Pulse rifles have been dominating for so long now. Just because of the ease of use and how forgiving they are. Same thing with auto rifles. If pulse rifles would get a hard nerf AR’s will rule the scene. With hand cannons if you miss or land a body shot you are toast. Sometimes even if you hit all head shots you are too slow. The only way to play is peak fire. Unless you run Last Word. Bungie never looks at the ease of use and forgiveness of a gun. Only at the optimal ttk on a non moving enemy it feels like.

I switched to the Rose for some variety, surprisingly did well with it

A friend of mine tells me he's been using Khvostov 7G-0X.