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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I only have experience with the common (white quality) HC and I must admit I was a bit disappointed. Imo there are two things that can balance the HC in PVE: 1. Increase the dmg slightly so you can kill in one (head)shot (I often have the target at 5% after the first shot) 2. Increase the maximun ammo capacity because if you have to shoot twice every target you'll run out of bullets really quick especially in the area's where you can't always run around to pick up ammo because it's swarmed with enemy mobs (e.g. boss fights) Hopefully it's just a common HC problem and that the uncommon or beter quality HC will feel just right, because I love being a badass gunslinger ^^