When Season of the Witch was released last month in Destiny 2, one of its more notable under-the-hood balance updates was to zoom and its relationship with damage falloff on all weapons. This change was mainly focused on reining in some close-quarters outliers, such as SMGs, but the full ramifications of this sandbox shift have finally begun to make their mark on PvP usage rates.
The Ammit AR2—an auto rifle released almost a year ago in Season of Plunder—has surged up the leaderboards to become the most used weapon across quickplay, competitive and Trials of Osiris, according to statistics from DestinyTracker. Previously, auto rifles have been effectively non-existent in PvP ever since the sun set on the 600 RPM meta, making Ammit AR2’s dominance all the more sudden.
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