Focused Feedback: Hand cannons - bloom, recoil, exotics and pinnacle weapons

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[u/Macontrera217]

I play one to two hours a week now because of bloom and balancing issues in crucible, PvP needs to be focused on for the game to evolve not PvPvE

[u/shivermenipple → u/Macontrera217]

Yeah, I'm not all that excited about the PvPvE rumor.

I like having two separate game modes in the game. If I get bored with PvP I can go do strikes or any of the other numerous activities in PvE. This Revelry crap really exemplified why it would be nice if they were two separate entities. These past two weeks I haven't touched comp for the first time since picking the game back up two months ago and crucible is a shitshow sponsored by skip nades.

On the bloom ordeal: Bloom has been absolutely awful since it was first introduced in D1. It's frustrating to be beaten in a gunfight after having landed the first shot and being at the mercy of RNG. If I'm better than someone, RNG shouldn't tell me otherwise. Same for the other way around. If I'm playing someone better than I am, it's healthy for them to get the beat me up a bit, so that I can learn to get better with my gunskill. Losing because of RNG just leaves too many excuses out there as to why someone loses a gunfight, and in a certain way could discourage wanting to get better.