Because they're exotic... (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Friday, February 20, 2015, 01:21 (3376 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Why would I use hawkmoon in the Crota raid? Or the nightfall? Or icebreaker for that matter? You'd use fatebringer. Or Vex. Or a scout rifle with firefly. Or Black Hammer / LDR. Which are legendary.

Why would you ever touch anything other than Gjallarhorn or Thunderlord?
And don't say "Well, Truth can be useful", because no. Even in Void Burns, Gjallarhorn is king.
Also, I clearly said that Raid weapons didn't count (reading comprehension).

Also notice, that I said that Destiny 2 would have to be designed just like Bungie described exotics for it to work: not actually being any better than legendaries. Just different.

And that's how they work now, for the most part.

There aren't any meaningful trade offs now is what I'm saying. Look at all the exotics that get unused by the majority of players simply because the tradeoff of not having Gjallarhorn is so high compared to their actual utility. Crucible is much more interesting in terms of which exotics are viable precisely because none completely dominate the way a select few do in PvE.

You just said that there aren't trade-offs, but then just described a number of weapons that you'd use instead of exotics. Okay then...
Also, I see a large variety of Exotics in Crucible, and limiting it to just one adds to the variety of combat encounters.