing its damage by 20%.
Since then,
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