This is untrue . Bungie has flat out said , Golden Gun is not , and never will be affected by Hand Cannon weapon changes . Source W eaponTuningDecemberUpdate <| sep |> Yeah , I didn ' t mention him cause I only really know him FROM a Marvel movie . <| sep |> You ' re partially right DICE did go after the lowest common denominator . However , you ' re assessment of who that is is wrong . It ' s the ohk sweet spot on 11 Scout rifles that have simplified the game exacerbated by dramatically reducing sway . I ' ve seen lots of sniper videos . They ' re all unwatchable . cept for that one where the player was phenomenally skilled . because they ' re nothing more than CoD vids . <| sep |> Data over such a short time span is not conclusive . We ' ll need to see data over the longer term . I also don ' t teach K 12 so I don ' t follow NAEP stuff . I ' m not sure if your data is cherry picked or not . So , in other words , you have no data and don ' t know anything about the subject , but you ' re sure I ' m wrong . How very scientific of you . And this which shows a flatline while the national average growsThe relevant figure is the trend in wi , not national trends . It was mostly flat before and stayed mostly flat . No change means no change , period , end of story . anything else is pure fantasy . And we haven ' t even talked about how much money was saved .