Yeah you are. Handcannon range is deceptive. RNG on whether a taken shot lands based on an arbitrary stat rather than on aim is not healthy balance, and it doesn't have to be at Scout only range to take effect. There are literally shotguns that can 1-2 shot at a point that some Handcannons begin to suffer from inaccuracy and damage falloff. Which makes using any Variety pointless. Weapon diversity is suffering because to combat RNG behavior in handcannons, which no other primary weapon class suffers from, one stat is the only viable option to the userbase. A stat which even the best 'rolled' exotics can be beaten out by. Case in point, how many times in a post about issues with handcannons has someone responded with "Palindrome." Or a good/god rolled Eyasluna from TTK/Classic playlists. One specific stat roll, Range. Anything without natively high range and/or a lot of additional range will be outperformed by Sidearms and Shotguns a lot. Meanwhile a High ROF Pulse can trade or beat them at those ranges and easily outperform them anywhere else, while also being able to match or beat Scout Rifles at most of their effective ranges. Damage dropoff, yes. RNG at Mid+ no. A 3-body shot kill at optimal range handcannon should at least be able to land 3 non-kill body shots outside of its optimal range. Same for a four-body same for a five-body. They're being punished a fair amount as is with damage dropoff, maybe an adjustment will be needed with the removal of Ghost Bullets, maybe not. But RNG affecting whether a centermass shot at what seems like reasonable distance even lands (next best measure is apparently autorifles) is nothing more than a band-aid fix.

RNG bullets need to go.