Sing me the song of your favorite guns! (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Wednesday, October 04, 2017, 13:12 (2687 days ago) @ Le Comte

Origin Story - I've always liked the slower-firing auto rifles. Even during the times in D1 when they were supposedly nerfed to hell, I still felt like I did better with them. This thing is super effective and kind of puts me in mind of how those ARs felt in D1's early days.

The Last Dance - I mentioned this somewhere else in the thread, but TLD is the best sidearm I've found so far. The 3-round burst sidearms in general all seem to be pretty good, and they all work pretty similarly to each other, but TLD has more rounds in the magazine and I find that I can usually get 1 or 2 more kills in than with the others.

Side note: Sidearms in general seem better to me than they did in D1. I'm not sure whether they're actually more effective, or they just seem that way because they're no longer competing directly with shotguns and sniper rifles.

Skyburner's Oath - I got this thing pretty early on and I'm grateful for that because it's super helpful in Cabal areas. Being able to headshot Phalanxes without worrying about their shields is obviously a big advantage. It also feels like the focus-fire ARs from D1 (Suros Regime, anyone?) because of the way it switches to slower, higher-impact shots when zoomed.

MIDA Multi-Tool - I realize most people use this gun for PvP, but I don't do PvP at all and I still like it. It's not necessarily the most powerful scout rifle out there, but everything about using it just FEELS right. It readies and zooms in quickly, it feels like it's easier to land snap headshots, it doesn't waste much time reloading. I just feel quicker, more precise, more effective. It feels like the difference between a Miata and a run-of-the-mill grocerymobile, you know? I also love that the D2 version has high-caliber rounds again. Being able to spam those so fast, I'm often able to keep the mini-boss/majors in a perpetual stagger.

MIDA Mini-Tool - What's not to love? It kills quickly, range and stability are decent for an SMG, and the movement synergy with Multi-Tool works nice for my melee-focused Arcstrider. TBH though, I mostly like it because they kept the flavor text theme from the Multi-Tool going. :)

Riskrunner - This one's been discussed here a fair amount, so I think we're all familiar with it by now. It is pretty situational, but when it's good, it's VERY good.

Sturm and Drang - I really wasn't sure about these two at first, because Drang is the semi-auto type of sidearm, which I mostly haven't found compelling. But I have been using them in combination the past couple of days, and it is really nice never having to stop and reload (provided you keep their reload perks in mind as combat progresses), and Sturm hits HARD. It will OHK some enemies that I haven't been able to with other hand cannons.

Sunshot - Sunshot's so much fun to use, I would love it even if it were terrible. But it's actually super good against tightly-packed groups, and pretty decent against everything else. Also, am I imagining it, or do enemies killed by an exploding Sunshot victim ALSO explode? I swear I've seen it happen a few times.

Berenger's Memory - It seems like everyone's down on grenade launchers, and I have used a few that I didn't think were worthwhile, but I like this one. It does enough damage and has enough rounds to be useful (which I can't say for some other launchers), and I like being able to mine the ground between me and an over-eager melee enemy.

Valakadyn - While I like the slow-firing ARs as primary weapons, for an energy weapon I'd prefer to have something that's more of a bullet hose, and this is the best one I've run into so far. It almost feels more like an SMG.

Tarantula/Man O'War - The only 2 linear fusion rifles I've seen, and they're pretty similar so I'm just lumping them together. These are more or less a recreation of Queenbreaker's Bow from House of Wolves, which was one of my absolute favorite weapons in D1. Now, if they'd just remake Lord of Wolves...

Graviton Lance - I haven't yet decided whether this gun is actually good, but it has to be in the running for best sound effects. The noise it makes is just... hnngghh.