I just don't understand how people are missing the point of this. I see thread after thread complaining about how there is nothing wrong with Hand Cannons. [b][u]No gun is meant to be the answer for everything. There has to be an upside and there has to be a downside.[/u] [/b] [b][u]EVERY gun in the game has an upside and a downside.[/u][/b] - Shotguns hit harder than god, but have no range - Fusion rifles don't hit as hard, but have a much longer range - Scout rifles have great range and accuracy, but suck in Close Quarters and a low fire rate - Auto Rifles have a high fire rate and are good in close to medium range, but have lower damage, lower range and lower accuracy. - Machine guns can be used in a wider variety of situations than the rocket launcher and carry far more rounds, but don't have as much burst damage. - Rocket launchers have the fire and forget mentality combined with high burst damage, but a narrower amount of proper use and low ammo supply. - Sniper Rifles hit hard and have ridiculous range, but are only useful when the enemy in far enough away. Meanwhile the hand cannon has almost NO downside at the moment when compared to the other primaries. - Hits harder than the Scout rifle and still has decent range - Does more damage per clip than almost any auto rifle in the game - Pulse rifles are the only primary that comes close to overtaking the Handcannon in terms of usefulness. [b]In fact the Pulse Rifle is arguably the most balanced gun in the game. It fulfills its role as the middle of the road option perfectly at the moment. [/b] - They fire quickly, but accurately though not as quickly as an auto rifle and not as accurately as a scout rifle. - The hit harder than auto rifles, but not as hard as most handcannons and scout rifles - They have more range than Auto rifles, but not as much as scout rifles. The Pulse Rifles as it stands is the picture of what Bungie wants the other guns to be. It fulfills its role perfectly and is not the answer for everything. It has upside and it has downside. BUT [b]The upside is not so ridiculously high that it rises above what it was meant to be. At the same time the downsides are not so bad that they ruin the gun completely. [/b] [b]That is where Hand Cannons have gone wrong and what Bungie is going to be trying to fix. Currently they are outperforming what they were originally intended to be. The upside of the Hand Cannon is so high at the moment that it automatically makes it the go to gun for almost any situation. Meanwhile the downsides are almost nonexistent or completely inconsequential when compared to the upside. [/b] [b]TL;DR Hand Cannons need to be and will be nerfed in order to properly balance them in relation to the other weapons in the game. No amount of complaining or whining will change that. [/b] [b][u]EDIT: Yes I know there is a nerf coming. Yes I know what changes are on the way. This is a thread about explaining WHY those changes are on the way and is directed at the idiots who keep making the "*Insert weapon here* doesn't need to be nerfed" threads[/u][/b]