sure, but pulses are still super forgiving.
They've been the console meta for like forever, and the only HC players you see in casual lobbies now are either very confident or very tryhard.
I know it's not the best metric, just pointing out that we're not in Forsaken or Beyond Light anymore, where HCs are so forgiving that everyone is using them like they use pulses
wasn't even my argument.
They might be easy to fight, but they're too forgiving to the point that the meta in casual PvP has only shifted from pulses to something else such as HCs or Autos like 5 times in the entirety of the games lifespan, and only for short periods.