Then you could use wormwood (if that's your thing) and play the mid range game. Personally, I like using scouts with a sidearm as backup for close range. I've been using this kind of loadout for a long time way before this current meta and it works for me. So far, this current meta isn't as bad as the old ones. It's a bit more flexible instead of if your not using the meta weapons you will be at a disadvantage. You can basically use whatever, as long as it has high impact and range for it's class. It's just that with everybody being so mobile it's the weapons that kill the fastest become the most used and palindrome is the fastest. With the special ammo nerf the special weapons are being used are the ones that again kill the fastest while getting around the nerf like sidearms and icebreaker.