Weapon & Armor Discussion
Weapon & Armor Discussion
I like weapons. And armor. And talk about them. Here is a place to do so.
So, to start things off, I like to hear other people's experience with gear, so for now, what setups are you running pvp/pve?
PvP - Vigilance Wing, Last Hope/Last Dance or Valakaydn, Crown Splitter.
PvE - Frontier Justice or Call to Serve, Uriels Gift, Morrigan-D.
Uriel's Gift is the #2 pvp weapon and is pretty beastly, but at least it isnt MIDA. Last Hope/Last Dance are as good as shotguns with ammo on spawn.
Honorable Mention to Lincoln Green, if you like the high ROF pulses. Its stats on paper are underwhelming, but it has a good recoil and large magazine and the highest aim assist (76) I have seen on any weapon. Gets a lot of clean up multi-kills in pvp. Very fun.
You notice I dont mention MIDA. #1, I hate it. #2 - 35% of Trial kills and 15% of Crucible kills are MIDA. If you add the Mini-Tool SMG its 40/20%. In a game with so many weapons and choices, no single choice should be that good. Its broken as hell and needs to be nerfed or removed. That is all I have to say about that.
Vigilance Wing is a beast in PvP - I love it! The thing about the MIDA is that you have to really pick your battles if somebody is using it against. If they get the first shot on you, especially at range, you better get to cover. I do think it's a little bit too good, so I'm surprised Bungie brought it back essentially unchanged.
Nameless Midnight is also VERY good in PvE and PvP, the explosive rounds are very useful. Merciless is also on the top of my list for boss-killing PvE stuff - and it's not bad in Crucible.
Also good for all game types are any Rocket Launcher with Cluster Bombs. Try one if you haven't, you won't be disappointed.
Thanks for the recommendations, guys! I tend to get lost in the piles of guns, so I appreciate some help finding the gems. I had my first Vigilance Wing drop yesterday. It's not the sort of gun I tend to give a second look to (a pulse with a super-long FIVE round burst). Guess I'm too lazy to thumb down the muzzle as I shoot. But this gun dropped at such a high light, I felt obliged to give it a thorough try. Much to my surprise, it didn't take long at all for me to learn to turn the bursts into circular clusters, and I've been using it everywhere since. Lesson learned.
I guess Sunshot has been my goto weapon. Every kill explodes and colateral kills explode. Die you dirty Thralls.
I'm happy to see two of my favorites so highly rated. Scatheloke and Hawthornes Field-Forged Shotgun.
https://www.polygon.com/destiny-2-guide-walkthrough/2017/9/27/16370138/b...
I think in general (because I am too old to think in specifics...) as we acquire more weapons we will have enough flexibility to create different load outs for each different adventure. For myself in PVE I generally carry a scout kinetic (Mida for now), auto special (Uriels Gift -- what a great weapon) and either a hard hitting sniper for long range, fusion for mid range, or shotgun for up close. Having access to the Destiny Item Manager on my laptop makes setting these up pretty simple. I start with max light with the character I am using then move a few weapons around to get the load out I want for the task at hand. I just haven't figured out how to create and save a load out that is available beyond my current session.
Mida/Uriel's Gift is turning out to be a very strong PVP combo.
Re DIM - There is a little "save" diskette icon next to the refresh button in the toolbar at the top. I that is how you can save stuff persistently - you have to be logged in to Google Drive across your devices to enable it.
Achy is right. We have many viable options for weapon loadouts and there are so many good weapons, it's all about the encounter and how you choose to play.
I've acquired most (if not all) of the FWC weapons and they are all fantastic. I also got the Vanguard (from Zavala) SMG last night - it's kinetic, but is a beast in medium/close range encounters. Sorry I don't remember the name.
Also, as the article DEEP posted mentions, don't ignore the Linear Fusion Rifles - they are a lot of fun and pack a nice punch.
I discovered Scatheloke by accident during a PVP grind. Once I got the right scope equipped, it reminded me of Suros Regime. It almost doubles as a fast automatic scout rifle.
Anecdoetally, since the Polygon article released, Origin Story became a frightfully frequent author of my demise. I'll definitely keep one for inspection some day. On the other hand, I randomly tried out "Perserverance" auto rifle and it sent quite a few Guardians to bed crying.
Thus far, I'm not as afraid of Crucible in D2 as I was in the same time period of D1. It's not my cup of tea but I'm holding my own this time and it's not my balls.
FWC dropped a Pleiades Corrector (legendary energy scout rifle) for me last night. Have yet to put it through its paces, but it could be as good as MIDA. Doesn't have Third Eye and lower aim assist, but it has a perk that temporarily increases damage after a kill. And it frees up the exotic slot. Gonna give it some side by side run in PVE with MIDA to see if it feels as good as the stats suggest.
So. Many. Guns.
Can't test all of them. Interesting looking (stat-wise) get equipped or vaulted, everything else sharded.
I usually run about 1.0-1-4 efficiency in crucible. Played a game with Sturm and Pleiades Corrector last night and topped the leaderboard with a 4.33. Only one data point, but promising...