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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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Edited by Dingo9012: 7/25/2014 1:11:54 AMOkay, so I re-rolled my Hunter and my Titan to make them prettier and this time through I played solely with the Hand Cannon on my Hunter from start to finish (with the exception of the prologue mission of course.). I found that the longer I was on my Hunter, the more I changed the way I played...I'd take more time, float the reticule across the mob and squeeze off a round for a Precision hit each time...and you know what...It STILL needs a damage boost! You just don't have enough ammunition in the magazine to wipe out a bunch of dregs and vandals as easily as you can with other primary weapons. Unless the Hand Cannon gets a slight increase in both precision and normal damage, I can't see myself ever using one except when Golden Gun is active. And I know we Hunter's get the smexy throwing knife/knives later on and they do make up for the lack of killing power the Hand Cannon Hunter possesses, but other classes get a melee too right? Why should HC-Hunters have to rely on their melee to balance out a primary weapon? But meh...enough of my rant for the night, anyone else got a sob story about the Hand Cannon? Perhaps one ran over your dog? Killed your Goldfish? Stole your first Girlfriend or Boyfriend? Because as they are right now they suck that badly I wouldn't be surprised!
