Pretty sure time to kill in d1 was on average about 0.03-0.05 seconds faster.
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It wasn’t the optimal ttk, it’s was guns were more forgiving because of the higher damage meaning 140 HCs could hit 2 head 1 body kills while now it’s a minimum of 4 shots if one is a body. They’re less forgiving with out anything to make up for that
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In d1 body shot damage is about 30% higher which is more forgiving thus can take down players quickly. In d2, mobility and speed are much faster where the crit damage is much higher than body. That combination makes primaries weak in d2 where you need to land headshots to kill but special weapons can kill quickly without headshots. If body shot damage was brought back up to d1 levels, you would see more primary usage.
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Imo they (hand canons) should stick that way. Hand canons have always dominated in pvp. And even now, things like spare rations and luna's are still in the top 5 despite weapon like hard light and suros getting huge buffs.