Thoughts on Weapons (Destiny)

by HavokBlue, California, Friday, October 03, 2014, 23:00 (3946 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Thorn - agree with Cody. Picked it up from exotic bounty because my other option was Terribad Juju or Invective. Would have gone with invective but I have a legendary shotgun that works fine, and Thorn will be buffed.

The Supremacy - legendary Queen sniper. I have this in void and arc flavors. With perfect balance and the ambush scope it's great in Crucible for those snappy MLG 420 head shots. The near death reload/speed buff is negligible. Sometimes useful if you just barely survive a sniper duel.

The Crash - FWC shotgun. Good rate of Fire lets you outpace other shotguns in Crucible, so I bust it out when I'm faced with teams of slide-shot gunning hunters, or playing skirmish on maps like Anomaly. Oversized rounds make it cause a screen shake effect on your targets so it's easy to disorient people if you start firing before you're in lethal range, which is very short. I expect this gun to still be solid after shotguns get range nerfed, since it has short range already.

Gjallarhorn - nothing special in crucible. If you have the mini-rocket upgrade it's nice for taking down yellow mobs or large groups in strikes.

Zombie Apocalypse WF47 - legendary Crucible MG. Amazing stability with upgrades and decent impact. Absolutely demolishes Guardians, and picks up two mags worth of ammo on a heavy weapon drop, as opposed to the one that Swarm gets. Since MGs benefit from precision damage and it's incredibly stable, you can jump in a Titan bubble for a damage buff and put heavy precision damage down with minimal effort in PvE.

The Swarm - Not a big fan. Got this after Zombie Apocalypse, so I find it too kick too hard in spite of its admirable impact rating. Also, it has a smaller max ammo cap and only gets one magazine per heavy ammo drop.