Pulse rifles are effective at ridiculous ranges, especially on pc, who decided to "balance" the PvP so that a Blast furnace or Go Figure can touch the ranges of guns like Polaris lance, even on extremely open maps like equinox, people still choose pulse rifles over scouts.
This is why Bungie needs Play testers that are active in the community, they don't know what they're doing.
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I guess it just shows how crazy and inconsistent this game can be from one player to another, but I rarely get killed by any weapon in the primary slot. Jotunn probably accounts for around 50% of my deaths, and the rest are a mixture of supers, shotguns, and various PvP strong exotics. In fact I rarely get killed by legendary weapons unless it’s a shotgun or machine gun. Which is insane because it seems like almost everyone has Bygones equipped when I inspect their character. Shit I’m running it right now.