Still not convinced by the AR nerf (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 17:35 (3775 days ago) @ someotherguy

Even before the nerf I felt like 80% of the people I played against were using Handcannons (Thorn and TLW, unsurprisingly), not ARs. I honestly don't remember the last time I saw more than 1 or 2 ARs in a lobby (Iron Banner excluded), let alone on the top scorer. As Cody will attest, Handcannons are just better weapons, and I see them even more now as the update has limited options even further.

The exotic hand cannons are beasts, but even vanilla hand cannons rock. The Devil you Know that was available from the vendor had send it, and its range is INSANE. It's like a scout rifle, even after the range nerf. If you can roll send it on a hand cannon that doesn't need field scout, you have a guardian killer in the crucible.