So I leveled my alts for the giggles... Let's talk supers. (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Saturday, May 14, 2016, 08:10 (3209 days ago) @ Kahzgul

A few thoughts:

Shadowshot is absolutely fantastic. It may not do much on its own, but that's a minor detail. You should have seen what Shadowshot + Dark-Drinker did to the Hall of Majors on Undying Mind last night. :)

I... might agree on Arcblade. I'd argue it is pretty capable against mobs with encore turned on. But only with encore. And it's not particularly good against a single hard target. For example a major Captain, which plenty of other supers would wipe out easily. I say "might agree" because I wonder if maybe not all supers need to be good in the same way. Maybe it's ok for some to be good against big targets and some to be good against mobs.

I do think Golden Gun could use a bit of a buff in PvE. Because as you said, right now the only enemies that will die from 1 shot are enemies that could probably be dealt with just as quickly with a hand cannon. It typically won't even 1-shot a minor Wizard, which it should IMO (and am I crazy, or did that actually work once upon a time?). And unlike Arcblade, Golden Gun is not good against mobs. BTW, this is why I almost always run Celestial Nighthawk. It essentially doubles your potential damage output. OK, it's limited to one target, barring a bit of Keyhole luck, but that one target is definitely going to have a bad time. There's not many enemies that will survive a Nighthawk shot, matching shield types or not. And it'll put a big dent in boss characters' health bars. Achlyophage Symbiote can also provide a bit of extra damage if you don't have Nighthawk.

I'm surprised you didn't mention Fist of Havok, which seems fairly useless in PvE lately, to me. Often it won't kill a single major Captain, unless the shockwave (which is an optional perk) hits them JUST right. I dunno, but I feel like it should be able to do that. Luckily the Striker has some great tactical options so i still have fun playing it, but I usually won't FoH into a group unless they've been softened up a LOT first.

Don't you dare nerf my damn Stormcaller! If some of the other supers need a buff so they don't feel useless, that's fine. But The Emperor feels exactly like he should, thank you very much.

As always, my opinions are solely PvE-based.