I stuck with my pulse rifles. They're amazingly versatile and have more than enough punch to make a headshot queen like myself satisfied. Two or three bursts from a pulse rifle are the typical expenditure for the typical head or exposed torso.

The Psi Tempus III series were my go-to rifles throughout Story and Strike. My latest model is fully upgraded with 175 attack, a red dot, secret round, and upgraded damage. Made quick work of all the Vex at the Black Garden. Two shots to the exposed sections of Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Harpies; a full mag to the head of a Minotaur.

Now I'm using the Stranger's Rifle. I don't particularly care for the optics on it. Kinda easy to lose focus of what you're aiming at without the reference of optic casing. The full-auto feature is pretty nice when you find yourself in close quarters with a group of enemies.

I use the hand cannon exclusively, probably to a fault. My entire build is all about making most effective use of that weapon - faster reloads, more ammo, hair trigger, etc.

I just dig the headshots...

A mix.

I use The Devil You Know, a Legendary Handcannon on my Hunter. 12 shot magazine. Can kill a Guardian in two headshots. Plus it reloads super fast when empty. Of course, if you've fired off 12 shots (at 400+ damage a shot on the Vex Gatelord!) and whatever you're shooting at isn't dead reloading is probably the least of your problems.

Currently my Titan is using an Acheron SR5 Scout Rifle with Explosive Rounds. Most shots explode on impact. Not quite as impressive as it sounds as the explosion isn't big enough to damage all put the most tightly packed enemies. I just hope it annoys Crucible opponents. Just as a rifle though it's got a medium rate of fire and a good range and scope. I use it as a spotter for snipers then either use it to kill them or pull out a sniper rifle if they are too far away.

All around weapon: Rare Galahad - E auto-rifle

This will likely change but this rifle just feels good. Perfect balance for me in the Crucible and against all PvE enemies.

Patrol headshot fun: Uncommon Bandit Mk. 36 hand cannon

This just feels good in the hand and has a ton of kick. To slow for me in the Crucible though.

Saharaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Also, my secondary character is a Hunter who uses Hand Cannons.

Pulse Rifle for PvE, Auto Rifle for Crucible.

Scout Rifles FTW! They fit with my play style, which is a preference for long-range combat. I prefer semi-automatic weapons with high accuracy and good range with which I can pick off my enemies at a distance. Pulse Rifles just feel too finicky. Since headshots rarely kill enemies instantly in the game unless they're of sufficiently low rank relative to you, being able to more consistently hit follow-up headshots at medium to long range is important to me. I've had great results with all the Scout Rifles I've had, and I really dig my current rifle, the rare Primed Yamaduta S4.

My Titan uses a hand cannon. It's just easier for me to kill things with that gun. The time to kill is almost one shot for most things in the story, and crucible gets easy with that pistol.

I tend to just sprint around and tackle people in the crucible, because it's a one hit kill.

My poor little Scout seems pretty ineffectual now. Handcannon has taken the top spot for me. Absolutely sick of that 3 second reload now though haha.

Favorite weapon is Hand Cannon, so much fun PvP and PvE. Haven't had a good one since my regulator but that thing was a beast. I think I used HC's exclusively from lvl 12 to 18 or so. Hope to snag a newer rare or better one sooner rather than later! I'm getting a little bored of the Strangers Rifle.

I posed this question last week before Destiny came out, and a lot of people stuck with their guns from the Beta. Now that the game is out in full swing, which primary gun type did you pick?

I really really dig my current Auto Rifle and the gun you receive at the end of the campaign is pretty stellar. I dig Hand Cannons on the harder difficulties. Scouts feel underpowered, I'd like if they had more impact and staggered the target more.

Never played the Beta, but fell in love with auto rifles right away. Can switch between burst fire at long range and full auto "say hello to my little friend" in close. Got me a Legendary Arc right now - insane rate of fire, 66 round magazine, good stability (with the upgrade), and extra damage after reloading after a kill (which I do obsessively anyway!).

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I chose auto; pulse chose me.

I started with a hand cannon because I'd heard it changed from the beta version; very nice, but my Hunter was a sniper and using a pistol meant counting solely on low-magazine precision weapons... tactically a very big risk, particularly when solo-ing. So I changed to auto rifle and finished the story mode with that.

Then I got the Stranger's Gun, a pulse rifle, and it fits my style of play much better than I expected... so I've stuck with that in my end-game play.

-- Steve started a manic-Space-Elf-girl (Ascended Warlock) alt, though, who'll use hand cannon and fusion gun. (And machine gun in the heavy slot, 'cause.)

...so far, in general.

I do find different weapons more suitable to different enemies, encounters and levels than others. Kind of a 'duh' when I type it out.

I've been finding the Scout great against fallen. But feel the auto is often better against the Hive. For Vex, I find a Pulse rifle easier to hit the weak spot on their bellies with.

I've got a Legendary Scout Rifle called Crypt Dweller SR1. It's a Dead Orbit spec weapon that I got out of a Legendary Engram. So I've been using that a lot in the last few days. Hoping to get Legendary examples of the other types soon :)

I use SR and HC in PvE, and an AR in PvP.

The AR is still a little OP in The Crucible, in my opinsion. The range is too good. The only time I'm killed by another weapon is if they have a significant jump on me, or I'm outnumbered (even then, I can typically blink away, and get them later; I love the Hunter). Otherwise, the repeated headshots from the AR seem to distract players from getting headshots with their other weapons. It's important that the AR have decent stability, though.

EDIT: The Galahad-E seems to have the perfect balance of stability and impact. I'm looking forward to the Iron Banner, when Level Bonuses are enabled. Non-exotic AR lovers like msyelf will probably find ourselves with a rude awakenting.

I alternate between all three when doing any sort of PvE stuff, but have been sticking pretty closely to my auto rifles for crucible matches. Every time I try and use a Scout or Pulse rifle there, I just get demolished.

I loooooved the Scout Rifle in the beta. I held a pretty good KD with the thing. That and the Shotgun was the way to go.

But errr... well, I found the Shingen-E, and we've been having a blast together. It's pretty damn nice, and gains bonus accuracy while crouched. Yes please.

I have yet to settle on a Scout Rifle again... got my eye on the FWC one and the Cryptic Dragon though. Need to wait until next week before I can afford those. Need me some marks.