[quote]you can cause weapons to have the same general effectiveness, where there are some strengths but some weaknesses to compensate for. So far, Bungie has actually done something about that with [b][u]Taken King[/u][/b][/quote] TTK isn't the reason; it was specifically the 2.0 [i]weapons patch[/i]. Leaving Year 1 behind has nothing to do with it, as evident by the fact that Crucible is more balanced than [i]ever[/i], even though players can use literally every possible weapon in the game (aside from Engame PvP, of course). I'm not saying that Year 1 didn't need to be balanced; I'm saying that it already [i]WAS[/i]. If gear is more balanced than ever in PvP, then it should stand to reason that it would [i]also[/i] be balanced in Pv[u][i][b]E[/b][/i][/u]. :P