Dear Mr. Weisnewski, There is folly is your proposed 'tuning'. You state, "Looking at raw DPS [damage per second], the Auto Rifle is the most lethal primary weapon class across all of Destiny’s activities." Of course it is. How can you possibly compare the DPS of a player holding down the trigger for the auto rifle with the speed at which a player is able to repeatedly pull the trigger for non-automatics? It is a flawed analogy. It would be like comparing the use of an electric air pump with that of a bicycle pump. There is no surprise one is faster than the other. I am also confused by your changes to the hand cannon. I, of course, am biased. I love my Hawkmoon. But you state, "We’re finding that players get very comfortable hanging back and using the Hand Cannon like a Scout Rifle or a Sniper Rifle." Have you ever tried sniping a moving target with a hand cannon? It is no easy feat. And it's no surprising players use hand cannons like scout rifles - they are essentially the same weapon. The only difference being the scout rifle has more range, more reserve ammo and a larger clip. So with these changes you propose, the hand cannon will now add even less range to the limitations it already has of a small clip and less than 100 rounds of reserve. Your changes are effectively turning the hand cannon into a single barrel shotgun. Seeing as shotguns already have a role, this change, this 'tuning' makes no sense.