So , I get it. You do not want a hand canon to compete Snipers. But The snipers aren't in the good spot too at the moment. I am not going to talk about the snipers.
Hand canons - They are in a pretty poor state at the moment and I am sure lot of people will agree with that, Thank you for the buff to Hawkmoon in the recent patch. Most used HC's in the game at the moment are Hawkmoon and TLW. Thats pretty much it.
You said you want the hand cannons to be good and effective in close range combat, Heavy hitter and rewarding, But it isn't working. Its just is not!. How am I suppose to compete with a hand canon when someone is using Doctrine of Passing or H-ROF Rifles. All H-ROF weapons just literally melts you. I am not asking for a nerf, In order to compete with H-ROF please give some sort of buff to hand cannons. Precision Shots do not register. I know I have to take it slow and be very accurate. But I NEED to spam the trigger when I am being sprayed with H-ROF weapon.
If not range then atleast Please give the accuracy buff and please fix the phantom / Ghosting bullets.
Thank you.