Eric Osborn was just live with IGN from Gamescom and confirmed that the Hand Cannon (and Pulse Rifle, but who cares) are getting a buff. He said they weren't as powerful as they want, and that people were too drawn to the auto rifle, so they are getting a buff.
I am pretty excited, as the hand cannon appeals to me on many levels, but almost all that found were not worth using over the auto rifle.
Edit: Here is the link:[url] http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/08/15/destiny-a-peek-into-competitive-multiplayer-ign-live-gamescom-2014 [/url]
As you can see from the comments, the interviewer was horrible, but stick with it.
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Holy crap..... I still have tears on my eyes. Wth was IGN thinking? Any fanboy of FPS could've had better questions or at least listened to Urk. She was simply terrible. So bad.... Hell, even of I were nervous I'd do a better job. Ask about why there are no more destiny drawing boards Ask about his personal fav class/weapon Ask about the subclass system and if they are still going to be sold at the tower like Deej said they would in a weekly update. Ask about if they would potentially give proximity chat Ask about what bungie a plans are post launch Ask about if he himself have taken on the challenge of the vault of glass Last but not least ask him which team he was on for the pentathlon and if he was looking for revenge. So many better questions to be asked. Ugh.
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That was a very bad interview but you have to watch the trailer. Everyday i just wish i had a time machine to fast forward
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I wish it just could be both a primary and secondary.
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Sweet! I loved melon popping with that thing.
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No offense to the interviewer but she needs more training.
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I loved the mos Ganon, the reload speed was great and that's what made me want to use hand cannon more. I was a proud user, until the shingen c. Ah yes...
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Edited by StarcideTV: 8/16/2014 12:22:51 AMMy Warlock felt naked in the Crucible when I wasn't able to fight back with my Hand Cannon fast enough. Glad to hear this! Also wow IGN way to grab a random stranger off the street that knows nothing about anything game wise!
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I love burst rifles in online games. So I hope now I can use the pulse rifle with confidence!
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good move , look forward to trying them now.
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Hey sorry to ask this here, but does anyone know if Old Russia will be the only explorable space on Earth?
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Noice! Business in the pistol market just boomed.
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Sauce and facts. You sir are reliable. The hand cannon was weak i have to admit, even aiming for the head did damage but not enough. Twas a pea shooter.
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Me gusta. Hand cannon, your my new best friend xD
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Alright. I really like those weapons. I was kinda sad that I was only using ARs and SRs throughout the beta outside PvP.
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Hell -blam!-ing yea
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Hurrah! I, along with many others, posted about this on the forum. Bungie listened or they're great at analyzing data. Probably both are true.
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I mostly used my hand cannon on fallen because that was the only useful thing to do with them.
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Good, I actually wanted it as my main then quickly realized it was a waste of time. Love to give this a second chance.
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All they need to do is increase fire-rate and reload time. Or make it so one headshot + one body shot is a kill. And three body shots is a kill.
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These were some fun weapons to use but they are weakm glad they are getting buffed.
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Hell if the pulse rifle is effective I'll consider that. I used scout rifles in the beta. Wished the pulse worked as will add the scout rifle.
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Edited by Ineverhavefun: 8/15/2014 11:21:33 PMLooking forward to actually using the hand cannon now >:] was dying to use it during the beta but was guessing the exotics or rare would kinda pick up the pace
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yay the hand cannon is getting buffed, I wanted to use it in pvp and be boss thinking of it as like a better stronger halo pistol and said well use this in pvp 4 shots to the dead instead I get 5 or 6 shots by then i'm dead cause of the power of the rifles tearing me apart forcing me to switch.
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My question is [i]how[/i] they're being buffed. Hand Cannons need a reload buff, but it seems like a damage increase could potentially make them OP (imagine two-headshot kills). Pulse Rifles need both damage and stability buffs. And that interviewer made me cringe. [b]Hard[/b].
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If the handconnon is effective ill use it all the time. More like a novelty item right now. Or a gun to use when your going up against scrubs
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This is why u put Hand Cannon secondary. I just hope the Hand Cannon wont the #1 gun .... because that PvP will sure look terrible, Hand Cannon and Shotgun ... Buwhahaha