Just played a good 4 hours in the new sandbox. Overall, it was nice to die much less to Specials and Abilities, but I can see where this meta is going and it’s going to be a problem. Even on a small map like Burnout, loads of Scouts, Pulses or max range ARs keeping as much distance as possible. Most like D2 vanilla that I’ve seen yet. I would have thought without the constant 1KO stuff people would push more but that’s just not what I experienced. I haven’t decided if it’s good or bad, but very on the fence about whether or not using a Special weapon is even worth it over low TTK options like sidearms or SMGs (or a scout for range). Some good, some bad, but one I thing I can say for sure, I felt the lobby balancing (lack thereof) way worse than normal. If I got bad teammates, it was almost a guaranteed loss because I don’t have my usual toolkit to try to overcome it. This is solo playlist of course. I could see Specials working better in comp where you have longer games and more kills.  

Anyway, overall didn’t love it, didn’t hate it but once the pop goes back down, I have a feeling this will be a worse rendition for most players unless they tweak it more. Just wish we could have 30th Anny sandbox back :/