This is something I see repeatedly in the aftermath of the news about Luna's Howl and Not Forgotten receiving a nerf. "They should have removed bloom and made other Hand Cannons better instead of nerfing the best ones". I can't even begin to describe how incorrect this is. Firstly, the Pinnacle Hand Cannons fully deserve this nerf, they are broken and the entire primary weapon meta revolves around them - choose anything else and you're at a big disadvantage in most fights. Not a small, overcome-able disadvantage that you would see between other weapons. As for removing bloom, that would be a big mistake. Hand Cannons are already the best primary weapons in the game. 180s don't suffer as much, and they're easy to use. 110s have the relatively easy potential for 2-taps and are slow enough to not really be affected. 140s and 150s are still good weapons as long as you don't spam shots. By removing bloom, it would only push Hand Cannons further ahead of the competition. I could see a slight reduction for 150s being okay, but the removal of it entirely is far too much. The people who suggest this are blind to the rest of the weapons in the game, disillusioned by how good Luna's Howl and Not Forgotten are. Take a long look at the weapon usage statistics available here - https://guardian.gg/2/weapon-stats - I will use QP Clash on PS4 as reference here, for what I hope are obvious reasons. As of the yesterday, April 26th, Hand Cannons account for 31.12% of weapon kills. Auto Rifles, Scout Rifles, Pulse Rifles, Bows, Sidearms and SMGs combined account for 31.56% of weapon kills. Keep in mind that almost all of the SMG kills (6.33%) will have come from The Recluse. How people can look at these numbers and see the usage for themselves when they play, then say that Hand Cannons need a buff is beyond me. Scout Rifles, Sidearms and Bows in particular need addressing, Hand Cannons do not. Before any "git gud you don't have the weapon" or "stop being jealous because you're bad" comments, I've had Luna's Howl since October and I stopped using it in November because it was boring. https://destinytracker.com/d2/profile/xbl/Ev1LDragonFly Proof that it wasn't a carry or paid for, I should hope.