Okay we've played the Destiny alpha and the Hand Cannons are fun. The problem is for a lot of us is we've been conditioned to halo gameplay. Pop the shields and finish with the Pistol. Repeat...repeat...repeat. That's one reason. And to be honest it's probably the main reason for the Hand Cannon frustration. The second reason is It doesn't feel like a primary when the rifles are extremely effective in that slot. It's natural to run out of ammo in the heat of the battle and out comes the secondary to save the day. Problem is the Secondary ammo is sometimes harder to find. Okay so how that works is currently with the Hand Cannon in its primary role you have about 50 ammo. An Auto Rifle can carry up to 360 to 600 depending on the beast you find. You'll burn through your Handcannon ammo fast... And you can't easily switch over to the other Primary guns. Out comes the secondary. What NO AMMO ???!!!.... Holy, I need to get out of here and get to my options menu. The secondary slot is the savior slot. Shotguns and sniper rifles.Tools meant to get up close or perform far away dirty work. Only given the nature of the bullet sponges blocking your way and what they drop it can get pretty tight on what you can accomplish. The HandCannon feels like it could be that middle man ready to do both jobs in distance and Up close engagements. It feels like a specialty item. Especially when you find a green variant with an option tree. I wanted use them during the Alpha, but the scout rifles and Autos are just better suited for their roles as the main work horse. Ultimately I never used them save to level one up by farming a position just to test it out and see what it's perk tree offered. I know I would have pulled that over the Shotgun if it had been in the secondary slot. Anyways just an observation. I noticed on the forums many share the same opinion. Please consider moving them over for the Beta to see if there is change in their usage.