Destiny fights back against shotgun and sniper dominance in the Crucible

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Guardians of Destiny, take heed: your time in the Crucible is about to get a major overhaul, particularly if you find yourself favoring sniper rifles and shotguns (or, if you're like me, find yourself at the business end of said weapons). According to the Bungie weekly update, players in 3v3 Crucible matches will no longer spawn with special ammo.

"The PvP team wanted to increase the use of Primary weapons, especially at match-start," says senior designer Derek Carroll. "Sniper rifles and shotguns, in particular, inspire great happiness or sadness depending on which end of the weapon you find yourself. We wanted to somewhat delay that gratification (and sadification)."

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