I had a different KF Primary experience. (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, June 20, 2016, 19:39 (3171 days ago) @ Harmanimus

Humorously enough, I actually keep a full-auto Doom of Chelchis around on the Xbox (not enough people on PS for frequent raiding) because I love how it handles. Same reason I mained a Smite of Merain in PvP through most of the fall. Most of the weapons I use are first for handling characteristics, second for perks. Same reason I like the two Challenge of Elders primaries I've grabbed. Still no AR though.

I'm sure this is one of those situations where the insane amount of time I spend playing this game puts me way off to one side of spectrum :) I should also say I'm all for using whatever weapons we all like and have fun with for whatever reason (I used to run strikes with Monte Carlo for no other reason than I liked the way it looked). Personally, my favorite Destiny activities tend to be the most demanding activities in the game (Hard mode raids, Trials of Osiris). I'm not a good enough player to go into these activities using whatever I feel like and still do well... I need to select gear that gives me the absolute best performance possible. So that narrows the list of weapons that I consider "usable" for a lot of my playtime :)

With that in mind...

Because I sink so many hours into Destiny, I have a very good selection of weapons to choose from. As such, any new weapon I get needs to be very good for me to get excited about it. I've gotten several of each raid primary over the past 6 months, and I've tried out every single one of them (fully upgraded them and everything). Each time, I found I already had other weapons that performed better in every single way (boo hoo, right? lol). That's not to say they can't still be fun, or there is no reason to like them... but I do think it is fair to say that none of the raid primaries are "top tier" within the current year 2 selection. And I find that disappointing. The raid is such an epic challenge, the culmination of so much effort and teamwork, it feels a bit anti climactic to get to the end and be given a prize that isn't as good as the guns I used to get there... does that make sense?

I was in the same boat back in year 1 (spent a lot of time playing, had a crazy amount of weapons to choose from), but each and every raid primary I got from VoG or CE was exciting and worth keeping, due in no small part to the elemental damages they all did.