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XûReview: Is That Worth Buying?
Item Class Subclass Strange Coin The Last Word 23 Legacy Heavy Engram 31 Eternal Warrior Titan Striker 13 Knucklehead Radar Hunter Any 13 Obsidian Mind Warlock Voidwalker 13 The Last Word Doesn’t get much better than this for PvP! [divider] Eternal Warrior You can go with Shoulder Charge or Juggernaut knowing you’ll be sponging plenty of damage when unleashing your Fist of Havoc. Like the stalwart and impassive face of the statue you’ll be inhabiting, you will be indomitable and well-equipped for any situation, even if you lack the flash of a truly fun Exotic perk. Both Shoulder Charge and Unstoppable
Where’s Xur?
Item Class Subclass Strange Coin The Last Word 23 Legacy Heavy Engram 31 Eternal Warrior Titan Striker 13 Knucklehead Radar Hunter Any 13 Obsidian Mind Warlock Voidwalker 13 [divider] Latest Exotic Reviews In other Exotic news, you can find our latest weapon reviews here!
The State of Special Weapons
Sniper Rifles Perhaps simultaneously the most used and most hated special weapons in the current state of the Crucible, sniper rifles are in their Golden Age. With the majority of primary weapons suffering from either damage, range, or accuracy nerfs, snipers are free to run rampant in all modes, turning even the shortest hallways into sightlines filled with scope glares. With 5 distinct damage profiles available for the discerning sniper to choose from, most people tend to focus on a few things: ability to snipe targets out of supers with one hit, ability to kill a recently revived player through
Rise of Iron InfoDump
Game Informer’s Ben Hanson and Matt Miller interviewed Rise of Iron’s director Chris Barrett and executive producer Scott Taylor. This article has the important highlights. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/280758562″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Listen in if you want to learn a bit about a day in the life of a developer. Less yoga than you would think, more talking to a lot of people, brainstorming, and playtesting. Basically everyone there reads forums and plays the game, so they share many of our feelings, though time constraints and prioritizing the most important stuff is why we may not see X thing happen for
Massive Breakdown Podcast
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on RSS Follow on Twitter Massive Breakdown is the Destiny podcast that explains it all! Join hosts Mercules904, NKCougar, and Kyt_Kutcha as they turn their obsession with numbers and spreadsheets into a weekly audio geek out session like nothing else this side of Jupiter. Breaking down the Breakdown Drawing on personal experience and expertise as well as the combined wisdom of the community through constant review of Reddit SGA, Weapons Guides, and the many great Destiny content creators who have come before, the Destiny Massive Breakdown crew strives to rise above mere opinion and share a
Armsday Roll Recommendations
Click here for roll recommendations for the Gunsmith’s primary weapons. [divider] #2 – SUROS DIS-47 Hammer Forged / Oiled Frame – Hip Fire – SPS / Rifled Barrel Fitted Stock / Casket Mag – LiTC – SPS / Hand Laid Stock Fitted Stock / Oiled Frame – Hip Fire – Lightweight / Hand Laid Stock This is just an okay roll, so wait out if you’re waiting for an S-tier roll. Hand-Laid Stock and Fitted Stock will pretty much max out stability, making your life much simpler in PvE and even in PvP. Luck in the Chamber is a great
The State of Primary Weapons
Scout Rifles Possibly the most balanced overall class of weapons in the game, each archetype has its own distinct purpose and optimal usage. High impact scouts like the Cocytus SR4, Hand of Judgment, and Badger CCL are the riskiest, but most rewarding archetype in the game. While consistent critical shots grant one of the fastest PvP times-to-kill in the game (0.80 seconds with 3 crit shots), missing one or two shots will generally guarantee a death, as the body shot TtK drops to 1.60 seconds, and marks these weapons as some of the least forgiving primary options. The mid impact