User blog comment:Spartian300/Why Titans are the best class/@comment-24057866-20140918155744/@comment-24057866-20140919154211

Hunters do not have a higher DPS than any of the other classes. Copy-pasting what I wrote as a response to another comment:

You can't pigeonhole Destiny's classes into traditional MMO roles because they weren't designed like that. In a traditional MMO, every class is necessary because no class has all necessary abilities. In Destiny, classes aren't set up like that at all; every class can use the same weapons, every class can double-jump, and every class has grenades. They're all the same except for damage type and a few minor, near-aesthetic differences. A team of all Bladedancers will be about as effective as a team of all Strikers. A team made up of multiple classes will be about as effective as a team made up of only one class.

Bungie specifically designed it this way so that no matter which class you prefer, you can still play with your friends in both PvE and PvP and your fireteam would not be disadvantaged. Bungie did not want to create situations in which a group of friends will be hindered in their effectiveness because they all chose the same class.

In order to kill multiple players in the Crucible, Fist of Havoc and Nova Bomb both require that you have a large group of people in a small area. Radiance can be better, but the cooldown between grenades still makes it inferior to Golden Gun and Arc Blade.

In PvP, there is no such thing as different but equal. As long as there are differences, there will be imbalances. It is impossible to make sure that every player is completely advantaged in every situation if they have choices between different abilities because some abilities will be better than others. Hunters have better supers, all classes have (about the same) grenades, all classes can use the same weapons, etc., and therefore, Hunters are OP in PvP.