Hand cannons are trash bruh, and you're acting like pulses and scouts didnt exist in D1 either.

Hcs were better because they promoted better engagements on how you should play a fps game. It also promoted better movement skill ceilings, such as sliding and jumping while hitting your shots. Pulse and scouts promote the "sit at the back of the map and stand still and shoot playstle" which is probably the most boring way to play any fps game. Smg playstyle is fun but only when the weapon is balanced and the player has the appropriate recoil control over a smg. Sidearms again are a fun play style but should only ever reward a player on playing the optimal max range of weapon while hitting crits.

Dude once again, you're acting like thats hows its always been ever since D1 which just isnt the case. If you want to play a regular fps this isnt the game for you. I personally hate hand cannons, and only good with like 1 or 2. Pulses are my thing, just like many MANY others have their own preferred weapon type. Trying to promote any kind of "meta" at all is honestly really quite stupid. Destiny started out as a game where players simply used what they liked and nothing else, and thats how it should remain. Why the hell would we want the HC shotgun meta when as of now we can use whatever we want????? not to mention console movement is nowhere the same...

We want hc shotty because it’s fun. I’d take a locked loadout mode where it is HC shotty only, it would be paradise

Ok and not everyone would play that...a lot of people HATE that meta anyway. Whether you like it or not its just an opinion, and you cant try and force ppl into using weapons YOU prefer.