Let's talk weapons. (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Thursday, September 13, 2018, 09:39 (2499 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I haven't found a LOT that I'm in love with yet, but there are a few:

Thin Line

Void hand cannon. Hits hard, nails headshots at longer range than I'd expect. Its only real weakness is its crap reload speed, but mine dropped with auto-loading holster, so I just swap away for a moment when it runs out.

Edge Transit

Like everyone else, I've probably had 6 or 7 of these things. :P The story with this one starts with Berenger's Memory, a Y1 grenade launcher. Back in Y1, grenade launchers weren't really on par with other heavies in terms of outright damage, but I LOVED Berenger's Memory because it had sticky grenades and auto-loading holster. So, I had a void version that I took into Vex areas to deal with charging minotaurs - when they showed up I could whip it out, confident that it would be loaded, and lay down a line of trip mines between it and myself. It was perfect, and I didn't think I'd ever get rid of it. BUT, I had an Edge Transit drop with sticky grenades and auto-loading holster, PLUS rampage. Every stat on it is higher than Berenger's Memory, except velocity, which I don't really care about, and magazine size is equal. So, it's just an enhanced version of what was already a favorite Y1 weapon, with no real drawbacks. PLUS the big grenade launchers have been majorly buffed now, so it's viable as a boss killer as well.

Right Side of Wrong

Decent in any form, but I finally had one drop with Outlaw and Full Auto, and it's good. Real good. I haven't yet decided whether it's going to replace my solar Inaugural Address - I still need to test them one after the other and see which I prefer - but the fact that I'm even considering it should say something.

Fighting Lion

I know this one isn't NEW, but I'm convinced that something happened in the pre-Forsaken patch to buff it. It was always good, but it seems to be doing more damage than before. At one point durign the Forsaken campaign I even tested firing it and some other drum-fed (heavy-class) launcher at a boss, and FL was doing about 1000 points more damage. I had them BOTH equipped at the same time, so my power level wasn't changing or anything in between shots. It's not a drum-fed launcher, so in theory I don't think it should have gotten a damage buff, but perhaps it's tied to that class for some weird reason, having to do with it being a non-standard launcher? In any case, aside from the (possible) damage buff, it also uses primary ammo now, which means you're generating white ammo boxes on EVERY FL kill. It's already hard to run out of primary ammo in this version of D2, and with FL equipped I'd call it impossible. This is the security room after I finished clearing it with FL: