Incorrect. Palindrome is overused. Eyasluna is highly used. neither is OP. Palindrome is overused due to easy access, easy access to god rolls, user friendly, max range when all hand cannons without max range are shit, and its a really good gun. Eyasluna is used because if someone gets lucky enough to drop a good roll on that beast they will instantly become attached to it. But answer me this, when was the last time you saw a handcannon in the Pali archetype with lower range, devil you know? lord high fixer? finallas peril? the wail? hawk moon? well yes you will see these sometimes, but less than a pulse or even a doctrine or mida or even a burning eye type scout. When was the last time you saw handcannons in the other archetypes? thorn? the last word? ill will? free will? the water star? how dare you? the revelator, first curse, lingering song? This kind of thinking of 'Oh my god everyone is using palindrome handcannons must be OP nerf handcannons is what got REVELATOR, FUKING REVELATOR nerfed. the same logic that got the proud spire nerfed ffs when matador and party crasher were OP. blanket nerfs are lazy and stupid, I'm generally open to other opinions but if you think that if one weapon is overused, nerfing weapons in ANOTHER FUKING archetype is the right way to go then you are downright deluded.

Most top PvP players are also Hunters.. Hunters are overused too. :3

I like using autos but as soon as you start having high k/d games it's like you're pushed into try hard games where everyone is using a pali or eyasluna. Nothing can really compete with those things right now.

Hand cannons are in a terrible place right now. I tried using Hawkmoon after the last update. Didn't go well. I'm back to mida/hardlight depending on the map.

Hand cannons are good if you can use them. Personally I am not good with them which sucks because I have a god roll palindrome with icarus/triple tap, rangefinder, and luck in the chamber but i cant use it for shit 😭 but i also have 2 awesome rolled continental auto rifles that i do use rather efficiently

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Sniper bodyshot + Hand Cannon shot... I mean, this whole meta was never to help average players (large bulk of the community?), but instead was 'tailor made' for streamers... My theory is that by pleasing them giving them the game as they like to play it (and where they have a competitive advantage over all, either by hardware mods which make airborn game very easy) so they can push in cool reviews for D2... I would call it 'the streamer bribe' meta ;) PS: stickies? Improved air precision, etc...

Hancannons are 4taps, 2 or 3 with the right perks

hand cannons have the widest skillgap and shortest potential TTK. you can only reach that potential TTK if you are at the top of that skillgap though. [spoiler]please dont tell me auto rifles or pulses take more skill than hand cannons. just dont. [/spoiler]

I'd consider myself highly skilled in PvP, and I agree that pulse rifles are insanely consistent if you have a good aim. I used Thorn for a bit in Y1 sweats, but other than that I've always used a pulse as my main.