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Edited by sah:
1/28/2015 2:58:54 AM
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Scout Rifles or Hand Cannons?
What do you think?
EDIT: Good thread, actually glad its alive again.
I have - Vision of Confluence, MIDA Multi-Tool, Last Word and Thorn :D
What do you have and like/dislike?
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#Destiny
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necrobump
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5 RepliesApples and oranges. Scout rifles have double the reach, hand cannons are for shorter ranges, but have higher impact.
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Both have their place for sure anything that stretches midrange (large maps) go scout for pvp and handcannons for anything else (thorn, fatebringer, Timurs lash etc). For pve scouts are a good precision option but I can't put my fatebringer down I'll be buying both of those guns soon though.
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6 RepliesFrom what I understand, you seem to prefer a ranged play style. If you can get your hands on the exotic MIDA multi tool scout rifle then you are golden. Personally, I love scout rifles. They hit far, good damage, stable and I dont have to hurt my eyes when aiming downsights. Mostly all of them come with acog sights. Its nice to know that I can land consistent headshots on an enemy and see their health go down. Handcannons are good weapons actually, and there are some pretty good ones out there like fatebringer, hawk moon and last word. However, I find myself burning through ammo a lot. In addition, I hate reloading all the time. Hand cannons take way too long to reload. And i cant stand the iron sights. I use handcannons whenever I want to have fun in strikes.
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1 ReplyDepends on the situation and the guns available. I prefer scouts very slightly over handcannons for being a little more useful all aroumd imo. But to each their own
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I like Hand Cannons more but they're both extremely good at their proper ranges. Scout Rifles dominate the long range, while Hand Cannons rule the mid range.
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Helloooo
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10 RepliesI have all those exact ones and I love them all.
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Please...do you even need to ask?
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I'll take a handcannon. In PvE you aren't ever super far away from enemies. And I almost always use a sniper as my secondary so if I need to pick someone off I can. I use both but if I had a choice it'd be handcannons. After the DLC dropped I bought the rapier and a gheleons demise with firefly and outlaw since the vendor handcannons are trash and I haven't got one as a drop yet.
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Both. Depending on how far away the enemy is
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16 RepliesWhat is the go to Scout Rifle right now instead of MIDA and VoC?
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It's all about that impact. After Fatebringer, I'll never go back to anything other then hand cannons. Crota's word isn't too shabby either.
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2 RepliesCan a Scout Rifle one-shot a Cabal Legionary? I think not.
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2 RepliesScout rifles with outlaw are quite useful, however the extra impact on hand cannons make them better for the pvp and pve. Very dependent on perks Hand cannons with a clip of 9 and higher Are better 90% of the time
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2 RepliesI really really really want an upgraded TDYK. It is everything in one.
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Love both but it depends on the situation really. If it's something where I feel like I need a close combat weapon like a fusion rifle, I will normally go with a scout rifle primary so I have something with range. If not, I will rock my Hawkmoon with a sniper special.
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1 ReplyAt the moment HCs since you can get exotic thorn (the buff made this gun the grim reapers preferred side arm), from bounties and it out performs the mida multitool in every way. Availability alone says hand cannons there. As for legendary the vendor guns blow in general. Grind dead orbit for the venation or do iron banner for Timur's lash (huge impact and rerolls on the perks)
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GET FATEBRINGER IMMEDIATELY xD
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I ran scout rifles until fatebringer changed my world.
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I favor hand cannons...total bad ass-ness factor. But scout rifles are good a as a stop gap for lack of sniper rifle.
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Man this is actually really tough, hand cannons have raw power but I like how tactical a scout rifle makes the gameplay feel. I have Mida and VOC and friggin love playing with both. To be honest I just got to 32 and am looking forward to fang more than word so I guess I'm leaning towards scout rifles But really I think thorn is awesome because it's op and the lore behind it is awesome, same goes with TLW which I actually think is extremely effective in PVE contrary to most opinions...then again I have increased reload speed with hand cannons Now that I think to ask what's the precision and reg damage difference between TLW and say hawk moon?
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I prefer the speed and stability of scout rifles, as well as the fact that they have about twice as many rounds in reserve or more compared to handcannons
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Why not both?
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Both. Anything with high impact works for me.
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1 ReplyI like both. It's hard to say. I like the zoom on scout rifles though
