Sunbreaker vs. Golden Gun, an in-depth analysis (Destiny)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Thursday, October 08, 2015, 15:36 (3600 days ago) @ Kahzgul

I'm not saying Sunbreaker isn't amazing, because it is awesome. But I will say that it's about time Titans get an super that isn't just a panic button or a counter to other supers. That being said, the list below are all abilities for a Sunbreaker, however they can't all be used at once.

Sunbreaker:
7 shots
leaves DoT AoE on the ground per shot
Shots have marginal tracking
Gains health on kills
Has overshield
Has damage resistance
short activation animation (during which damage resistance is active)
all shots explode in a small area
shots cannot overpenetrate

Golden Gun:
Cries. A lot.

Okay, actually:

Golden Gun:
3 shots
No DoT component
no tracking component
no health gained on kills
no overshield
no damage resistance
long activation animation (still no damage resistance)
shots can explode in a small area
shots can overpenetrate

Now, I will speak from my experience as a SunBreaker having never played a hunter. I'm also not that great a PvP.

Anyway, the thing that was not listed in this is the difficulty of hitting someone with hammers. The best relation I can put it is that Golden gun is a one hit sniper rifle (or close to it in most cases) and and Hammers are an slightly slower arcing rocket launcher.

In most cases, yes a rocket launcher is better. But there are cases for both abilities. First off, just like rockets (without proximity detonation) it's hard to hit someone in the air. And the tracking ability isn't that good (I never use it). Secondly, hammers can be dodged like rockets, yes, it's hard but it's possible. You cannot dodge a golden gun. As for Golden guns, they have the range and the easy hit aspect. I can't totally speak to this, because I haven't used it, but I've seen it enough to realize that it IS a gun :-)

Anyway, I'm not arguing that Hammers aren't overpowered, I'm just saying people are saying they are MUCH better than they actually are. Also on a side note, I'm finally having fun with a super that you "master races" had in the first year, so I feel like you can live with it for another year. Learn to be a support race for a change like the first year titan was relegated to :D

Okay, I've spoken my piece.