Now it sounds like you're describing a Needler.

(which I totally want in mah Destiny)

I think there definitely could have been more "exotic" exotic weapons in Destiny. Every exotic weapon behaves like the normal weapons in function, except for the Mythoclast. All of the HMGs work like HMGs, all the Hand Cannons work like hand Cannons, etc. It would have been great for exotics that work completely differently and are essentially their own type of weapon. Like a needler for example :-)

But which version. My favorite Needler was the completely terrible Halo 1 version that fired the long string of impressive looking needle-y death that your opponent would dodge simply by looking to the left... or breathing... :p

Or the Halo 2 version where you could shoot TWICE as many needles, which then you had the ability to dodge twice as many needles by just side stepping.

... the best solution would be for the gun to have a brief "target acquisition" timer where you would have to keep the reticule on your target for a half second or so before the proximity explosions would proc, and losing the target on reticule would reset the acquisition timer.

Now it sounds like you're describing a Needler.

(which I totally want in mah Destiny)

Anybody want some of that? Maybe if it had some sort of exploding-rounds-meet-proximity-detonation?

So you don't even have to aim?

Kind of? I've been trying to think of an exact way it could work; the gun is already pretty wide on its bullet spread, so maybe a *minimally* proximity based detonation, where you still need to get really close? Would be tricky to alter the hitboxes for just one gun though.

It would mainly be a balance issue in PvP.

While it would doubtless be impossible to implement, the best solution would be for the gun to have a brief "target acquisition" timer where you would have to keep the reticule on your target for a half second or so before the proximity explosions would proc, and losing the target on reticule would reset the acquisition timer.

Other possible solutions:

-Only proc proximity while ADS (if you made the Khvostov look like that AK, this would make sense too).
-Random chance to proximity detonate (%10-%30?) as an ability.

Anybody want some of that? Maybe if it had some sort of exploding-rounds-meet-proximity-detonation?

So you don't even have to aim?

Kind of? I've been trying to think of an exact way it could work; the gun is already pretty wide on its bullet spread, so maybe a *minimally* proximity based detonation, where you still need to get really close? Would be tricky to alter the hitboxes for just one gun though.

It would mainly be a balance issue in PvP.

Anybody want some of that? Maybe if it had some sort of exploding-rounds-meet-proximity-detonation?

So you don't even have to aim?

But if they gave it the airburst treatment from Matt Damon's AK in Elysium?

Anybody want some of that? Maybe if it had some sort of exploding-rounds-meet-proximity-detonation?