Hand Cannons have enough ammo to last longer streaks in all activities.Rewards agility under fire, precision targeting, and snap shots.Hand Cannons are optimal at close to medium range.We are increasing their ammo inventory amounts by a bit to not leave you scrounging for white bricks too often, but not so much that you don't need to worry about making shots count. Hand Cannons were running lean on ammo inventory during PVP streaks and lengthy PVE encounters. Low RoF (The Messenger, Spare Change, Lyudmila-D): 3% increase from previous base damage.Legendary low RoF pulse rifles are a viable competitive choice.Pulse Rifle is optimal at medium range, but can still effectively engage enemies at close or medium-long range.The damage increase here doesn't reduce bursts to kill against high Armor players in PVP, but it will provide more damage per burst which will help when team shooting and getting clean up kills. High RoF (Doctrine of Passing, Arminius-D): 2.5% reduction in base damageĪs with the auto rifles, the lowest RoF pulse rifles aren't quite as effective as the faster firing models.Low RoF (Suros Regime, An Answering Chord, Anguish of Drystan): 2.3% increase in base damage.High Rate of Fire auto rifles are viable but not best in class.Legendary low RoF Auto Rifles are a viable competitive choice.Auto Rifle is optimal at close to medium range.We're tipping the scales ever so slightly on these weapons to try and create more options. Low RoF auto rifles are slightly behind their faster firing brethren. High Rate-of-Fire (RoF) bullet hoses have been leading the pack in terms of competitive viability. Shaxx and I will be waiting for you in the Crucible on April 12. As with all of these updates, I imagine some of these changes will be anticipated. Designer Greg Peng and I have been working hard turning knobs, digesting data, playtesting, and then playtesting some more.
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We're back once more to talk about weapon and gameplay tuning that is headed to Destiny once the April update goes live. Greetings internet friends! Did we miss each other? I hope so. From the desk of Senior Designer Jon Weisnewski: