Because you suck at the better choice? (Destiny)

by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Wednesday, April 08, 2015, 21:44 (3308 days ago) @ Funkmon

The spray-and-pray nature of ARs make a lot of people who can't really aim for headshots, but try anyway, to be able to compete in the Crucible.

• If you try and miss headshots with a handcannon, you'll probably have to reload before the kill. (Also, the slow RoF makes a good target re-acquisition very important.)
  
• If you try for headshots, but aren't very good with aiming with the Pulse Rifle, you'll hit the ceiling a LOT more often than heads. (Same re-acquisition argument.)
  
• If you suck at long range anyway, Scouts suck.

ARs are the poor-aim-er's go-to gun. Since the recoil is, most often, not only predictable but also constant (less time between shots, no trigger finger movement between shots), target re-acquisition is far easier than any other gun.

Back when I completely sucked at Crucible, Up for Anything was my savior. It allowed me to compete well enough to get the feel for the flow of the maps. Then I moved up to a Vanquisher, once I got a lot better at targeting human players. Now I kind of wreck face with Bad Juju, which, since the buff, is basically a Vanquisher anyway, but more forgiving to half-misses and let's me Super a lot more often.