Topic: Destiny 2 - Guardians Unite

I love Hand Cannons.

I hated hand cannons last time round and never used them but trying to mix it up this time round and I'm really liking them too now.

@Splat @kyleforrester87 I never liked them in the first game on account of running out of ammo too fast, and missing a shot being too "expensive", also reload time. Most of them this time are kinda "okay", but their range kinda sucks. Most of the time a scout rifle is better than a HC in every way I find....

Except the Sunshot exotic hand cannon which is fantastic... nice fast reload and the explosive rounds was always a favorite. It also has better range than most HCs.

@Mega-Gazz Yeah I've got Sunshot.. it needs infusing to be useful now though. Not sure what I need to do that. Assume an exotic shard?

@kyleforrester87 the chest piece needed 4 shards... legendary iirc? I'm still lvl 15, on account of being indecisive.

Yeah, the Sunshot is the one I have too. It's really awesome.

Any tips for the best way to grind for light level? Heard some people mentioning public events being the way to go

I just want to play.

FINALLY finished the campaign and hit 20. Ridiculous amount of loot all at once between quest, gunsmith, clan, and planet factions giving engrams all at once.

@Mega-Gazz Yeah, too much to be honest. I want to get exotics and legendary weapons but they are as common as the rare stuff lol.

I'm still a bit confused on how infusion works? I know you can only infuse the same type of item like hand cannon to hand cannon but does it have to be rare to a rare or legendary to legendary?

@Splat I read this guide the other day https://www.polygon.com/destiny-2-guide-walkthrough/2017/9/8/...

But i'm still a bit confused to what it means though. I'm at level 20 now so i'm going to have to work it out

@Splat Nope you can (and should) infuse higher power rare stuff you get into your legendaries and exotics. Thats why blue engrams stay useful.

It just has to be higher power and of the same type.

I took my Sunshot exotic up to 215 power using a legendary hand canon yesterday. When I get any other higher power hand canon I'll keep doing it.

The Sunshot is the main reason I'm asking. I don't want to give it up haha.

@kyleforrester87 I didn't think it had to be the same weapon type? I'll check later. Armor definitely has to be the same slot.

@Mega-Gazz

At least with weapons it needs to be "of the same type" - I did have a couple of legendary guns that were higher spec than my exotic hand canon but it would only let me infuse my exotic hand canon with a legendary hand canon. So if you wanna bring sunshot forward, you'll want to collect high power hand cannons! (Blue or legendary, or another exotic type. Maybe even green?! I think its the power that counts!)

In Destiny 1 you could infuse with any other type of gun as long as it was higher power.

I believe its the same for armour too. I had a couple of legendary pieces, and an exotic chest and it only let me infuse with my legendary chest.

@Splat The good thing is you can infuse exotics with legendary shards this time round. I'm not even sure D2 has exotic shards???

Have you guys tried the swords? Any preference between them? Seems some let you move faster, some regen ammo, some have lunge, etc.

I finally started giving Strikes a chance and had some good fun. I still haven't tried a Nightfall one yet tho.

Q: MIDA Multi-Tool & MIDA mini-tool or auto-rifle & Sunshot?