Not just you, I can't use pulse rifles at all. Can't even find a weapon I like. Still think pvp is a broken mess.
Destiny PvP is the only PvP I play and since HoW I almost religiously played PvP but now I really despise it. There is absolutely nothing I like about the PvP anymore, not even the new game modes. The only good PvP thing that came out of TTK was Bannerfall map.
If you are to take away playstyles and build then you replace them with new alternatives. A game where every gun is just as shit as the other is not fun to play when there are various unbalanced elements like Supers. Apart from Red Death there is not a single A tier primary, there are no S tier primaries anymore and everything else is just B grade or lower.