Side note (Destiny)

by SonofMacPhisto , Friday, July 25, 2014, 19:06 (3817 days ago) @ someotherguy

When you say riding a Titan do you mean piloting one or literally riding one piloted by someone else?

Literally riding one piloted by an enemy, it's called a "Rodeo" attack. Your pilot rips a hatch off and shoots directly into the Titan's systems, bypassing the shield.

You can also ride friendly ones. No friendly fire though. ;)

If the latter, the LMG is actually stronger when you're riding a Titan? As in more damaging? Or just contextually more useful?

Yes, the LMG gets a massive damage bonus during a Rodeo attack. There's an attachment called the Slammer that jacks it up even further. You can murder the strongest Titan (Ogre) in mere seconds. Interesting sidenote too is that the LMG is the only weapon without a suppressor, so you always show up on the mini-map while firing.

Sidenote with the Smart Pistol, when firing at a human controlled pilot, it takes a few seconds to lock-on for the instant kill. If you decide to manually fire, you do less damage hip-firing (it was actually nerfed in the first patch). That penalty is removed if you aim down the sights CoD style.

Basically trying to show the nuance Respawn put into some of these weapons.