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XûReview: Is That Worth Buying?

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Item Class Subclass Buy? Strange Coin Patience and Time Maybe 23 Legacy Helmet Engram 29 Mk. 44 Stand Asides Titan Striker No 13 Lucky Raspberry Hunter Yes 13 Claws of Ahamkara Warlock Any Yes 13 [divider] Mk. 44 Stand Asides You can use this in PvP for a little leeway with timing your Shoulder Charge kills – and the tighter turn radius isn’t too bad – but the trade-off for any number of other Exotics you’re missing is hard to justify. If you do choose to run it, make sure to spec Headstrong for the extra sprint speed, which will be an

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Optimal Controller Layout for Competitive PvP

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Now, you may be saying, Mercules, why are you breaking down control schemes now, near the end of year 2? Hasn’t everybody already decided what scheme to play on? Well, yes, most people have already picked a scheme and stuck with it, but the advent of Private Matches may change that. The competitive Destiny scene is about to explode, and I think it might pull in some new people who possibly haven’t thought about playing Destiny in that way before. In addition, some people who shied away from PvP may be more interested in playing now that they can match

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Armsday Roll Recommendations

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Contributing Author: Alex R. #3 – Zarinaea-D Relentless Tracker – Focused Fire – High Caliber Rounds / Hand Loaded / Smallbore Hot Swap – Spray and Play – High Caliber Rounds / Speed Reload / Rifled Barrel Partial Refund – Feeding Frenzy – Single Point Sling / Speed Reload / Rifled Barrel This is a good PvE-oriented roll for running strikes with. The combination of reload and ammo boosts will have you firing tons of bullets at Minions of the Darkness. Feeding Frenzy and Partial Refund reward every kill, while Speed Reload is just a straight buff to your reload

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Blind Watch Trials Tips

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This is one of the most unbalanced pair of spawns on a Trials map that we’ve had so far. Alpha (top) side is king; Combat 101: Fighting uphill is bad. If you’re having trouble on Blind Watch, keep reading/watching! Very few maps have been altered since the release of Destiny, but out of all of them, Blind Watch has seen some major challenges. Deemed unbalanced by the community at large, the Control points have been moved once, but the map has been taken out of the Control rotation altogether. In Clash or 3v3 game types the balance becomes a much

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XûReview: Is That Worth Buying?

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Item Class Subclass Buy? Strange Coin Thunderlord Maybe 17 Legacy Chest Engram 29 Helm of Inmost Light Titan Striker Yes 13 Radiant Dance Machines Hunter Any Maybe 13 The Impossible Machines Warlock Stormcaller Yes 13 [divider] Helm of Inmost Light This Exotic’s usefulness is wholly dependent on how much you like that Striker Fist of Havoc. Just like Nova Bomb, the base damage of Fist of Havoc was amped up 50%, with an additional 50% for AI combatants, in the 2.3 June update. Unlike Nova Bomb, FoH deals the entirety of its damage to anyone caught in its radius, so the effective

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Armsday Roll Recommendations

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Contributing Author: Alex R. None – Thesan FR4 Replenish | Single Point Sling/Oiled Frame | Life Support/Exhumed (Solar) Army of One | Single Point Sling/Injection Mold | Underdog/Exhumed (Arc) Army of One | Snapshot/Hand-Laid Stock | Unflinching/Exhumed (Void) Hold off this week, Guardians! We’re looking for Accelerated Coils as a baseline, here, along with things like Hot Swap and Unflinching in PVP, or Grenadier in PVE. For the first time ever, the function of Rangefinder has actually been explained by Bungie: It does not affect Bolt Speed, but does reduce Recoil and extend damage drop-off while ADS based on your

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Analyzing the Subclass Changes

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2.3 introduced a slew of changes to how Destiny’s weapons and subclasses will perform in both PvP and PvE. While tweaks to weapons are nothing new, Bungie has rarely intervened to change how a subclass performs, with the Sunbreaker’s Super being one of the rare exceptions. For this reason, it will be interesting to see how these balances play out across each meta, especially in concert with the changes to weapon classes. In this article, we’ll give you the rundown on which subclass changes we feel were inspired – and which ones leave us scratching our heads. [divider] Hunters Gunslinger

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XûReview: Is That Worth Buying?

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Item Class Subclass Buy? Strange Coin Red Death Yes 23 Legacy Special Engram 31 The Glasshouse Titan 13 Don’t Touch Me Hunter 13 The Ram Warlock Yes 13 [divider] The Glasshouse Bathed in Light will extend the duration of either of those talents by 5 seconds, allowing it to stay active for a total of 15 seconds. Blessing of Light grants you and any allies who pass through the shield a bonus shield that stacks on top of your existing health. This shield normally has 65 health (boosted to 95 with Illumination). If the shield is damaged or destroyed, you can simply

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