I think they're scared of making hand cannons too good. They dominated D1 for almost its entire life span.
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They’re really good on PC. It just seems like the lucky pants perk could be active as long as you have a hand cannon. Or could activate every time you switch to hand cannon
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I think its balanced differently than console. bungie knows HC meta is more fun
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And HC meta actually has a skill gap...