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Edited by MyriadWasTaken:
7/19/2014 5:45:31 AM
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How do you feel about hand cannons now?
Hand cannons seem to have gotten a slight buff but not near enough. Why would I choose a hand cannon versus a scout rifle when they have pretty much the same damage per shot but one has almost twice as many rounds and a higher rate of fire and both equally accurate if the scout rifle is not more accurate or at least a little easier to aim. The hand cannon can't even get a one shot kill head shot on level 8, granted the scout rifle cannot either but with the limitations the hand cannon has ammo/ROF wise I think it should be a lot more powerful. Literally not enough bang for my buck on the hand cannon. Maybe there are better ones in the full game? But right now they are still resembling what should be a "secondary weapon" not a special but a secondary. Like an "oh no I'm out if rounds in my primary better switch to the last ditch effort to make it outta this!"
Any other opinions on these so called "cannons"?
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Hand cannon's are terrible compared to every other weapon. Ofc in PvE they're fun mainly because of the head shots. But even so, I feel as if you end up running out of ammo with a hand cannon against waves of mobs. In PvP they're are worse. I just think that if It is a weapon in the game it should at least be viable in both aspects along with the other weapons rather than only be good for one half of the game. Hell every weapon pales in comparison to the auto rifle. In PvP, the attack of the weapon is balanced however the stats of the weapon are not. meaning high impact= high damage. Somehow a full rate of fire auto rifle with the lowest amount of impact will incinerate you in a heart before a person with another gun can pull the trigger a second time. Hand cannons seem useless to me since, theres the scout rifle which has similar impact, farther range, and is actually usable in both aspects of the game. I just think that if they put it in the game it should be at least be a reason why people should use it. Instead there is a weapon that could very well replace it. Maybe it's just me though.
