Opinions (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Thursday, October 04, 2018, 07:41 (2219 days ago) @ Korny

Badlander is the best shotgun in the game. It's Immobius crossed with Party Crasher. Keep your Ikelos Shotgun. You know, the one I'll never get because RNG and keys that take forever to get and farming that sucks. But that's fine. Because I have Badlander, and it's better.

If you think so. I do recommend farming for the Ikelos, though. RNG definitely feels nicer than before, and you don't need any key or anything (None of my characters on Xbox have completed Warmind's campaign, and I already have four shotguns, three of them dropping in a row). Just drops on Boss kills, which everyone is over-leveled for now.

I think a lot of players are confused about the stuff from the last boss in EP, not knowing that the weapons just drop from the boss, and it's the armor that comes out of the chest. TBH the chest is pretty pointless now unless you're wanting to complete the armor set for some reason, since that armor doesn't have any perks.

The shotgun itself is pretty legit, and I do recommend grabbing it. In general use it's not a lot different from other full-auto shotguns like badlander, but the trench barrel perk does give it a lot of potential for melting large enemies. Personally, I try to have one of each damage type for each weapon class. So, I've got Ikelos SG for solar, a Badlander for arc, and a Basilisk for void (I still think full-auto plus auto-loading holster is a killer perk combo). Purely by coincidence, they're all full-auto with 8 round mags.