Gunslinger imo is the best class in both aspects of Destiny (pvp&pve) if you're looking for consistency. GG one shots oracles on normal mode, in hard mode you might have to be Lvl 30. I'm not sure if OHKO has been confirmed by anyone in this thread yet, but below that it takes two shots. (Edit: 2 GG shots kills oracles in the time gate portals during atheon's boss fight. templar's oracles unknown.) GG keeps you ranged from mobs/opponents Gunslinger's land mine grenade does a ton of damage if you can stick it. Just be careful not to be close to it as it can OHKO in higher levels to you, smaller enemies, and a huge portion of health on majors/ultras. This makes boss fights little easier if you're continuously using your grenade cd(cool down). Throwing knives are great, it's a ranged melee and has instant cd reset if you precision kill. Damage is mediocre but with practice you can get kills(both PVP and PVE) real quick with the right execution. It works in conjunction with Chain of Woe and Gunslingers trance. Three abilities can activate with a good throwing knife, and you can carry two if you'd like! GG is a good counter on some supers. Takes 3 shots to destroy Defender bubble and two to kill a sun singer warlock. If you're running the achlyophage symbiote helmet you can use 4 GG shots, so the highest kill streak while in super is 4. Unless you're running the perk that explodes enemies or pierce through targets (two seperate class perks) and your opponents are cluttered together. Gunslinger can have more hops than blade dancer, as well as armor and agility stats I believe. These are all the the points of gunslinger I like over blade dancer. Arcblade I think looks good on paper, and may just be more of a class that is flashy and requires a lot more precise execution to get in quickly and get out. A guerrilla tactic or assasin style of play. I only see this viable in PVP but I haven't seen much else brought to the table by the blade dancer besides the sticky grenade, which may or may not stick. For me personally the blade dancer is just a fun class for me to go around with a lightning charged knife sticking my foes. But maybe we've just been seeing people use the class wrong (in PVP) at least. EDIT 1: I meant Gunslinger is the best subclass for hunter, not the best class in Destiny among all the classes. EDIT 2: Confirmed by YapperFlapper GG kills oracles with two shots at Lvl 30 in raid in the time gate portals fighting Atheon.