Game Director's 'WTF WSTRs' Update Splits Community Ahead of Tuesday Nerf

Joe Ziegler's bluntly-titled "UPDATE: WTF WSTRs" announcement has the community divided over the Tuesday WSTR Combat ShotgunShotgun nerf. Steam reviewers remain positive despite technical issues — one 360-hour player calls Marathon "one of the best games I wish I could recommend" while another with 90 hours praises "peak gunplay" and zero cheaters encountered. However, the tone shifts on Reddit where players are frustrated with Cryo Archive vault bugs, including completely empty Vault 5s after boss fights and prestige salvage glitched into floors. The WSTR nerf targeting blue shield+ two-shot kills aims to create "more counterplay," but players worry it'll push the meta toward other dominant weapons.