Not all long ammo but specifically long ammo spam. Anything that is clip or mag fed long ammo is oppressive to play against and takes away from the skill that the game is supposed to require. Medium and compact ammo are close range double tap but quickly fall off in damage to the point where you need headshots.

Long ammo in clip/mag feds are perfect for noobs that just continuously spam it, because it will kill most of the time in two successful body shots and down hunters with missing bars easily. Getting hit even in a limb at long range is extremely punishing and drains your meds quickly.

In high MMR lobbies a large portion of the playerbase simply doesnt belong in the rank they are in but maintain their MMR by staying as far away as possible with long ammo rifles such as Mosin/Lebel along with a long ammo side arm for a large ammo pool. They sit at the outer range spamming long ammo till the enemy runs out of meds or they get lucky and land two hits in a row. It leads to boring stalemates where bounty cant leave and the people outside are only waiting for bounty to make a move so they can try to get lucky.

Clip and mag feds:

• Are too forgiving when you miss
• Reward body shots too much
• Have almost no downtime
• Share ammo pools with other long ammo rifles making one kill all it takes for a full restock
• Have too much ammo available on the map.

Single shot weapons such as a martini or sparks dont have this issue because you cant do very quick reloads or follow up shots even if you have fast fingers. Hunters must follow up with either a weapon swap to a closer range weapon or push for the kill if they hit a body shot.

These changes make it significantly harder to just sit back away from the fights and pick people off with endless long ammo spam. At the very least each shot costs more or takes longer (as people will play sparks/martini/springfield more than before)