I know perfectly well Destiny 2 is basically about magic space Jedis who like to shoot anything that moves, and that if I wanted real military-style weapons I should play Call of Duty or some such thing, but... ...it drives me to distraction sometimes that slideshot is a thing. Running straight at someone and then sliding to shoot them is just so wrong in conception, yet this is something you see in Destiny 2 and some other games. I just have to imagine an actual infantry squad slideshotting on a real battlefield and it makes me break out in laughter because the image is so ridiculous. And hand cannons being a dominant weapon on any battlefield where assault rifles are everywhere, ha. I can tell you that my old 7.62 NATO FN Fal would not lose to a guy using a glorified Dirty Harry-style hand cannon, especially at any sort of distance. There's a reason why long guns are more accurate in general than anything with a short barrel. Unless a hand cannon has a two-foot-long barrel or so, it isn't going to outrange any AR. But of course, in Destiny, a slow-firing hand cannon destroys anyone using a rapid-fire AR. It's actually quite funny. There are other examples of this I could go on about but you get the point. None of this is a complaint, mind you. I just know that any other ex-infantry must be bemused at the relative strengths of different categories of weapons in this game and others. It's just the way it is. Realism needs to take a back seat to fun. Now if you'll excuse me I've got to go do some missions with my Huckleberry SMG which automatically reloads itself, and use my mini-sun-like solar grenades until I can draw my flaming sword and smite my enemies. And I'll try not to laugh doing it. (BTW, for anyone wanting to see probably the biggest (and most ridiculous) real-world hand cannon, Google the .600 Nitro Express Zeliska revolver. It's 13 pounds (heavier by far than most ARs) and fires bullets that cost about $50 each. It's a really strange beast of a weapon. I hope Bungie doesn't see this post or we might see some version of this thing in the game in the future...)