The Sniper Rifle Conundrum?

Today's guest publication comes from Jcdace

I don't know if im alone in this thinking but I feel personally that sniper rifles are in a kind of weird place in destiny.

The overshield vs sniper impact issue (primarily in pvp) seems to cause a huge funnelling problem for sniper rifles where competetive gameplay is concerned.

Many snipers in PVP right now only seek out the high impact sniper rifles in order to either revive kill or kill people from their super abilities (other than those damn sunbreakers) and most people in PVE seek the higher impact snipers in favour of staggering and higher damage output.

I personally would like to be able to use other sniper rifles both for aesthetic reasons and for weapon feel, without feeling like I'm going to be punished for doing so.

It PAINED me to get such an awesome sniper rifle like the Eye of Sol, A trials of osiris weapon i couldn't even use in trials because of its lack of impact.

What would I suggest?

I don't really know an honest foolproof solution because we don't want to lose the unique factor for sniper rifles in general. But i feel personally that all snipers should have more or less the following capabilities:

• 1 headshot kill or 2 bodyshot kill (3 bodyshot kills are just ridiculous) 
• All snipers should either be able to revive kill or none of them should be able to, revive kill has become a natural sniping mechanic in destiny whether it was intended to be or not, so this should be accepted or removed as a mechanic either way. 
• Sniper headshots should be able to kill all super ability overshielded opponents, reward a skilled and composed hand in a panic situation rather than over-rewarding someone who triggers a super ability in an inopportune time and gets a lucky break 
• No snipers should 1 shot body shot an opponent from full health, Sniper rifles are a skilled hand precision weapon, rewarding none-precision in such a lethal manner is counter productive. 

I would love to see more variety in the PVP game for sniper rifles currently any competitive snipers are looking for either an Eirene RR4, 1000 yard stare or are sticking with the stillpiercer.This makes for a very stale experience and an often frustrating and unimaginative plane of creativity for sniper rifle users.

Players would have used things like patience and time / hereafer but after The Taken King and the 2.0 patch to aggressive ballistics those don't revive snipe anymore either making them even less of an option when it comes to an exotic slot.

I guess i just wanted to gauge people's opinions on this matter and hope that , if it gets enough traction that bungie would take note of this and hopefully see fit to change it.

Thanks.